Carrot Tops Mobile Surgery For Pets

- Urgent access is a recurring positive theme: owners describe being fitted in the same day for a seriously ill cat and receiving help when arriving without an appointment for a dog with suspected stroke symptoms. - Many positive reviews focus on straightforward, welfare-first care: some owners say they felt the vets were focused on the animal rather than selling extras, including one review about an ear infection and another about realistic guidance when a cat’s prognosis was poor. - End-of-life care gets both praise and criticism: one owner describes the vet as caring and understanding during euthanasia, while another felt the process was rushed and that family members did not get the chance to say goodbye.

Carrot Tops Mobile Surgery For Pets is an appointment-based veterinary service established in 2010, offering both clinic appointments and home visits, along with pet collection/return and home euthanasia. Reviews describe a practice that will often make space for urgent concerns, including same-day appointments and help for pets brought in without a booking. Recent feedback is mixed overall: many owners praise caring, welfare-focused treatment, while a smaller number report poor communication, feeling judged, or dissatisfaction with costs.

Services

•Consultations and visit options: Appointment-based veterinary consultations are available at the clinic and by home visit, with a pet collection and return service also listed.
•End-of-life and emergency arrangements: Home euthanasia is available, and outside normal business hours emergency care is provided through Wood Veterinary Group, which has a veterinary surgeon on call 24/7.
•Examples mentioned by owners: Reviews refer to treatment for ear infections, skin problems, steroid injections, antibiotics, blood sampling and testing before onward referral, neutering discussions including a pre-op check, and euthanasia carried out after discussion of prognosis.
•Urgent case handling: Owners describe the team rearranging appointments to see a seriously ill cat the same day, contacting Wood’s directly when concerned about suspected anaemia, and helping with a dog brought in without an appointment when a stroke was suspected.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

No individual clinicians are named publicly in the material here. Reviewers describe a team that has rearranged appointments for urgent cases, contacted a referral hospital directly when needed, and supported some owners through end-of-life decisions, though a minority of reviews report rude or judgmental communication.

Reviews

Google shows 4.5 stars from 108 reviews.

•Urgent access is a recurring positive theme: owners describe being fitted in the same day for a seriously ill cat and receiving help when arriving without an appointment for a dog with suspected stroke symptoms.
•Many positive reviews focus on straightforward, welfare-first care: some owners say they felt the vets were focused on the animal rather than selling extras, including one review about an ear infection and another about realistic guidance when a cat’s prognosis was poor.
•End-of-life care gets both praise and criticism: one owner describes the vet as caring and understanding during euthanasia, while another felt the process was rushed and that family members did not get the chance to say goodbye.
•Negative feedback centres on communication and cost concerns: a small number of reviewers mention rude staff, feeling blamed or judged, concerns about the thoroughness of an examination, and dissatisfaction after being charged more than expected.

Reviews for Carrot Tops Mobile Surgery For Pets

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 108 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Lisa Workman

5 months ago

Carrot Tops were excellent when our cat got seriously ill. We noticed he hadn't been eating properly so asked for an appointment. They shuffled things around so that they could see him that day. On seeing him the vet immediately suggested we took him to Woods Hospital in Gloucester as he had serious anemia. We left, phoned the hospital, and were told to go back to carrot tops and get them to take the blood for testing. We returned but the vet was so concerned, she phoned Woods and got an appointment. Took him there, left him overnight, £1060 later, picked him up with no diagnosis other than more tests, more money and a very expensive treatment that might not work. Anyway, we took him home. Feed him with a syringe for a while until the results of another blood test came back. Took him back to Carrot Tops (again they moved things around to get him an appointment that day)they agreed with us that even if we had a bottomless pit of money to spend at the hospital, the probability of him ever getting better was pretty slim. So we had him put down. The vet was very caring, understanding. Okay, our cat died but through no fault of the vets and at all times they put the cats welfare top of the list. Their prices are reasonable and I didn't feel ripped off (unlike Woods!)

Tracy Meadows

Great care great vets turned up today no appointment as we thought our dog had a stroke amazing care and support from all staff nothing was a problem and to top it off the price they charged after the appointment was so outstanding and very low charge we were amazed. Definitely recommend

Malcolm Evans

7 months ago

After just one visit I know that I’ve found a vets practice that can be fully trusted. Unlike most vets Carrot Tops were there solely to care for my dog (ear infection) . No oh let’s try this , you must buy this . Charges excellent, I honestly can not praise this practice enough

Kayla hepburn

8 months ago

Gavin Warren

9 months ago

Rude staff, poor animal care ...stay away from.theys cowboy

Sarah Brown

1 year ago

My cat gets sore skin around spring time every year, and last year I was told it was probably from the change in temperature. She was given a steroid injection and we were sent on our way, and she was healed within a week, for only £60. I went again today for the same problem, and a different vet told me it was because she’s “clearly been very stressed out” and “has fleas and mites” after not even checking her out properly. The rest of her coat is perfect and she lives a very easy life where she just gets to do and go where she wants. My cat only had flea treatment two weeks prior to this and she made me pay for another one, a steroid injection and antibiotics for a small scab on her back. This cost me £170 this year which is insane. She insinuated the entire time that I wasn’t caring for my cat properly and made me feel like I’d done something wrong and hadn’t got to the vets fast enough. Will definitely not be returning to this vets unfortunately after this experience with this specific vet

Jess James

Called to book our cat in to be neutered. Asked if it was worth it etc on the phone and told yes, to come in for a checkup and then they will keep him to do the surgery. Turns out it was just a pre pop appointment. Was told there is no point having him done which was not what we were told over the phone and we paid £50 for the privilege. Also we were asked to attend 15 mins before our appointment only to sit in the waiting room for those 15 mins and an extra 5 mins after our appointment time. Staff is friendly but I do feel like they just want to make easy money rather than being helpful to customers. We had our dog put down in this vet and my partner was told not to bring him home and they’d do it there and then so me and my son didn’t get to say goodbye. After the recent service with our cat I’m worried they just did this so that they could make the money on putting him down.

Deborah Ward

5 years ago

Wonderful! Flexible service and lovely, professional staff. They offer the choice of home visits or visiting be of their local facilities which is so important at the moment. All of our pets are registered with them and we have always found them to be incredibly helpful and kind. I would recommend them to anyone looking for a professional and reliable vet to care for their animals.