Dog & Cat Vets in Machynlleth

## Summary Cambrian Vets is a veterinary practice that also acts as a **veterinary nurse training facility**. From the available reviews, it appears set up to handle both routine care and higher-need medical cases: owners describe support with **long-term diabetes management (including teaching insulin injections and providing prescriptions)**, as well as **very rapid out‑of‑hours help for an injured dog**. One detailed account also describes **around‑the‑clock inpatient care** during a serious diabetic complication, with medication given **every two hours through the night**, and a later **at‑home euthanasia visit** described as peaceful and respectful. ## Services - **Veterinary nurse training facility** (explicitly stated). - **Out‑of‑hours response and urgent appointments** (owners describe being responded to quickly and being seen promptly). - **Injury/illness assessment and treatment** (e.g., a spaniel with a walk injury). - **Chronic condition management: diabetes care** - Teaching owners **how to inject insulin**. - Writing **prescriptions** so medication can be purchased elsewhere (described for insulin). - Intensive management of serious complications, including **inpatient monitoring and frequent medication dosing** (every 2 hours overnight, per one review). - **End-of-life care** - **Home visit euthanasia** (a vet named in reviews attended and carried out a “peaceful, dignified” euthanasia). ## People - **Katerina**: Mentioned as providing care and leading the team during an out‑of‑hours situation; the owner describes a quick response and prompt appointment for an injured dog. - **Daniela**: Mentioned for an **at‑home euthanasia**; described as respectful and kind, helping the pet have a “peaceful, dignified end.” ## Reviews **4.9 stars from 75 reviews.** Themes below are drawn from the latest written reviews available to us. - Owners repeatedly describe staff being **helpful and kind**, especially during difficult situations. - **Out‑of‑hours help** is specifically mentioned: quick response and being seen promptly for an injured dog. - Detailed praise for **diabetes support**, including being taught insulin injections, receiving a prescription to buy insulin elsewhere, and intensive inpatient care during a serious complication (medication every 2 hours overnight). - **At‑home euthanasia** is described in one review as calm and respectful, with a focus on the pet’s comfort.

## Summary Williams Veterinary Surgeons is described in reviews as a family practice (no corporate group affiliation is stated). Based on the available information, the clinic appears set up for both routine care and urgent problems, with multiple accounts of people being helped the same day or even after hours. Specific examples mentioned include: a vet (Alice) travelling out early morning to treat a dog with a suspected minor stroke; staying behind after hours when someone arrived in a panic; and rapid treatment for vomiting/diarrhoea with an anti-vomiting injection and antibiotics. The clinic is also listed as a veterinary nurse training facility. ## Services - **Veterinary nurse training facility** (listed capability). - **Urgent/emergency care** mentioned in several reviews, including being helped “at the drop of a hat” and support after hours when clients turned up needing help. - **Vaccinations (“jabs”)** (mentioned by a client who has attended several times for this). - **Treatment for gastrointestinal illness**: dog seen the same morning for vomiting/diarrhoea and treated with an injection to stop vomiting plus antibiotics. - **Treatment for urinary infection** in a dog (reported as being “sorted…very quickly”). - **Acute neurological concern**: a dog described as having a “minor stroke” was attended to early morning, with recovery/improvement reported afterward. ## People - **Alice (vet)**: specifically thanked for travelling to attend a dog early in the morning during an acute episode described as a minor stroke, with the owner reporting clear improvement afterward. - **Reception team**: described as friendly in one review, alongside vets, during repeat visits including vaccinations and an urgent gastrointestinal illness appointment. ## Reviews **5.0 stars from 87 reviews.** The available written reviews focus heavily on urgent help and speed of treatment. **“Themes below are drawn from the latest written reviews available to us.”** - **Fast access when something is wrong**, including being seen the same morning after calling at 8:30am, and being helped quickly with a urinary infection. - **Out-of-hours or extra-time support** mentioned more than once (e.g., staff staying behind after hours; urgent help “at the drop of a hat”). - **Clear, practical treatment and quick improvement**, such as anti-vomiting injection + antibiotics for vomiting/diarrhoea, and reported recovery after help for a suspected minor stroke. - **Confidence and trust over repeat visits**, including multiple comments that pets (dogs and cats) are in “safe hands.”