We have 4 busy locations across the Exeter and Devon area:
- Alphington 01392 493999 View Details
- Heavitree 01392 250066 View Details
- St Thomas 01392 250000 View Details
- Whipton 01392 465553 View Details
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At City Vets Exeter we are proud to provide our clients and their pets with the highest quality, professional and caring service.
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.
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.
We have 4 busy locations across the Exeter and Devon area:
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.
Our four surgeries are Royal College accredited. Heavitree, St Thomas and Alphington are fully equipped for all routine medical and surgical procedures.
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.
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.
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CityVets in Exeter – one stop shop for your pet’s health