CJ Hall Vets offers an exotics referral service for rabbits, rodents, other small mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and zoo species.

How do I refer a case?

We are all busy people, so we want the referral process to be as easy as possible! Please send the clinical history, any diagnostic imaging or lab results to cjhallvets@talktalk.net . If the case is urgent, please call reception on 02088769696 to ensure we can see your patient. For more routine appointments, after sending the history, please ask the client to call us to arrange a mutually convenient time.

How much is a referral and when do you have appointments?

Consultations are £150. Please contact us if your require an estimate for your case.

Referral appointments are available Monday - Friday 8.30 - 16.30 and Saturday morning 8.30 - 11.00. We do not offer out of hours referrals.

Which clinicians see referrals?

Our senior vets Matthew Fiddes and Vivek Basu see referral cases. We are happy to accommodate requests for specific clinicians, however this may not be possible in urgent and emergency cases.

What sort of cases do you see?

We are happy to accept all cases, from those practices that are not comfortable seeing exotics through to advanced medical and surgical treatments. The following are a few of our more common referrals to give an idea of our scope

Rabbit dental abscesses

Incisor/ molar extractions, imaging, marsupialisation of abscess, long term topical and systemic antibacterials, gold standard anaesthesia, in patient care prevent/ manage GI hypomotility.

Rabbit corrective dental burring

Imaging to aid prognosis, extractions/apicectomy if appropriate, long term muti-modal analgesia

Guinea pig bladder stones

Imaging, blood tests for renal function, cytotomy, urethral surgery, nephrectomy, dietry and medical management to prevent recurrence

Rabbit lateral wall resection / bulla surgery

Rat respiratory disease

Imaging, blood testing, combination antibiotics, ancillary treatments such as nebulisation

Pygmy hedgehog neoplasia

Surgical resection (oral SCC and variety of uterine tumours common), injectable (non IV) and oral chemotherapy

Tortoise spays

Imaging to diagnose pre and post ovulatory stasis, medical managment egg binding, plastrotomy for surgical ‘spay’, post operative management including IO fluids, oesophagostomy tube placement

Tortoise post hibernation anorexia

Imaging, blood testing, viral/mycoplasma testing, faecal parasitology in patient care (heat and UV provision), oesophagostomy tube placement

Snake respiratory disease

Tracheal wash, viral testing

Avian respiratory disease

Imaging, blood testing (very useful even in budgies), diagnostic endoscopy with biopsy, medical treatment of Aspergillosis (modern azoles, nebulisation, in patient care)

Avian orthopaedics

IM pin placement in patient as low as 30 grams, IM tie in fixators most common in birds over 150g