Christmas Opening Hours     Opening times Friday December 24th 9am – 12noon Saturday December 25th CLOSED Sunday December 26th CLOSED Monday December 27th CLOSED Tuesday December 28th CLOSED Wednesday December 29th 9am – 12noon Thursday December 30th 9am – 12noon Friday December 31st 9am – 12noon Saturday January 1st CLOSED Sunday January 2nd CLOSED […]

*** 21/12/2021 *** –   CVO Press Release 03/11/2021 –  The Government has brought the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone in to force, whereby it is a legal requirement for bird keepers to follow strict biosecurity protocols. ***UPDATE 24/11/2021*** Following multiple cases of HPAI H5N1 across the country the Government has instigated additional measures to the AIPZ. New […]

Shockingly, within a relatively short period during the winter of 2019 / 2020 AVS were presented with three separate cases of life-threatening injuries to falconry birds after being shot!   This is not the forum to express our anger at these instances and accidents do happen, but if you honestly cannot identify the species you […]

Just a reminder regarding our biannual closure dates and information of other veterinary practices should you require assistance during these times. 2022 – Closed February 26th – March 7th / September 3rd – 12th We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause, however with us not getting any younger we feel it is our only […]

Gus, a normally very jolly, chatty Grey Parrot, who on occasion has been known to greet his vet with “I’ll tan your arse!!” presented in decidedly poor form with unusually, nothing to say for himself. He was also off his food and dehydrated with vomiting and diarrhoea.  As vomiting is considered an emergency in the avian […]

Our opening hours for the festive period Thursday December 24th 9.00am – 12.30pm Friday December 25th CLOSED Saturday December 26th CLOSED Sunday December 27th CLOSED Monday December 28th CLOSED Tuesday December 29th 9.00am – 12.30pm Wednesday December 30th 9.00am – 12.30pm Thursday December 31st 9.00am – 12.30pm Friday January 1st CLOSED Saturday January 2nd 9.00am […]

Update 19 March 2021: GB Governments have announced plans to lift poultry housing measures from 23:59 on 31 March. The Avian Influenza Prevention Zone mandatory biosecurity measures remain in place for all birds. If you intend to allow your birds outside after 31 March you must take action now to prepare the outside areas, please check […]

Time certainly flies when you’re having fun but believe it or not, it was 10 years ago this weekend that AVS opened its doors for the very first time!   We just wanted to take this time to say a big thank you to all our clients, friends, family and colleagues for their incredible support over […]

Please see our opening hours for the Easter weekend. As always we provide our own out of hours service for registered clients. Friday 10/04/20 CLOSED Saturday 11/04/20 9.00am – 12.30pm Sunday 12/04/20 CLOSED Monday 13/04/20 CLOSED We are still running our restricted hours so will be available for emergency appointments between 9am and 12.30pm every morning […]

In response to the COVID-19 situation and Government advice we are having to instigate a few changes to our normal procedures; in order to minimise the impact on the health & welfare of our clients and the team, whilst continuing to provide our services, we are temporarily reducing clinic opening hours. UPDATE 13/07/2020 – We are increasing […]