Special Friends Vets is the place to go in Redditch for professional yet personal veterinary care. Independently owned and run by Tim and Ceri Land since 2005, our skilled and stable team aims to provide high standards of modern medicine whilst maintaining the individual care that your pet deserves. We know that every pet and owner has different needs, and we are here to listen to them, doing what we can to maximise well-being for all members of the family.
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Tim qualified from the The Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh in 1998 and worked in several mixed animal practices in the Worcestershire area before joining Special Friends in 2005. Together with his wife Ceri, they are owned by 3 dogs, Stanley the cat and 2 children. Away from work, Tim enjoys playing guitar and keyboards in a local covers band, walking and reading.
Here at Special Friends we are always investing in our premises and in-house equipment so that we can provide a high standard of care to our patients. In-house laboratory capable of running haematology, biochemistry and urine tests; also in-house microscopy. Daily courier service (Mon-Fri) to IDEXX laboratories for any tests not able to be run on the premises.
Most of these are 'prescription only medications' (POM-V) and therefore need to be dispensed by one of our vets for an animal classified as 'under their care'. Your pet will need an assessment by a vet at least once every 6 months, and it is entirely up to the vet as to whether this needs to be more frequent.
At Special Friends we know that owning a 'small furry' can be just as rewarding - and as challenging - as having a cat or a dog; indeed many of our staff are experienced owners themselves!. Rabbits have particular needs for housing, company and diet; a single rabbit in a hutch in the garden fed a standard rabbit muesli is unlikely to be happy and healthy!
If you have a more exotic pet, such as a bird or a reptile, we will happily see them to provide first opinion advice and treatment if possible. We may advise referral to a specialist exotics vet which deals exclusively with these species, and so has the most suitable facilities for handling and medications available.
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Julie Lee
Jan 04, 2022
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Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk
Dec 06, 2021
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Scott Taylor
Dec 03, 2021
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Craig Loughran
Dec 01, 2021
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Elle Charles
Nov 17, 2021
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Friendly, helpful and reassuring - special friends are one of the best vets we've ever used. We have never been made to feel like we are over-reacting or a nuisance like in some other practices - even when they're busy they always make time for a phone call or fit us in when we have an emergency (such as our dog deciding to rip out his stitches and needing emergency staples). We've had our dog go through a cruciate ligament operation through their referral - they spoke plainly and honestly about prices we would expect to pay and the difference between local options. Staff are always really lovely
Meg Tillsley
Oct 23, 2021
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Nicola Smith
Oct 16, 2021
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Linzi O'Dell
Aug 25, 2021
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Samantha Webb
Aug 20, 2021
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After having our pet put to sleep we found that the reception staff were very rude as circumstances that we where on holiday at the time so had to ask my parents to take her.
The vet Toby was lovely but staff were extremely heartless with the way they spoke and made me feel at the time I needed reassuring.
When my father called to book her in they told him that I needed to call back to give him permission to be able to deal with what was needed! I can understand this, but as it was very upsetting for us as we couldn’t do this ourselves they were very heartless and upset me and my father on
The vet Toby was lovely but staff were extremely heartless with the way they spoke and made me feel at the time I needed reassuring.
When my father called to book her in they told him that I needed to call back to give him permission to be able to deal with what was needed! I can understand this, but as it was very upsetting for us as we couldn’t do this ourselves they were very heartless and upset me and my father on
