Best vets near Marrickville

Best vets near Marrickville, ranked

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   #1The Inner West Cat Hospital for cats with long-term conditions and feline dental work

   Cat Friendly ClinicBased in Newtown2.8 km from Marrickville

   Newtown is home to The Inner West Cat Hospital, 2.8 km from Marrickville's centre, and it takes cats and kittens only. Staff include a cardiac and internal medicine vet, a second vet using nuclear medicine for thyroid and nervous system cases, and a surgeon who does feline dental work. Phone or email gets you a booking, and each visit is given at least 20 minutes. Owners single out how it looks after cats with serious or ongoing illness over time.

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   #2Summer Hill Village Vet for surgery, ultrasound and cat boarding

   Exotic petsBased in Summer Hill2.8 km from Marrickville

   Summer Hill Village Vet is in Summer Hill, 2.8 km from Marrickville's centre, and treats dogs and cats. Surgery, x-ray and ultrasound lead the work, with on-site pathology, dental care and senior pet care alongside. Boarding is available for cats and pocket pets, and cat grooming is on the list. Reception and nursing staff are praised for kindness and patience, and several clients have used the clinic for years.

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   #3Hurlstone Park Veterinary Hospital for nervous cats and behaviour visits

   Based in Dulwich Hill1.9 km from Marrickville

   Hurlstone Park Veterinary Hospital is in Dulwich Hill, 1.9 km from Marrickville's centre, and is a good choice for behaviour work with cats. Visitors say the vets handle nervous animals with care and lay out treatment choices in a practical way. It offers consultations, cancer care and boarding. Weekday hours close at 7pm, and weekend mornings are open too. Out of hours, patients are sent to the Animal Referral Hospital in Homebush.

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   #4Southern Cross Veterinary Clinic Inner West for after-hours urgent care and surgery

   After hoursBased in St Peters2.7 km from Marrickville

   Southern Cross Veterinary Clinic Inner West is based in St Peters, 2.7 km from Marrickville's centre, and it is the pick for after-hours cover. An after-hours service takes pets whose regular vet is closed, and urgent cases can come in at the St Peters hospital with no booking needed. During the day its surgery list includes laparoscopic desexing, dental surgery, cardiology and orthopaedic work. It also offers X-ray and CT scans, blood testing, cat boarding and house calls. Ringing before you set off saves a wasted trip.

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   #5Marrickville Vet Hospital AMS for check-ups with x-ray and blood tests on the day

   0.4 km from Marrickville

   Marrickville Vet Hospital AMS sits in Marrickville, 0.4 km from the suburb's centre, and sees dogs and cats. Digital x-ray and pathology are done on the premises, so a visit can include both. Dr Cameron Fay works in surgery, dentistry, radiology and ultrasound, and Dr Karen Flexner in internal medicine and abdominal ultrasound. Weekday hours run until 7pm, and cat boarding books out quickly in holiday periods. Staff are praised for patience with older and anxious animals, and nurses phone owners to check on them.

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   #6Petvets Petersham for anxious dogs, house calls and puppy school

   Based in Petersham1.9 km from Marrickville

   Petvets Petersham is based in Petersham, 1.9 km from Marrickville's centre, and is the pick for anxious dogs. Owners say the vets take time over surgery and immunisations, and that the team does not push extra treatment. The clinic runs its own laboratory, sends tests it cannot do to an outside lab, and has a surgical theatre with dental equipment. House calls, puppy school and cat boarding are all offered, and it gives nutrition advice and sells prescription food.

Compare vets near Marrickville

The table lines up each clinic's base, distance, after-hours arrangements and the animals it sees.

24/7* : listed as open 24 hours, but the business doesn't say 24/7 itself. Late nights: open to 8pm or later at least three days a week. Distance in a straight line from the middle of Marrickville. Ratings show from 5 Google reviews.

How we picked vets near Marrickville

Each listing is placed by customer feedback, counting how many customers left it, then by the range of care listed, the animals seen, after-hours cover the clinic states itself, and on-site x-ray or lab work. Clinics in Marrickville or within a few kilometres qualified, with nearer ones given a little more weight. Each clinic's own material was read for the care it describes, and no single remark decided a place.