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For future reference - emergency vets

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Hello all!

For future reference in case of a horrible what-if scenario... are there any recommendations for an emergency vet in Manchester that would be contactable 24/7 in case of emergency?

I realised after reading a few posts on here that if anything were to happen to our bunnies requiring urgent, non-9 to 5 working hours, I'd be stumped about where to take them.

Thank you
Stuart
 
The main one is Petmedics which is on an industrial estate near Worsley. (Bloody miles away from anywhere people actually live, it feels like) I think a lot of the city practices use it for out of hours cover. http://www.cvsukltd.co.uk/petmedics.htm
Their rabbit knowledge doesn't seem to be brilliant, and they don't have a great reputation among other posters on here.
But they did once make one of my bunnies better with just an injection of Baytril, so they are ok sometimes :)
I would always prefer to go there with some reading up / suggestions if poss.
They charge a lot more after midnight, so if it's getting to late evening and I'm wondering whether to go in, I've always left to get there before that. They are expensive enough anyway, especially considering the standards of service

From a cab driver I also heard about one in Cheadle Hulme. http://www.woodcroftvets.com/about-us/facilitiesservices/emergency-facilities.shtml
But it looks like they will only see you if you are with one of those practices
 
Hi, I went to Pet Medics in Worsley last night, 0161 794 4999 they were great. Very friendly and helpful, got my bunny on the way to recovery
 
Our vets have an emergency number you can contact if you call at night time, the details are left on an answering machine. The only ones we have been to are the emergency vets in Swinton and then another time, more recently, we went to one just off the East Lancs.

Might sound silly but try ringing your vet now and there should be an emergency number given on an answering machine, I think they all have to do it like the doctors do for out of hours emergencies.
 
Might be worth checking if your normal practice does it. I've never been to mine (thank god, touch wood), but whilst ringing the normal vet number out of hours I get through to what seems to be a minature call-centre all the vets use after hours, and when I had a question they told me to wait for a call back and my normal vet called back and spoke to me, so I assume the normal vets of my practice do emergency vet service.
 
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