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Animal and Bird Hospital

Veterinarian · Woolston, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 64 Christchurch vets.

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Checked12 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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Animal and Bird Hospital

Veterinarian · Woolston, Christchurch

Where you stand#34of 64 vets
Overall health4.8/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews9.803Map positions9.508Opening hours9.007Google search and traffic7.605Facebook page7.0

Where we can help

01Google listing4.804Listings and social1.406Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Animal and Bird Hospital is a family-owned veterinary clinic in Waltham, Christchurch, providing general medical and surgical care since 1977. The clinic offers a broad range of affordable services for pets in a quiet, caring environment. Customers note a friendly, experienced team that is understanding and accommodating, and the practice emphasises practical, value-focused care for companion animals.

Animal and Bird Hospital is a family-owned veterinary clinic in Waltham, Christchurch, providing complete veterinary care for companion animals since 1977. The clinic presents itself as a community practice that looks after pets of all ages in a quiet, caring setting.

The clinic offers a broad range of services with an emphasis on general medical and surgical care. Website information describes quality, affordable services delivered by a highly trained team. The practice states it aims to provide excellent value while managing routine and surgical needs within the clinic.

Customers tend to describe the staff as friendly, helpful and understanding, noting vets who appear experienced and animal-focused. Reviews highlight accommodating staff, clear advice and lower costs compared with alternatives. Visitors report a calming environment and practical guidance from a team that shows care for animals.

Locally, Animal and Bird Hospital is distinguished by its long-standing presence in the community, family ownership and an emphasis on affordable, practical pet care. Clients seeking general veterinary and surgical services in Waltham can expect a friendly clinic with a history of serving local pets and families.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Animal and Bird Hospital shows strong basic accessibility on Google Business Listing, with a claimed listing, open status, a website link and a phone number. The overall health is 4.4/10, indicating room for improvement. The most important findings are existing contact details and a usable site link, and the lack of a logo which weakens brand recognition.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
  • ✓
    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 2
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Animal and Bird Hospital
Animal and Bird Hospital✓✓
4.7 ★★★★★ (635)
Veterinarian · Woolston3
Open 6 days · late Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

Caring and affordable care for your pets. Established in 1977 and family owned.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Animal and Bird Hospital shows a very high overall health score on Google reviews, indicating a strong local reputation and solid customer feedback. The standout finding is the outstanding total reviews, placing the clinic in the top 10% for social proof and credibility in Christchurch.

Strengths

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    Review countYou hold one of the deepest review banks in this market - social proof that does its own selling.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
  • 2
    Star ratingYour rating sits ahead of half the businesses here, so the number is not pushing anyone away.
  • 3
    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.8Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Animal and Bird Hospital
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
4.7★★★★★635 reviews ✓
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helpful staff 146caring staff 79euthanasia 8calm environment 5neutering 5kind vets 5
3How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
Google reviewsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Animal and Bird Hospital shows very high Maps health with a score of 8.9 out of 10, indicating strong overall visibility on Google Maps. The business ranks well for multiple core keywords in its area and suburbs, with top positions for animal hospital and veterinarian queries in Waltham and Woolston. The top opportunities focus on further improving local borough visibility and maintaining momentum.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Maps visibility across the city groupThere is no wider Maps reach available to a business at your address - you appear across more of the surrounding suburbs than anyone in this market.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than nearly every business in your suburb, so a customer searching nearby sees you before most of your competition.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
9.5Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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✓Top three for "animal hospital" in 23 suburbs, seen in 70
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Animal and Bird Hospital14.7 ★ (635) · Veterinarian
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Estuary Veterinary Clinic4.8 ★ (152) · Veterinarian
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Animal Orthopaedics5.0 ★ (58) · Veterinarian
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After Hours Veterinary Clinic3.6 ★ (209) · Veterinarian
Map positionsChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #4 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The Animal and Bird Hospital shows a low overall health score for social presence (2.4/10). The strongest current achievement is a robust Facebook profile with a very high trust score, indicating solid engagement on that platform. Opportunities include establishing active profiles on Instagram, TikTok, Neighbourly, LinkedIn and Yellow Profile to broaden visibility and trust.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
16 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
1.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookAnimalAndBirdHospitalChristchurchAnimal and Bird Hospital | Facebook✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
NeighbourlyNo listing found
Listings and socialChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #55 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Recommendations on your pageYou hold fewer recommendations than the middle of this market.
  • 2
    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
  • 3
    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
7.0Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
facebook
AnimalAndBirdHospitalChristchurch✓
2.4K followers 3
Established in 1977, we've been caring for our local community and pets for a long time. We are here to help in any way we can.2
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★ 6 reviews · recommended 1
🌐 yourpetvet.co.nz✓
☎ +64 3-389 9034✓
PostsAboutPhotosReviews
Facebook pageChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #20 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Animal and Bird Hospital shows a below-average on-page SEO health, with a 2.9 out of 10 overall. The strongest recent achievements include a valid favicon, no use of frames, a relevant meta description, a clear title tag and a page size under 256KB, all of which support crawlability and speed. The main growth areas are a missing meta description on the homepage, mixed content links, and render-blocking resources that slow loading.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
  • ✓
    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
  • ✓
    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
  • 2
    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
  • 3
    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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✓Favicon
✓Page file size
1Separate sites linking to you
2Meta description
3On-page score
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How people find you on Google

Internet traffic health for Animal and Bird Hospital is solid, with a health score of 7.9 out of 10 indicating strong local visibility and steady traffic. The strongest current finding is that organic SERP coverage ranks in the top 10% for local keywords, showing authority and good market presence. Paid options show room for initial experiments to uncover paid traffic.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 2
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
7.6Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Animal and Bird Hospital's opening hours mostly align with local demand, with 59 peak hours open and no low-demand open hours. Strong alignment is evident mid-afternoon on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (3-4pm). Missed opportunities occur mainly on Saturdays (8am and early afternoon) and an early Thursday morning slot. Consider a targeted Saturday afternoon trial and a brief Thursday morning opening if demand justifies it.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours line up with demand better than nearly every business here, so most of the time you are open, people are actually looking.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
9.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Animal and Bird Hospital
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday8am-7pm
Tuesday8am-7pm
Wednesday8am-7pm
Thursday8am-7pm
Friday8am-7pm
Saturday9am-1pm
SundayClosed
Popular times Thursday · Woolston
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Opening hoursChristchurch vets · 64 businesses
You are #7 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#34of 64 Christchurch vets
9:41
Christchurch vetsOverall · 64 businesses
You are #34 overall
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