CityVets Exeter – Your Pets, Our Passion

At City Vets Exeter we are proud to provide our clients and their pets with the highest quality, professional and caring service.

nurse dog At City Vets Exeter, we devote the time and resources necessary, to plan and instigate an affordable treatment plan that is most appropriate for the individual animal and their owner.

Excellent communication and client trust is a very important part of this process enabling us to make decisions together.

We always aim to provide the best value veterinary care for our clients.

City Vets Exeter has four surgeries, conveniently located across the City of Exeter – Alphington, St Thomas, Heavitree and Whipton – all with excellent parking.

Each surgery is accredited by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS).

Our Alphington and St Thomas surgeries are also proud to be accredited at Silver Level as Cat Friendly Clinics by the International Society of Feline Medicine.

Additionally, St Thomas have the Silver Rabbit Welfare Association & Fund Standard (RWAF) and Heavitree is a Gold Standard RWAF practice.

Services available from CityVets

CityVets Exeter is a one stop shop for your pet’s health. As well as providing an extensive range of pet services listed below, we also have a full range of pet products available in our pet store which offers tremendous value for money.

Why Choose CityVets?

Four Surgeries Across Exeter

We are an exclusively small animal Veterinary Practice with four independent surgeries run by their own teams of experienced Vets, qualified veterinary nurses, trainees and support staff. The surgeries are conveniently located across the City of Exeter in Heavitree, Alphington, St Thomas, and Whipton.

RCVS Accredited

Our four surgeries are Royal College accredited. Heavitree, St Thomas and Alphington are fully equipped for all routine medical and surgical procedures.

State of the Art Facilities

Our surgeries at Heavitree and St Thomas also serve as our specialist internal referral surgery, being staffed by highly experienced vets and supported by ‘consultant’ vets qualified in a speciality.

These surgeries are equipped with comprehensive practice laboratories and the latest state of the art imaging, monitoring, diagnostic and surgical equipment. Intensive care and 24 hour monitoring of very sick animals is available at our Heavitree hospital.

Expertly Staffed

We have very experienced vets in house with the support of our consultant specialists in Cardiology (Hearts), Opthalmology (Eyes). We also have veterinary experts in Imaging (Ultrasound and X-ray), behaviour and our own veterinary Physiotherapist / rehabilitation expert. We are therefore very well staffed and equipped to expertly deal the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of the more complex medical and surgical cases and emergencies, as well as the routine cuts, sore ears, itchy skins etc.

Protect your pet from the sun

Jun 16th, 2022

As we head into the summer months and temperatures start rising, it’s important to remember that your pets are most vulnerable at this time to many injuries and illnesses which are brought on by hot weather, including sunburn, foot pad burns, dehydration and the most dangerous of all, heatstroke. While heat stress is more common during the summer months, it can occur at any time throughout the year.

Top 10 hazards to watch out for this summertime to protect your pets

Jun 1st, 2022

Summer brings longer days, warmer climates, new adventures and outdoor socialising, which with pets in tow, can be made even more enjoyable! However, when the temperatures rise, the dangers to our pets increase too. To keep pets safe, you should be aware of potential hazards, as well as some top tips to help prevent your pet from endangering themselves throughout the summer months.

Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month at City Vets

May 1st, 2022

We’re celebrating our wonderful nurses at City Vets; want to join in Exeter? Throughout May, we will be raising awareness of the resilience and myriad of jobs our veterinary nurses have within our practice team and the wider veterinary industry.

Alphington

Heavitree

St Thomas

Whipton