Welcome to Anton Vets

Anton Vets is an established, caring family-oriented practice serving Andover and its surrounding villages in Hampshire as well as seeing exotic pets from up to 200 miles away.

Established by Kate Chitty, Laura Smith and Maria Hine along with Kate’s husband John, Anton provides comprehensive care to clients and their animals and are proud of the excellent facilities the premises house. We have the experience and expertise to treat most pet animals, from giant breed dogs and farm pets to small mammals and exotics.

About us

Surgery

Our surgery is located at Units 11-12 Anton Mill Road, Andover.

Appointments

Please note: appointments must be booked in advance.

Mon-Fri: 9:00am – 6:30pm
Sat: 9:00am – 12:00am

Core Values

Anton Vets believes in

• Facilitating the owner-pet relationship and promoting good health and welfare for all pets
• Providing a high quality veterinary service for all pets
• Providing a service at a fair and reasonable rate
• Providing care on a 24/7 basis
• Studying, devising and publishing novel diagnostics and therapies for exotic pets and small mammals.

We aim to help owners help their pets.

Complaints

We hope you will not have cause for complaint.

If you have any concerns, please feel free to raise these with the Clinical Director and see our Complaints Procedure Link – we will always be happy to discuss any worries you may have.

Fee Structure/ Policy

Fees will vary according to venue (each surgery will have different running costs and expenses) – for an estimate of fees before making an appointment please ask the receptionist

We do request payment at time of consultation and can take payment by:

• Cash
• Cheque
• Credit Card (VISA/ Mastercard)
• Debit Card

Facilities

What you will find at Anton Vets….

We are very proud of our newly expanded clinic and hope you will be too.
Here, we have

• Large waiting area
• Private waiting area for pets who need a little space and privacy!
• 6 consulting rooms
• Lots of equipment for diagnostics and therapeutics
• Imaging suite for xray and ultrasound
• Large clean theatre with space for three operating tables and endoscopy stack. This room can be deep cleaned regularly and allows us to reduce chances of wound infection
• Separate scrub/ prep room where pets are prepared for the clean theatre or where non-sterile procedures can take place
• Separate dental area to reduce cross-contamination between pets
• Bereavement Suite for comfort and privacy during the most difficult visit of all
• Separate wards for hospitalising pets because different pets have very different needs
  • Dog ward
  • Cat ward
  • Two separate isolation wards for dogs and cats which allow barrier nursing of pets with suspected infectious diseases
  • Small mammal ward for rabbits, guinea pigs, chinchillas, rats, mice, sugar gliders …and many others (though not ferrets as these may scare rabbits and rodents! Fortunately, ferrets and cats do not worry each other so ferrets are hospitalised in the cat ward!)
  • Exotics ward for birds reptiles and amphibia

Above all, you will find friendly experienced knowledgeable and caring vets, nurses and receptionists ready to listen to your concerns and help your pet
We do hold regular Open Days when the public are invited to visit and see round our clinic. However, if you would like to see round before making the decision to join us, please ring reception and a tour can be arranged during a quiet period

Services Offered

For a range of species we have access to a range of diagnostic equipment

• Ultrasound
• Radiography
• Endoscopy – a range of rigid scopes from 1.2mm to 10mm allows us to perform endoscopic procedures in a range of species. Biopsy samples can be taken via endoscopy. We can also record these procedures and you can have a disc of these recordings. We also have small flexible endoscopes suitable for exotic species as well as cats and small dogs
• We also have specialised surgical equipment
• Microsurgery – tiny patients need tiny tools and specialised illumination and magnification loupes
• Radiosurgery – enables simultaneous cutting and coagulation which is very important in small animals that cannot tolerate blood loss

Treatment

Jump to treatment information: Cats  Dogs  Ferrets  Rabbits  Rodents  Birds & reptiles

Bringing your Pet to the clinic In the interests of your safety while travelling to the clinic and to minimise disturbance and stress while waiting in the clinic please bring your pet in a safe secure carrier or on a suitable leash (always check they can’t slip out of the collar!) If you need any help or advice about suitable carriers for your pet (especially for exotics) please call reception and they will be pleased to help.

House Visits

We are happy to arrange house visits for our registered clients when it is not possible (or in your pet’s best interests) to come to the clinic
However, we do remind you that for most ill pets it is better to come in as we have all our facilities at the clinic.

If you would like a visit please call reception where we can discuss if this is the best option. For non-urgent visits please give us as big a timeframe as possible to arrange this- in a busy practice, it can sometimes take time to arrange!

Hospitalisation

We have full hospitalisation facilities for a very wide range of pets
We do not routinely have a nurse or vet resident on site but will check all hospitalised patients regularly through the weekends and evenings
All patients will receive care appropriate to their level of need

If this requires 24 hour nursing…they will receive 24 hour nursing!

Preventive Medicine

Just as in human medicine we are aware that there is no “one size fits all” approach to preventive healthcare
This is why we do not offer pet health clubs.

Instead we can offer a range of programs tailored to your individual pet needs and are very happy to discuss these with you
As part of these programs we can offer regular health checks, vaccinations, parasite control and even regular blood or urine checks as is appropriate for your and your pet needs.