Pets - Services

At Toft Lodge our vets and nurses provide a full range of services for you and your pets, including the following :-

• Consultations - by appointment to reduce waiting times. Poorly patients can always be seen on the same day
• Vaccinations - including a full annual veterinary healthcheck
• Radiography - for diagnostic or screening purposes (eg. Hip dysplasia scheme)
• Ultrasound - including pregnancy scanning
• Dentistry
• Soft tissue and orthopaedic surgery
• Acupuncture - we find this ancient practice really helps many of our patients, particularly those with arthritis pain
• Neutering
• Microchipping
• Pets Travel Scheme & issue of pet passports
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Free Healthcheck for new pets
• Senior health checks - a package designed to keep our older pets healthy for as long as possible
• Puppy & Kitten Health Schemes - packages to provide your new addition with all their health needs during the first few months at specially discounted rates
• Nurse clinics - our trained nurses run a range of free clinics advising on topics from dental care to weight control
• Puppy Training Classes - helping to get things right from the start

Pets - Facilities

Our modern facilities allow us to provide all the health needs for your pets and include :-

• Fully equipped operating theatre and prep room with modern anaesthetic machines and surgical equipment
• X-ray machine and automatic processor for immediate on-site diagnosis
• Air-driven dental machine for ultrasonic scaling, polishing and routine dental work
• Ultrasound scanner for non-invasive diagnosis
• Blood pressure monitor
• In-house laboratory for fast on-site diagnosis processing blood samples, skin scraping and urine samples
• Modern, safe and comfortable hospitalisation quarters
• Separate isolation facility for patients with contagious diseases
• Fully computerised records enable us to give you a better service
• Well-stocked dispensary

In addition, at our sister practice Bishopton Veterinary Group in Ripon we can also provide :-

• Large hospitalisation facility with veterinary nurse on-site, especially useful for patients requiring intensive care
• Endoscopy for non-invasive investigations
• Cardiology scanner and ECG for detailed investigation of heart disease
• Radio-iodine unit for treatment of cats with Hyperthyroidism - opened in 2008 this is the only such facility in the North of England
• Visiting specialists in Ophthalmology and Dermatology