At 2,500 sq ft, The Cardiff Cat Clinic is the largest in the U.K. and the first feline-exclusive practice in Wales.
When the demographics of pet ownership changed in favour of cats some fifteen years ago, and they became the world’s most popular pet, Michael Edwards saw an opportunity for the first feline-only veterinary clinic in Wales.
After years of research, and visiting the world’s leading feline-only clinics in the USA, The Cardiff Cat Clinic opened in Llanishen in 2002 – Michael’s third practice in his 40+ years of experience as a vet.
The Cat Clinic is a centre of veterinary excellence in South Wales, where we strive to create a bond between us and our clients, and provide the best veterinary care available.
A quiet environment, gentle handling, no dogs barking – it all helps make a visit to the vet as stress-free as possible. The cats don’t seem to mind either.
“I could go on, list all the sensible, commercially sound reasons for opening a feline-only practice - how they are the ideal pet for modern, urban lifestyles, how feline medicine is the most rapidly advancing branch of veterinary medicine etc but in the end it just comes down to the fact that I’ve never met a cat I didn’t like.”
— Michael Edwards
The Team
Michael Edwards, B.Vet., Med., M.R.C.V.S.
Michael has more than 40 years’ experience as a veterinary surgeon, having graduated from The Royal Veterinary College in 1976.
A year later, he was thrown in at the deep end, single-handedly running a branch practice for a large animal hospital in London, but was delighted to find that the majority of his patients were cats.
He immediately fell in love with feline practice, but it took another 26 years and two practices later for the demographics of pet ownership in the U.K to swing in favour of cat ownership.
Michael opened The Cardiff Cat Clinic in 2002, and his original mission remains unchanged since then – to provide the highest standard of patient care and client service.
Dr. Lois Wilkie PhD., BSc., B.Vet.Med., M.R.C.V.S.
Dr. Lois Wilkie graduated from the Royal Veterinary College with Honours in 2012. She worked for 6 months in a clinic for geriatric cats (she loves an oldie!) before completing a 3-year PhD in feline cardiology.
Part of her PhD involved travelling around the UK performing heart scans, and it was during this time that she first visited and fell in love with the Cat Clinic.
Lois runs our heart murmur investigation, cardiomyopathy clinics and HCM screening for breeders.