Abercorn Veterinary Clinics – Vets in Gilmerton
Clinic Overview
- Many recent reviewers highlight friendly, welcoming staff and a professional, supportive manner from both vets and reception. - Routine appointments are often praised as thorough and calm, including annual vaccinations and boosters for cats and check-ups for dogs. - Several owners mention the team’s gentle handling of anxious pets, including cats staying calm during exams and dogs being approached in a way that suited their temperament.
Abercorn Veterinary Clinics in Gilmerton is a long-established practice with roots going back to the 1960s. It provides routine care alongside on-site diagnostics and surgery, including x-ray and ultrasound, and treats dogs, cats, rabbits and exotic pets. The practice holds RWAF Rabbit Friendly Status and is part of VetPartners. Recent feedback is mostly positive about thorough routine appointments, gentle handling and friendly staff, with one newer complaint about unreliable reduced opening hours.
Services
- •Routine and preventive care: consultations, health checks, vaccinations and boosters, plus flea and worm treatment. Recent reviews mention annual cat vaccinations, cat boosters, and dog check-ups and vaccines.
- •Surgery, dentistry and diagnostics: surgery and dental care are available on site, supported by in-house diagnostic equipment including x-ray and ultrasound.
- •Home and end-of-life care: house visits, euthanasia and burial assistance.
- •Identification and common treatments: microchipping, neutering, and dental health monitoring.
- •Species treated: dogs, cats, rabbits and exotic pets.
- •Accreditation: RWAF Rabbit Friendly Status.
Pricing
Available published prices indicate the clinic sits above average relative to similar practices. Recent reviews say little about cost, focusing more on care, staff manner and opening hours than on value for money.
People
No individual vets or nurses are named publicly, but reviews consistently praise the wider team as friendly, welcoming, professional and especially good with nervous pets.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.2/5 from 18 reviews.
- •Many recent reviewers highlight friendly, welcoming staff and a professional, supportive manner from both vets and reception.
- •Routine appointments are often praised as thorough and calm, including annual vaccinations and boosters for cats and check-ups for dogs.
- •Several owners mention the team’s gentle handling of anxious pets, including cats staying calm during exams and dogs being approached in a way that suited their temperament.
- •Criticism is limited but includes one recent complaint about reduced opening hours feeling unreliable; there is also an older serious negative review that contrasts with the generally positive recent feedback.
