Websites for Vets

Pet owners are fiercely loyal to a good vet — but they have to find you first. And when they do land on your website, they might be calmly researching a new practice for their puppy, or they might be panicking at midnight because their cat has swallowed something it should not have. Your website needs to serve both situations equally well. We build WordPress websites for veterinary practices that handle everything from emergency out-of-hours information to new pet registration, practice team profiles to online prescription requests — all in a way that feels warm, professional, and genuinely helpful.

Emergency and Out-of-Hours — No Scrolling Required

When a pet owner has an emergency, every second feels critical. They are not going to hunt through your website for a phone number. Your out-of-hours emergency contact — whether that is your own on-call service or an external emergency provider like Vets Now — needs to be visible immediately on every page, on every device. No scrolling, no clicking through to a separate page, no hunting through a footer.

We design veterinary websites with a prominent emergency banner or button that remains visible throughout the site. It includes the right phone number, clear instructions about what to do in an emergency, and — if applicable — the address and directions to your nearest out-of-hours provider. When an anxious pet owner reaches your site at 2am, this is the single most important thing your website does.

Showcasing Everything You Do

Modern veterinary practices offer a remarkable breadth of services — routine vaccinations and health checks, surgical procedures, dental care, diagnostic imaging, laboratory testing, microchipping, nutritional advice, behavioural consultations, and end-of-life care. Many also offer specialist services like orthopaedic surgery, dermatology, or exotics. Your website needs to communicate this range clearly without becoming overwhelming.

We structure service information so pet owners can quickly find what they need. A new puppy owner wants to know about vaccination schedules and neutering. Someone with an elderly dog wants to understand your approach to senior pet care and pain management. A rabbit owner wants to know you actually treat rabbits. Clear, well-organised service pages — with genuinely useful information rather than vague descriptions — help pet owners understand the full scope of your practice and feel confident that you can handle whatever their pet needs.

Registering a New Pet

New pet registrations are the lifeblood of a growing practice. Making it easy for someone to register their pet online — before they even call or visit — removes friction at exactly the right moment. When someone has just moved to the area or just brought home a new puppy, they want to get their pet registered with a vet quickly and easily.

We build online registration forms that capture the details you need — pet species, breed, age, medical history, vaccination status, insurance provider, and owner contact information. These forms can feed directly into your practice management system or arrive as a structured email that your team can process efficiently. The easier you make registration, the more likely people are to choose you over the practice down the road.

Online Prescription Requests and Repeat Medications

For pet owners whose animals are on long-term medication — thyroid supplements, anti-inflammatories, prescription diets — requesting repeat prescriptions by phone during practice hours is an unnecessary hassle. An online prescription request form lets them submit their request at a time that suits them, and your dispensary team can prepare it for collection or arrange delivery.

We can build prescription request forms that are simple and clear, with appropriate safeguards — confirming that the pet has been seen within the required timeframe, for example. This small feature saves significant time for both your clients and your front-desk team.

Your Team — The Heart of Your Practice

Pet owners do not just choose a practice — they develop relationships with individual vets, nurses, and receptionists. Detailed team profiles with real photos, professional backgrounds, specialist interests, and personal touches (does your head vet have three rescue cats and a one-eyed terrier?) help build that connection before a client even walks through the door. People love knowing who is going to be looking after their animal.

We help you create team profiles that strike the right balance between professional credibility and personality. Your RCVS registration details matter. But so does knowing that your senior nurse has a particular passion for rabbit welfare, or that your newest vet spent two years working with wildlife in South Africa.

Pet Owner Resources

A veterinary website can be a genuine resource for pet owners — seasonal advice about ticks and lungworm, guidance on firework anxiety, puppy socialisation tips, dental care information. This kind of content is not just good for your clients; it is excellent for search engine visibility. A well-written article about “signs of heatstroke in dogs” published in May will bring traffic to your website every summer for years.

We build veterinary websites on WordPress so you can easily publish new content, update your team page, change your opening hours, or add information about a new service. Your website grows with your practice, and you are always in control of it.

If your veterinary practice needs a website that truly works for your team and your clients, call us on 01225 667 977 or get in touch online. We are based in Bath and would be happy to visit your practice and talk through what you need.