PIGEON FRIENDLY VETS
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Please be aware that even the kindest vets have not been fully involved in nursing a sick or injured bird back to health and will often recommend euthanasia when the odds are actually in favour of the pigeon making a full recovery. They might also recommend euthanasia for any pigeon that is showing nervous symptoms or that is unreleasable.
If there is no vet listed in your area, please see if there is a branch of Companion Care near you. We have always found that they are compassionate towards wildlife.
Vets are not obliged to give free or reduced treatment to wildlife, although some do. But please don’t ask or expect this of them .
Pigeon friendly vets in England, listed in County order
| BERKSHIRE |
| Falklands Veterinary Clinic 214 Newtown Road Newbury Berkshire RG14 7EDTelephone 01635 46565 |
| COUNTY DURHAM |
| Stanhope Park Veterinary Hospital 30 Stanhope Road South Darlington Co. Durham DL3 7SQTel: 01325 380111 |
| DEVON |
| Veterinary Health Centre Hillcrest Drive Plympton Plymouth Pl7 2DXTel: 01752 344188 |
| EAST SUSSEX |
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Coastway 24 Hour Emergency Vets – Brighton 01273 621682 Meridian Vets 11 Edith Ave, Peacehaven, East Sussex BN10 8JB 01273 585386 Brighton Pet Centre Freshfield Business Park Open 8am to 6pm Senlac Veterinary Centre 01424 772148 |
| Grove Lodge Veterinary Group Ltd Brighton Surgery 104 Preston Drove Brighton East Sussex BN1 6EWTel: 01273 558838 Fax: 01273 552245 |
| Grove Lodge Veterinary Group Ltd 90 Valley Road Portslade East Sussex BN41 2TQTel: 01273 421738 Fax: 01273 421879 |
| ESSEX |
| All Animals Veterinary Clinic, Unit .T, Viking House, Daneholes Roundabout, Stanford Road, Grays, Essex. RM16 2XE01375 399 033This surgery has a postal diagnostic testing service for pigeons.I spoke to the surgery about treating feral pigeons, they said it probably depended on what was going to happen to the pigeon afterwards…if you take a pigeon in it will be best to ask them to treat it as a pet rather than risk it being handed over to the RSPCA for automatic euthanasia. |
| HERTFORDSHIRE |
Roebuck Veterinary Centre
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| KENT |
| Foxgrove Veterinary Centre 8 Foxgrove Road Beckenham Kent BR3 5AT020 8650 2003Trinity Veterinary Centre Hermitage Walk Hermitage Lane Maidstone Kent ME16 9NZTelephone:01622 726730 |
| LANCASHIRE |
| Laura Steel Springfield Vets 144 Redlam Blackburn Lancashire BB2 1UW01254 54654 |
| LONDON |
| MIDDLESEX |
| Young Veterinary Partnership 57 Lampton Road Hounslow Middlesex TW3 4DH Tel: 0208 57004890208 5726788Email [email protected] |
| NORFOLK |
| Companion Care (Norwich) Ltd – Veterinary Surgeons Pets at Home, Sprowston Retail Park Salhouse Road, Norwich Norfolk, NR7 9AZ.Tel: 01603 484359 Fax: 01603 420901Ask to see Robert WalkerCompanion Care Veterinary Surgeons Pets at Home Retail Park Hall Road Norwich Norfolk NR4 6HDTel: 01603 623040 Open 7 days a weekAsk to see Stefan Martini All Creatures Healthcare Ltd Tel: 01603 898984 Louise Rayment-Dible has many years experience of caring for birds and is the surgery used by the Wing and a Prayer rescue centre. Catton Veterinary Clinic Telephone (01603) 426310 Thorpe Veterinary Clinic 01603 434494 A.C Stokes 01603 765897 |
| NORTHUMBERLAND |
| Robson and Prescott 44 Staithes Lane Morpeth Northumberland NE61 1TD 01670 512 275 Mr Prescott is good with birds as he has his own pigeons |
| NOTTINGHAMSHIRE |
| Retford Poultry Partnership
Unit 5 Stirling Rd 01777 703011 |
| STAFFORDSHIRE |
| Pets Choice Veterinary Centre Unit E3, Stafford Park 15 Telford TF3 3BBT/F: 01952 201369 |
| SURREY |
| Companion Care Redhill Inside Pets at Home Unit 3 12 Brighton Road Redhill Surrey RH1 6QL Tel: 01737 231 480 |
| SUSSEX: Please see East Sussex and West Sussex |
| TYNE and WEAR |
| Vet 4 Pets 126-128 Benton Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE7 7DX Tel: 01914 061891 This was recommended by someone that took a racing pigeon there.First Vets 371-375 Chillingham Rd Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 5SB0191 276 1064 |
| WEST SUSSEX |
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Companion Care (Chichester) Ltd Tel: 24 HR 01243 785348 Gideon Schmit is the “bird man”, he shares his time between Chichester and Rustington. Companion Care (Rustington) Ltd Tel: 01903 777670 Open 7 days a week Grove Lodge Veterinary Hospital Tel: 01903 234866 Grove Lodge Veterinary Group Ltd Tel: 01903 503898 Grove Lodge Veterinary Group Ltd Tel: 01903 503444 Grove Lodge Veterinary Group Ltd Tel: 01903 764801 SEERS CROFT VETERINARY SURGERY Tower Road Tel: 01293 851122 Recommended by a client who said : In my experience all the vets there are excellent and caring but the owner, Rob, is particularly skilled and compassionate and Melissa used to work at a wildlife rescue so potentially has pigeon experience. |
| WEST YORKSHIRE |
| Abbey House Veterinary Hospital Commercial Street Morley West Yorkshire LS27 8AGTel: 0113 252 5818Abbey House Veterinary Clinic 1 Oulton Lane Rothwell West Yorkshire LS26 0EATel: 0113 282 7117Abbey House Veterinary Clinic 1 Cross Church Street Cleckheaton West Yorkshire BD19 3RPTel: 01274 876 686 Abbey House Veterinary Clinic Tel: 0113 286 7108 |
| PIGEON FRIENDLY VETS IN WALES |
| The Haven Veterinary Group 1 James St Llanelli Dyfed SA15 1DU 01554 772097 |
| All Pets Vet Care Sybil Way The Docks Milford Haven SA73 3AA 01646 663 883 Billa Schleicher – a very skilled vet – won’t do anything for free |
| The Fenton Veterinary Practice 21 Portfield Haverfordwest SA61 1BN 01437 762806Lance Jepson – a very very skilled vet who lectured on exotic animal medicine at university, he has also written a few books on exotics. (Also practices at a Carmarthen and Llanelli vet, only does Tuesday and Friday in Fentons) |