Is this place any good for small animals? and what are prices like? Ive got a little guineapig with a skin problem bless her!

have a root about through some of our older threads - as we have a couple of small-furries experts on here, and some good info on local vets :)

what's the problem they are having?

we use hallam vets in h'boro (same company) and I find them very good. Well as good as all vets are. :)

For your dogs or for small furries Danielle?

Some vets are reportedly less well informed than others on rodenty pets :(

I've taken my hamster here a couple of times, they are have always been very good with her. I think a general consultation is about £15. :)

oh sorry, we take our cats and dogs. Dont know how they are with little pets but there general manner is nice.

Hunters Bar vets are very good with rabbits and i know they treat quite a few GPs too. You do pay for the expertise though.

I have taken hamsters there, and my friend takes her menagerie of small furries all the time. Never had any problems they seem to know what they are doing.

And there is a very nice new vet up at the Crookes branch, :hihi: though they rotate between there and Hillsborough, it maybe worth asking if there is one with more rodent expertise and book an appointment with them.

Hi, I had a bad experience with them about 4 years ago. My gerbil had a chest infection and needed an injection of baytril. The vet was quite rude almost laughing and saying is it really worth the cost for a gerbil. I said yes because it's a family pet. Then he was extremely rough with it. By the time I'd got home it had died - from shock and stress no doubt. I did telephone them and complain quite strongly (I also had a cat registered with them at the time but not anymore!) I was told that they don't confess to be experts with such small animals. They said the trouble is, these days people watch "Animal Hospital" and think we can cure everything. I was not impressed and they kept my money aswell.

As a side note, I have since asked for a baytril (at another vet) to add to the water instead of an injection and this has worked well.

Sorry, my bad experience was with the Hillsborough branch by the way.

I think if you're going for general problems then yes they're good - I've taken Gerbils and a Winter white dwarf Hamster before.
I wouldn't say they have very in-depth knowledge though, at least of gerbils but I do know one of the vets nurses there from school - so I like to think she's at least take care of any pets I send in and she does usually email me reporting on their behaviour!! :loopy:

In total I've had one operatation on a mammary tumour in the hamster, two scent gland tumour removals and an eye abscess lanced on my gerbils. Each time they've been good, but the prices have recently gone up for operations and it's getting on the steep side!!!
At the moment I have one gerbil I take every 4/6 weeks for his teeth clipping and it's around £10.

I must admit I do not like how one of the vets tries to scruff gerbils - they don't have the same band of skin hamsters do, so if I'm the one taking the gerbil in I hold them for the vet because I know how to do it properly :mad:
But I guess they've been bitten so many times they don't like to risk it, only I know none of mine ever bite.

Re Baytril injection, the best method for administering is by syringe into the mouth, putting into the water isn't a good method because Gerbils drink so little they won't get the dose they need each day! Plus if they have a tankmate you're giving them the antibiotics too which is never good.
Sorry to hear about the poor gerbil though :(

I think they are rubbish. I took my rabbit there with a severe head tilt and they wanted to put him down saying it wasnt worth treating him. They wouldnt even look down his ears as they said it was pointless in rabbits as you cant see the ear canal. I ended up taking by bun to peak vets in woodseats who were amazing and my bun is now better.

i took my hamster to hunters bar vets, and have taken both my cats to Hallam in Crookes, always found both to be really good and priced well - there is one guy at Hallam [his name escapes me, really tall], he is great with my cat and knows how to talk to you, no complicated stuff.

What is the problem with the piggies skin?

I think they are rubbish. I took my rabbit there with a severe head tilt and they wanted to put him down saying it wasnt worth treating him. They wouldnt even look down his ears as they said it was pointless in rabbits as you cant see the ear canal. I ended up taking by bun to peak vets in woodseats who were amazing and my bun is now better.

Thats appaling. Head tilt is caused by a parasitic infection, usually E. Cuniculi. Its needs treatment with anti-parasitic drugs, usually Panacur, you dont need to look down the ear canal to prescribe that.

All though not always curable I know many rabbits that have lived long and happy lives with permenant head tilt, PTS is reserved opnly for those who cannot adapt to a reasonable quality of life with the condition.

i took my hamster to hunters bar vets, and have taken both my cats to Hallam in Crookes, always found both to be really good and priced well - there is one guy at Hallam [his name escapes me, really tall], he is great with my cat and knows how to talk to you, no complicated stuff.


The young thin one, i can't remember his name either but i don't like him i think he is the least freindly of all of them.