Calder Vets Ltd

Calder Vets Ltd is a veterinary hospital set up for both routine care and complex cases, with 24-hour emergency and out-of-hours cover stated on its website. The facilities listed include advanced diagnostics (MRI/CT, endoscopy), an in-house lab and pharmacy, three surgical theatres, and separate wards for cats, dogs and rabbits—suggesting it can manage inpatient and higher-acuity work as well as day-to-day consults.

Recent reviews describe urgent, time-sensitive care (including pneumonia treatment supported with an oxygen tent) and owners being kept updated during hospitalisation. One review also mentions the team securing a referral to Paragon when needed. End-of-life care is also specifically referenced, with an owner thanking the team for making a dog’s final moments “so special.”

Services

• •24-hour emergency and out-of-hours care (stated as available 24/7, 365 days a year).
• •Routine consultations and vaccinations (website).
• •Neutering (website).
• •Dentistry (website).
• •Repeat prescriptions (website).
• •Flea, worm and parasite treatments (website).
• •In-house pharmacy and prescription diets (website).
• •Diagnostic imaging, including digital radiography, ultrasound, MRI & CT scanning (website).
• •Endoscopy (website).
• •In-house laboratory services (website).
• •Surgical procedures (website); reviews describe a “long and extremely challenging” surgery for a young puppy.
• •Chemotherapy suite (website).
• •Hospitalisation facilities, including intensive care and isolation units and separate cat, dog and rabbit wards (website).
• •Referral coordination is mentioned in a review (a referral to Paragon was secured for a critically ill puppy).

People

• •Raphael (vet) is named in a review and was praised after seeing a dog with a sore eye (“absolutely fantastic”).
• •A surgeon (female, unnamed) is credited in a review with persisting through a “long and extremely challenging” operation on a 15‑week‑old puppy and “fought tirelessly” during the case.
• •Multiple reviews describe the wider team keeping owners up to date during inpatient care and providing practical advice during a logistics issue (a “mix up with the pet ambulance”).

Reviews

Google rating: 4.0 stars from 244 reviews. “”

• •Emergency/critical care: owners describe rapid investigation and intensive treatment for severe illness (pneumonia, oxygen tent) and management of a congenital issue (small trachea) that might require surgery.
• •Communication during hospitalisation: several comments mention being kept updated on progress.
• •Surgery outcomes: one review highlights a difficult, lengthy surgery in a very young puppy with a positive outcome (home and healing).
• •End-of-life care: one owner thanks the team for handling a dog’s final moments with particular care.
• •Access: one reviewer explicitly mentions it was easy to get an appointment.