Out of hours: after 19:00 and on Sundays, call 01632 960 445 and the recorded message will give you the number for Aldreth Veterinary Hospital, who hold our emergency cover. Do not email an emergency.

Prices from 1 April 2026

What things cost, before you have to ask.

Every fee below includes the vet's time and the examination. Medicines, laboratory work and anything unplanned are extra and are quoted to you before they happen, not after.

Consultations

A follow-up within fourteen days of the same problem is charged at the revisit rate.
AppointmentLengthFee
Standard consultation15 minutes£49
Extended consultation30 minutes£78
Revisit15 minutes£33
Nurse clinic20 minutes£18
Weight and diet clinic20 minutesno charge
Emergency, within opening hoursas needed£92

Preventive care

ItemIncludesFee
Puppy course, both visitsFull health check at each£86
Kitten course, both visitsIncludes feline leukaemia£82
Annual boosterWith yearly health check£58
Rabbit vaccinationMyxomatosis and both RHD strains£62
RabiesSingle dose, travel advice£68
Microchip15-digit ISO chip, registered for you£24

The health plan

£17.50 a month for a dog, £14.50 for a cat, spread over twelve payments. It covers the annual booster and check, all routine flea and worm treatment for the year, two nurse appointments, and takes 20% off dental work and 10% off neutering. It is not insurance — it does not pay for illness, and you still want a policy for that.

Surgery and dentistry

All surgical fees include anaesthesia, monitoring by a nurse, pain relief to go home with, and the post-operative check.
ProcedureNotesFrom
Cat neuter, maleDay patient, home the same afternoon£78
Cat spayFlank or midline, your choice discussed£135
Dog neuter, malePriced by weight band£195
Dog spayPriced by weight band; laparoscopic referred£290
Rabbit neuterRabbits are not starved before surgery£148
Dental, scale and polishIncludes full-mouth charting£210
Dental extractionsPer tooth, quoted after radiographs£28
Pre-anaesthetic blood testAdvised over eight years old£62

Estimates, insurance and paying

Estimates

Anything over £150 gets a written estimate with a range, because an honest range is more useful than a precise number we cannot promise. If the work is going to exceed the top of it, we stop and telephone you first.

Insurance

Payment is due on the day. We complete claim forms free of charge and usually within two working days. Direct claims — where the insurer pays us and you pay the excess — are available for bills over £400 with four insurers; ask at reception which.

Ways to pay

Card, cash or bank transfer. We do not take cheques. For planned work over £600 we can split payment across the month before and the month after, arranged in advance with Marianne.

If money is the problem

Say so early. There is almost always more than one way to treat something, and the cheaper way is often perfectly good medicine. What does not help anybody is waiting until an affordable problem has become an expensive one.