Spacious consultation rooms

Many of our patients may be tiny, but we like to make space for their pet parents! Our main consultation room can fit several people plus baby buggies, ideal if you cant leave the family at home. Despite our victorian building, we are wheelchair accessable (reception and main consultation room accessable by temporary ramp over 2 steps to main enterance - please telephone reception on arrival and we wil do all we can to assist.) Regrettably we cannot provide wheelchair accessible toilet facilities.

Please note: Due to current Covid restrictions we are not allowing clients into consultation areas, but hopefully in the (near?!) future this will change

Comfortable reception

In a past life our building was a Victorian dairy and we love our exposed Victorian tiled flooring. These days we ask you to take a seat in our air-conditioned reception and wonder at the range of animals that we see at any one time!

We have provided some high shelf areas to keep you pet of the floor and away from other animals if required to reduced stress. We are also happy to pop reptiles in a vivarium to keep them warm whilst you wait.

You can browse our range of pet foods and supplements for our range of exotic patients including Vetark vitamins and supplements, Emeraid recovery foods, Harrisons bird pellets, Tidymix parrots diets, Arcadia bird lamps, selected range of reptile UV lighting and heating.

We also stock a range of parrot toys to give your bird a treat for visiting the vet!

Specialised and seperate hospitalisation facilities

Behind the scenes we are not your average vet clinic! We have a wide range of enclosures to provide the perfect environment for every pet.

We house predator and prey species seperately to reduce stress.

We have 14 vivaria with UV and heat provision for all manner of reptiles and birds.

Safe anaesthesia

We understand that general anaesthesia can be a worry for rabbits and exotic pet owners. There is always some risk with anaesthetics however frustratingly other (non specialist) vets often cite very high death rates which can be a due to a combination of outdated protocols, lack of experience and lack of equipment.

At CJ Hall we do all we can to make anaesthetics as safe as possible -

• Modern anaesthetic agents including sevoflurane and isoflurane

• Multiparameter monitoring

• Mechanical ventilator for patients down to 30 grams

• All rabbits intubated (or V-gel used)

• Our tried and tested rabbit anaesthesia protocol of light sedation and sevoflurane induction - safe as possible in even the sickest and oldest rabbits.

The saying goes “There are no safe anesthetic agents; there are no safe anesthetic procedures; there are only safe anesthetists.” Not quite true, but we believe in the last part! Head vet Matthew lectures vets and students alike on exotic pet and rabbit anaesthesia, so we would like to think we are at the top of our game.

Hi tech equipment

Our surgery is fully equipped to diagnose and treat your pets, including

• Digital x-ray

• Colour doppler ultrasound with 5 different probes to cover animals from mice to elephants

• Rigid endoscopy especially useful for detailed examination inside noses and inside bird tummies

• Full dental suite for rabbit and rodent corrective burs and extractions

• Full surgical facilities for the most complex operations

• Tonovet advance - the latest technology to check eyes pressures and glaucoma

• Multiparameter anaesthesia monitor

• Doppler for heart rate monitoring in reptiles and taking blood pressures

• Vetronic small animal ventilator for anaesthetised patinets

• Surgical suction

• Full orthopaedic pinning and ESF kits

• In house lab for blood biochemistry analysis, feacal tests and cytology

• Nebulisation and oxygen therapy for breathing problems

Caring nursing

Our staff are our best assets. The CJ Hall team of vet nurses and animal care assistants have decades of experience in getting all types of patients back to full health.

We understand that it is always a concern when your pets are away from home, especially when they are sick. Our nursing team continuously strives to treat all our patients with kindness and compassion with that extra cuddle or tasty morsel so that your pet knows they are loved, comfortable and cared for.

Did you know our clinical lead vet nurse Milena holds the highest further qualification in exotic pet nursing and is one of only a handful of these advanced vet nurses in the country?