Emergencies

What to do in an emergency

If your pet has an emergency during our normal opening hours, please call the practice and we will advise you what to do next.

We are open or available six days a week in MagheraKilrea and Dungiven. If your pet does have to stay the night with us, we can hospitalise your pet in our own surgery, ensuring continuity of care and familiarity of surroundings for all pets.

If you have an emergency when we are closed, please contact our partners Vets Now.

Vets Now is the pet equivalent of an accident and emergency service, dedicated to providing pets with access to a vet out of hours. It’s all they do.

Their vets and vet nurses are specially trained to deal with pet emergencies. Because they don’t work during the day, they’ll be up and ready to see your pet at the time you need them.
 
Vets Now has been providing dedicated out-of-hours emergency pet care across the UK for more than 15 years, and now responds to almost half-a-million pet emergencies every year.

We believe our partnership offers you and your pet the very best level of care, day and night.

You can find out more about their service here.

At Glenshane Vets we know your pets are part of your family and our priority is, and always will be, to ensure they have access to the very best care, no matter what the time of day or night. That’s why we’re proud to partner with Vets Now.
 
Don’t forget, their team don’t work during the day, so you don’t have to worry about disturbing them at night. So, if you’re worried about your pet don’t hesitate to give them a call, and they’ll advise what you should do next.

We would remind you that Vets Now is a pet emergency service. For routine cases such as vaccinations and topical treatments, please call us as you would normally, during our daytime opening hours.
 

What will it cost?

Small Animal

An out of hours consultation with ourselves between 6pm - 9pm Monday to Friday is £200.

A Vets Now out of hours consultation is £275.

Farm Animals

Procedure cost + up to £50 call out.

Please note:

We do not provide 24hour inpatient care for small animal. Regular checks are performed by the vet and nurse overnight.