About us

Your local independent and trusted vet

Our practice was founded by Rip Kirby in 1992 with the ethos of being a friendly and approachable place to bring your pet. We are still committed to this, whilst providing the best possible care and treatment for all your pets. The practice remains independently owned by the vets who work in it, the only one in the area now. Being independent ensures the practice employees are motivated only by making pets better, not by keeping shareholders happy.

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We're a gold standard Cat Friendly Clinic

We make an extra special effort with all our feline patients, as we know how upsetting a trip to the vets can be for them. We're proud to have attained the Gold Standard Cat Friendly Clinic award, which means your cat is in safe hands.

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We have highly trained and experienced staff who will work with you to keep your pet in the best of health. We offer a full range of veterinary services, preventative health care, consultations, in-house diagnostic testing, imaging, and surgery. We have also partnered with Virtual Veterinary Specialists to ensure almost every problem imaginable can be dealt with right here at Castle Vets. We also offer a monthly budgeting plan and provide our own out of hours care to all our registered patients.

Many clients have been with us years and we consider them old friends, but we are always happy to welcome new faces, paws, tails and whiskers! Please do not hesitate to contact us about any matter big or small.

Reviews

Meet just a few of our happy owners and their pets!

We have had 2 late night accidents resulting in an off duty call and requiring subsequent surgical procedures each time. All of the staff were so reassuring and looked after our dogs with such care. One of our dogs, Izzy had to return for dressing changes once every few days. The care she received was in my opinion better than in any human hospital, using a mixture of modern and natural techniques. The bill was amazingly reasonable too. Thank you all so much

Tina Lancaster

Really caring and honest vets. Feel really confident taking our animals there.

amy jackson

Very good vets and brilliant staff

van life Cornwall UK Full-time van life

Been going there for more than 20 years with various cats. Wouldn't go anywhere else. They are brilliant

Anthea Anderson

We couldn't have asked for a more professional and caring service from castle vets staff over the last 6 years, looking after our beloved paddy until the very end x thankyou x

Sam Taylor

Very friendly and helpful.

Justin Obeirne

Brilliant vets

Kim Critchell

The team have always been excellent with our late cat Sammy over the 18 years of his life, thank you for everything

Holly Mercer2

Recommended so highly, this place and its staff are all amazing!

Elliot Stone

Lovely vets,so friendly. Nothing too much trouble.

Karen West

Great staff, vet was friendly and took his time to explain everything in terms we could understand

Sarah Watton

Saw us at very short notice before closing and gave very friendly and helpful service, reasonable price and would definitely recommend.

Matthew Hill

Couldn't praise Jeremy enough for how he handled trimming my macaws nails today. Absolutely chuffed to bits! Was very nervous about the whole thing because he can be quite temperamental when it comes to people he doesn't know but left there happy and content. Will definitely see him from now on if I ever need to.

Emma Dilemma

Such a good vet. Been with them for years for both my dogs. Trust them implicitly.

Linsey Binks

Very pleased with treatment our cat received very kind would recommend this practice to anybody

Rose Grimwade

We are Very Happy with the Service, Care and Treatment given to Sydney by Kirsty, Giles and the support team.Highly recommended.

Derrick Stevens

Fantastic! I can't fault at all... Looked after my cat so well and very reasonable prices

Google User

Brilliant quick service

kim critchell

Had to say goodbye to our friend and the service we received from all staff , from reception to Giles was amazing.Thank you

Tony Porter

I have been using Castle Vets for many years. I've always had excellent service from kind, thoughtful and highly trained staff. My dogs love trips to the vets.

Carol Osborne

Lovely people friendly service

Ian Thorneway

So lovely and helpful. Couldn't recommend them more!

Joe Allen

Lovely people friendly service

Ian Thorneway

A very caring vet with very helpful staff. I've always managed to get an appointment quickly. Would highly recommend.

paul fletcher

Excellent vets, frendly and helpful staff, highly recommended for all your pets needs.

Martin Worlock