Vets4Pets – Vets in Clacton On Sea
Clinic Overview
- Many reviewers describe the team as helpful, caring, friendly and professional, with praise covering both vets and reception staff. - A consistent positive theme is good handling of anxious pets, especially nervous or rescue dogs, with calm behaviour and patience helping visits go more smoothly. - Owners also mention clear communication, including being updated through the day after procedures, as well as thoughtful support at difficult times such as rabbit end-of-life care.
Services
- •Routine and preventive care: vaccinations, microchipping, nurse clinics, prescriptions, nutritional advice, and Pet Passport / Animal Health Certificate services. Reviews also mention a yearly pet plan covering injections, flea treatment and worming.
- •Diagnostics and monitoring: X-ray, ultrasound, and an in-house laboratory.
- •Surgery and procedures: airway surgery, dentistry, orthopaedics, plus anaesthesia and an operating theatre. Recent owners mention dogs having operations with updates provided through the day.
- •Hospital facilities: oxygen chamber, separate dog and cat wards, and isolation units.
- •Examples mentioned by owners: support for nervous or rescue dogs, help with a diabetes diagnosis and ongoing care, end-of-life support for a rabbit, and keeping owners informed on progress throughout the day.
- •Emergency / out-of-hours: the practice uses VetsNow for out-of-hours care.
Pricing
Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. Some owners describe routine care and the pet plan as reasonable, while one recent reviewer strongly criticised the cost of medication.
People
- •Pawel (vet): mentioned repeatedly by name in reviews and praised for kindness, patience with nervous dogs, compassionate support during euthanasia, and helping diagnose and manage a dog’s diabetes. One review also raises a serious complaint about advice given in a suspected parvovirus case.
- •Hati (vet): described as patient and gentle with anxious dogs, with one owner highlighting her calm approach, sitting with a larger dog and using treats to help him settle.
- •Reception and nursing team: often described as helpful, polite and supportive, both in person and on the phone.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.6 stars from 28 reviews.
- •Many reviewers describe the team as helpful, caring, friendly and professional, with praise covering both vets and reception staff.
- •A consistent positive theme is good handling of anxious pets, especially nervous or rescue dogs, with calm behaviour and patience helping visits go more smoothly.
- •Owners also mention clear communication, including being updated through the day after procedures, as well as thoughtful support at difficult times such as rabbit end-of-life care.
- •Lower-rated feedback is limited but notable, including one complaint about medication pricing and another very serious complaint about treatment advice and communication in a parvovirus case.
