Alexandra graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in London in 2005 and spent many years working in mixed and small animal practice in the south of England. She began working regularly as a locum at the Mandeville Hospital in 2011 and happily joined the team on a permanent part-time basis in 2014. Alexandra enjoys all aspects of small animal practice and has a special interest in internal medicine, rabbits and rodents. Over the years she has adopted or fostered an assortment of animals in need of a second chance. Alexandra is a keen traveller with a degree in Anthropology and she has backpacked or overlanded in various parts of the world including West Africa, India and the Galapagos. In her spare time Alexandra enjoys gardening, wildlife watching, meditating and studying psychology