A home visit vet, matched to you

Yes. For you, always. Vets pay us to receive enquiries, which is how the guides stay free. You pay only the vet, only if you book.

If your pet is in crisis (collapse, trauma, poisoning), don't wait for a callback. Go straight to your nearest emergency vet clinic. Mobile vets aren't equipped for emergency surgery.

Yes, and most enquiries through this form are for exactly that. Say so plainly, tell us roughly how heavy your pet is, whether you want ashes returned, and whether it needs to be today. Vets quote the visit and the aftercare separately so you can compare like with like. If you are not sure it is time, is it time? may help, and the vet who calls can talk it through with you. One caution: if a puppy or young dog has suddenly become very ill with vomiting and diarrhoea, ring a clinic before deciding anything. Some illnesses that look hopeless at home, parvovirus among them, are often treatable with prompt clinic care.

The kind of animal and roughly how heavy, what is happening and for how long, your suburb, when you can be home, and how urgent it is. If it has to be today, say "urgent" or "today" and the vets who are on will call back first. If you are enquiring for someone else, a friend's pup or a parent's cat, say so and tell us whose number to call. The more a vet knows before ringing, the more likely you get a firm price on the first call rather than a second round of questions.

Some do. A number see rabbits, birds and other small pets, and a few, mostly in regional areas, will attend larger animals such as alpacas, goats or horses, usually for end-of-life care when the animal cannot be moved. Tell us the animal and what is happening, and we match your enquiry only to a home visit vet who can help with it.