Your pet can be referred to Skinvet Ireland by your primary care vet, or you can book a consultation directly. Click HERE for more information.

There is usually a 1-2 week waiting time for consultations and procedures.

Skinvet Ireland, Ireland’s only dedicated dermatology clinic for pets, is located in Midleton, Co Cork. You will have to travel with your pet to Cork for a consultation. How to find us.

Speak to us, or speak to your primary care vet, before you travel to Skinvet about the range of anti-anxiety medications that are available for pets that don’t like car journeys. We want to make sure that your experience at Skinvet is stress-free and positive for you and your pet.

No. All our consultations are in person, with your pet, at our clinic in Midleton. We’re unable to perform online consults, for legal reasons and also, more importantly, taking samples from your pet’s skin is a key tool for us to figure out the diagnosis and treatment plan and stop the itch. Many skin infections and skin conditions can look the same until they are examined microscopically.

The first consultation is €160 – this appointment is at least an hour long. It includes reviewing your pet’s full skin history, sampling your pet’s skin and ears, examining samples under the microscope, and discussing a treatment plan with you. Depending on your pet’s skin condition, 1-2 phone call check-ins on your pet’s progress are also included in this fee. Any further tests (for example allergy tests or biopsies) or medication for your pet are extra. Additional costs are discussed and approved by you before proceeding.

Second and subsequent consultation fee is €80. This appointment is usually 45mins long and includes sampling your pet’s skin and ears, examining samples under the microscope, and discussing your pet’s treatment plan and skincare routine with you. Most pets require a recheck appointment 4-6 weeks after their first consultation.

Skinvet is open from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. We are also closed on bank holidays.

New patients are seen on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

Pre-booked procedures, such as video-otoscopy or CO2 laser surgery, are performed on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Pets that are with us for procedures, such as biopsies, video-otoscopy, CO2 laser surgery, are usually ready to go home between 2pm and 4pm.

Skinvet is located in Midleton, the capital of East Cork! Midleton is a vibrant town with lots to offer while you wait for your pet. There are some great independent small shops, restaurants and cafes. You can enjoy a walk on the newly opened Greenway. Savour the Midleton Distillery Experience. Catch a film in the Midleton Gate Cinema. Beaches and woodland walks are only a 15-20 minute drive from Midleton. There’s a half-hourly train service to Cork City.

Please keep your phone on at all times in case we need to contact you sooner than your arranged discharge appointment time.

Video-otoscopy (ear scope) is a procedure performed under general anaesthetic at Skinvet when a specialised camera is inserted in your pet’s ear canal. Your pet may have chronic or un-resolving ear infection or ear pain. Video-otoscopy performed by our dermatologists, examines and visualises the inside of your pet’s ear, deep cleans the ear canals, takes tissue samples, and removes growths or foreign objects. Learn more about ears and ear scopes HERE

Yes you can. If you’re frustrated by your pet’s unresolved ear condition, contact us to book a video-otoscopy procedure. We will request a patient history from your primary care vet, and send you and your vet a full report of the procedure and the follow-up treatment plan.

An ear scope costs roughly €700-900. The exact cost will depend on your pet’s age, weight, concurrent skin disease, and other individual requirements.

Your vet has referred your pet to Skinvet for CO2 laser podoplasty to treat unresolving pododermatitis (inflammation of the foot/feet) and interdigital furunculosis (painful, rupturing, cysts between the toes). Your pet has more than likely had long courses of antibiotics and anti-inflammatories that have been unable to treat the condition. CO2 laser surgery (only performed at Skinvet Ireland) will remove the infected, overgrown and damaged footpad(s) and interdigital cysts. This procedure is performed under general anaesthetic. Click HERE for more information.

You can have these warts easily removed by CO2 Laser Surgery at Skinvet Ireland. Skinvet is proud to be the only clinic in Ireland with a CO2 surgical laser. The procedure is often performed under local anaesthetic, there is less bleeding, less pain, and swifter recovery times. Find out more about laser surgery for pets.

Pet food, pet-friendly SPF, skin supplements and skincare products are available for purchase on our online shop. The range of products online are used routinely by our veterinary dermatologists to treat and provide skincare to the pets we see with skin conditions. If your pet has a skin condition, but has not attended Skinvet Ireland for a consultation, the skincare product or shampoo you purchase may not improve or treat your pet’s skin condition. Please read the brief product description carefully before purchase. Book a consultation for your pet HERE.