Moray Coast Veterinary Group

Moray Coast Veterinary Group presents itself as an independent, multi-disciplinary practice with multiple sites. It offers routine pet care alongside pet travel documentation and treatment across a wide range of species, including reptiles and other exotic pets. Recent feedback particularly highlights calm handling for anxious animals, helpful appointment scheduling, and support with EU travel paperwork.

Services

•Companion animal care: recent reviews mention quick appointments for unwell pets, including a cat receiving a thorough examination and treatment plan and a poorly dog being seen first thing on a Monday.
•Pet travel support: the practice is noted for helping with Animal Health Certificates for EU travel, including short-notice cases.
•Stress-aware handling for nervous pets: reviews give detailed examples of sedated nail clipping for a very anxious dog, including pre-visit sedation medication, use of a separate room, allowing the owner to cuddle or hold the dog while sedation took effect, and returning the dog straight after the procedure rather than kennelling.
•Equine and farm work: the website lists equine vetting and farm animal work.
•Exotic and non-standard species: the website also mentions reptile care and treatment for exotic pets, including ferrets.
•Emergency arrangements: in an emergency, the website directs clients to call a specific emergency number.
•Facilities noted by reviewers: owners mention a dedicated cat area, and one reviewer praises the practice’s diagnostic equipment and space for large-animal treatment.

Pricing

Available published prices indicate the clinic sits around average relative to similar practices. Reviews suggest pricing can feel good value in some areas, with one owner calling sedated nail clipping much cheaper than other local options and another describing the Animal Health Certificate fee as competitive, though one unhappy guinea pig owner felt they spent a lot on consultations and medicines.

People

•Jamie: named in one review for giving a thorough and understanding consultation to an unwell cat.
•Nursing team (unnamed): repeatedly praised for careful, low-stress handling of a very nervous dog during sedated nail clipping.
•Wider clinical team (unnamed): reviews also mention helpful surgery staff and a “lovely lady vet” who fitted in an owner while they were on holiday.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.8/5 from 198 reviews. Recent feedback is largely very positive, with one notable negative clinical account.

•Many owners describe the team as friendly, informative and accommodating, with examples of quick appointments for sick pets and being fitted in while travelling.
•A recurring positive theme is calm, respectful handling of anxious animals, especially around sedated nail clipping, with owners appreciating efforts to reduce stress.
•Pet travel paperwork is another strong theme, with praise for clear help and fast turnaround on EU Animal Health Certificates.
•One serious negative review relates to treatment of two guinea pigs, where the owner felt medication, repeat visits and costs prolonged suffering rather than leading to the kindest outcome.

Reviews for Moray Coast Veterinary Group

Note: Showing the 10 most recent Google reviews out of 198 we track in total. Recent reviews may not be representative of overall sentiment.

Alex L

3 months ago

JohnO Mackay

Terrific vets & excellent support staff, superb diagnostic kit & space for large animal treatment (the best facilities in northern Scotland) make this independent vet group a shining example of Best Practice. No wonder regular customers come from far afield Dinnae Dither, ring them today!

Peter Davis

Our lovely wee twenty-month Cat Rainsby had gone off his food, and was quite glum. We got a quick appointment in Nairn, and Jamie gave him a thorough examination and decided on treatment. Jamie was extremely understanding with our Boy, as he is not a good traveller and had disgraced himself. Jamie even bagged-up the mess, and put Rainsby in our spare cat-carrier. We can't thank Jamie enough, and the lovely surgery staff. We also particularly like the surgery for its 'Cat-Area'. Rainsby is a very busy outdoor cat in the countryside, but loves to be in front of the stove. He seems to have made a full recovery, and back to shouting for food at every opportunity. Thank you very much Nairn. Peter and Hazel Davis.

Grant Barr

Peter Rozgonyi

Wendie

6 months ago

My little dog needs sedation the night before her sedation for her nails clipped, this was my first time taking her to this vet since leaving two other vets last year so I hopped on the waiting list as I was a customer previously with them. For some reason this time sedation didn’t work and my little dog had toileted herself before we sat down she was so frightened. The lovely nurse saw how stressed she was and took me to a room where I could cuddle my dog for an hour while the second sedation set in, once it had she took her away did the nails (very quickly and very short) and then she returned her immediately to me to take her home. This made the whole procedure so much less stressful for my dog and myself, previous vets had locked her in a cage for hours before and after the nail clipping which was unnecessary. This vets treated her with respect, recognised her stress and did whatever possible to reduce the stress. Absolutely lovely nurse thank you for that! I’d also like to mention that the cost of this procedure including the medication was more than HALF the price compared to crown and inshes vets. So now it’s a much more reasonable price I can get it done more often, it’s not often that you leave a vet feeling pleased about the bill. Can’t believe other vets are allowed to charge more than double for the same procedure, absolute cowboys putting cost over the treatment of our pets!!! I’m so happy to be back with this vets, the 15 mile journey is worth it and waiting list wasn’t too long either. Just had my second appointment with this vet to sedate my little dog and clip nails, again these nurses are just angels!! I was able to hold my dog throughout the procedure and take her away straight after, the nurse can recognise just how nervous my dog was and did whatever she possibly could to minimise her time and stress during the appointment, they really do treat our pets as if it was their own pets and the price again was more than half the price of vets in Inverness (crown and inshes) fantastic service from this vet and the atmosphere in reception area is always calming and pleasant. Amazing staff at this vet they really care for your pet, put their needs first and make sure they are extremely looked after. It’s a 30 minute drive for me but it’s definitely worth it, nurses are very good at keeping pets calm before any procedure. Thank you so much 😊

Mark Pole

We needed to travel to the EU at short notice. MCVG were simply brilliant at navigating the necessary Animal Health Certificate, and doing so with a competitive fee. Their ongoing care for our now ageing dog is excellent a d we have no hesitation in recommending them.

Mr Lawson

7 months ago

Very nice people.