Finding a Vet
Useful Links to help you find a rabbit vet
Rabbit Rescues often know of rabbit savvy vets in their local area and some further afield. Rabbit rehoming, health and welfare forums are also a good place to look for personal recommendations.
However, vets move on, practices change hands, and only where a named vet in a practice is listed can you be entirely sure you are dealling with who’s been recommended.
We have our own Rabbit Vets Directory where rabbit owners can recommend their vet, and veterinary practices can recommend themselves.
Known rabbit experts
The Royal Dick – Edinburgh The Hospital for Small Animals can be contacted on 0131 6507650.
University of Bristol Rabbit Clinic – Sponsored by the Rabbit Welfare Fund
Langford Veterinary Services (See above)
Animal Medical Centre Referral service for small animals.
David Crossley BVetMed DipEVDC PhD MRCVS – One of the vets at the Animal Medical Centre – Specialist in Rabbit and Chinchilla Dentistry
Frances Harcourt Brown BVSc FRCVS is an RCVS recognised Specialist in Rabbit Medicine and Surgery and published author - Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Molly Varga at Cheshire Pet Medical Centre
Virginia Garner-Richardson MA VetMB MTCVS – Rabbit vet and author – Romsey, Hampshire
Rabbit vets recommended by other sites and forums
Vets good at treating rabbits are often recommended on rabbit forums, but not always with information regarding how or where to contact them…. We’ve cross referenced as many as we can of those with RCVS links or the practice web site. There will be more on the individual forums so you should check those out as well.
Greater London & Home Counties
Animals Are Us Hayes, Twickenham and Feltham in Middlesex. Vet David Muge has been recommended on Rabbit Rehome’s forum and by Greenwich Rabbit Rescue.
Twickenham Veterinary Surgery‘s vets Wendy and Christabel have been recommended by Greenwich Rabbit Rescue (GRR), on rabbit forums including Rabbit Rehome (RRH) and Golden Bunnies (GB).
Wokingham, Berkshire & Surry branches of Kynoch Vets. (GRR)
Bristol
Golden Valley, Bristol (GRR)
Cambridgeshire
Pengelly & Mizen, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (GRR)
Cheshire
Seaview, Wallasay (RRH)
Broadway Veterinary Surgery, Wallasay (RRH)
County Durham
Jason Atherton of Eden Hill Veterinary Surgery in County Durham (GB)
Dorset
Damory, Blandford Forum (LEC)
Essex
The Wylie Veterinary Centre, Upminster & Hornchurch (GB)
Gloucestershire
Lansdowns Vets, Stroud (RRH)
Wood Veterinary Group, Quedgeley – Jason Burgess (LEC)
Hampshire
Gough & Partners, Basingstoke, Hampshire, which also come recommended (GRR), trade as GP Vets
Strathmore Veterinary Centre (LEC)
Grazely Vets, Farnborough (LEC)
Wood Veterinary Group, Quedgely, Nr Gloucester
Hertfordshire
Nine Lives, Redbourn(LEC)
Leicester
King Richard Veterinary Group, Leicester (GB)
Norfolk
Companion Care, Norwich (GRR)
Taverham Veterinary Practice, Norfolk (Roger or Lenka) (GRR)
Oxfordshire
Several sources recommend D&K Coggs (GRR, GB) which is actually Cogges Vets of Witney, Oxfordshire (RRH, GB).
Stewart Jackson, The Jackson Veterinary Practice (GB)
Manchester
Ashleigh Veterinary Centre, Manchester (GRR)
Merseyside
Village Vets, Liverpool (GRR)
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Blythman & Partners (GB)
Southampton
Christopher Carter (RRH)
Staffordshire
Croft Veterinary Services, Newcastle-under-Lyme (GB)
Suffolk
Charles at Orwell Vet Group in Kesgrave, nr Ipswich (GRR)
Warwickshire
Anthea, Well Pets Veterinary Centre in Warwickshire (GRR)
Acorn Veterinary Centre, Warwickshire (GRR)
West Sussex
Seers Croft, nr Horsham (RRH) (The recommended vet ‘Gill’ does not seem to be listed but there are two exotics specialist vets on the team there.)
Wiltshire
Walters, McFadyn & Jones in Chippenham, Wiltshire have several branches in the area.
Vet John Chitty in Salisbury is an exotics specialist recommended by GRR and Le Couer Rabbit Rescue (LEC)
Worcestershire
Brentknoll Veterinary Centre, Nr Worcester (GB)
Worcestershire vets McInnes & Lane recommended by Greenwich Rabbit Rescue seem to now go under the name of Bowler, Lewis & Partners, (source RVS website) so you may want to double check with GRR first.
Other places to find rabbit savvy vets
Morfz’s Rabbit Vet List for the UK
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons – Find a vet using this MRCVS vet locator.
Find a Vet Near You Independent vet finder.
List of UK vets good with rodents.