I wrote them an email and got a response so I've copied and pasted for you all to see what they said.
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Sent: 15 April 2011 09:41
To: Enquiries
Subject: better service for rabbits
Dear customer services,
I was a bit disappointed that you never got back to my previous email, however I felt I would like to email again. I would like to highly recommend the middlesbrough branch of Vets for Pets as they are great, really friendly and helpful. I asked why there are no special offers for rabbits and they said these come from the head office. I would love to see an offer for rabbit vaccinations like you do for the dogs and cats, because they are so important and so many people don't vaccinate rabbits because they don't realise they can, and rabbits need more vaccinations than a cat or dog. My friends rabbits recently died of VHD because they weren't vaccinated. She didn't think they needed doing because they dont go out. She didn't realise that unlike woth cats and dogs who catch things from being out and about, VHD and Myximatosis are carried by flies and rabbits not going out doesn't make them safer. The vet Katherine did a wonderful job, vaccinating 11 rabbits for me (6 are my own and the others I took for a friend). Maybe if you had promotional offers on it would encourage and promote better rabbit ownership? Also your website has very little information on it about rabbits, I particularly noticed there was very little on neutering. I would have thought it would be wise for you to promote this, particularly with the very high risk of uterine cancer in unspayed female rabbits, and the amount of injuries caused/ rabbits up for rehoming because people have had two unneutered rabbits living or socialising together.
If you help raise awareness of the care rabbits need then you might get a lot more people bringing their rabbits in to your practices wanting them to have the same basic treatments people know about for cats and dogs.
I would love for a response to this email with your thought.
Kind Regards
*Blue_vix*
REPLY
Dear *Blue_vix*,
Many thanks for your email and feedback.
We are always keen to hear how we can improve our services, so we appreciate the time you’ve taken to email us with your comments. We are delighted to hear you are happy with the service Middlesbrough Vets4Pets branch is providing, however we are sorry to hear that you feel we could do more for rabbits.
Within your email you have highlighted two elements that you feel we should address, general information on rabbits and promotions for rabbits. We are currently in the process of developing a new website for Vets4Pets and will take your comments onboard to ensure more information is included. In addition, where possible we will ensure that we help raise awareness of the care rabbits need when planning our marketing campaigns. In regard to promotional offers for rabbits, ******** the Middlesbrough Vets4Pets partner will be in contact shortly.
Again, many thanks for your email.
Kind regards,
Marketing Manager
Vets4Pets Limited
((Tel): 01481 213 244
7 (Fax): 01481 230 360
8(Web): vets4pets.com
From:
Sent: 15 April 2011 09:41
To: Enquiries
Subject: better service for rabbits
Dear customer services,
I was a bit disappointed that you never got back to my previous email, however I felt I would like to email again. I would like to highly recommend the middlesbrough branch of Vets for Pets as they are great, really friendly and helpful. I asked why there are no special offers for rabbits and they said these come from the head office. I would love to see an offer for rabbit vaccinations like you do for the dogs and cats, because they are so important and so many people don't vaccinate rabbits because they don't realise they can, and rabbits need more vaccinations than a cat or dog. My friends rabbits recently died of VHD because they weren't vaccinated. She didn't think they needed doing because they dont go out. She didn't realise that unlike woth cats and dogs who catch things from being out and about, VHD and Myximatosis are carried by flies and rabbits not going out doesn't make them safer. The vet Katherine did a wonderful job, vaccinating 11 rabbits for me (6 are my own and the others I took for a friend). Maybe if you had promotional offers on it would encourage and promote better rabbit ownership? Also your website has very little information on it about rabbits, I particularly noticed there was very little on neutering. I would have thought it would be wise for you to promote this, particularly with the very high risk of uterine cancer in unspayed female rabbits, and the amount of injuries caused/ rabbits up for rehoming because people have had two unneutered rabbits living or socialising together.
If you help raise awareness of the care rabbits need then you might get a lot more people bringing their rabbits in to your practices wanting them to have the same basic treatments people know about for cats and dogs.
I would love for a response to this email with your thought.
Kind Regards
*Blue_vix*
REPLY
Dear *Blue_vix*,
Many thanks for your email and feedback.
We are always keen to hear how we can improve our services, so we appreciate the time you’ve taken to email us with your comments. We are delighted to hear you are happy with the service Middlesbrough Vets4Pets branch is providing, however we are sorry to hear that you feel we could do more for rabbits.
Within your email you have highlighted two elements that you feel we should address, general information on rabbits and promotions for rabbits. We are currently in the process of developing a new website for Vets4Pets and will take your comments onboard to ensure more information is included. In addition, where possible we will ensure that we help raise awareness of the care rabbits need when planning our marketing campaigns. In regard to promotional offers for rabbits, ******** the Middlesbrough Vets4Pets partner will be in contact shortly.
Again, many thanks for your email.
Kind regards,
Marketing Manager
Vets4Pets Limited
((Tel): 01481 213 244
7 (Fax): 01481 230 360
8(Web): vets4pets.com
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