Medivet Abingdon - Fraser Vet Surgery

Medivet Abingdon - Fraser Vet Surgery is part of the Medivet group. It offers routine appointments, including vaccinations, and can arrange overnight emergency care through one of Medivet’s 24-hour centres. Recent feedback points to a calm, low-stress practice environment, gentle handling for anxious pets, and notably compassionate support during end-of-life care.

Services

• •Routine appointments and vaccinations: owners mention routine visits including annual jabs for cats.
• •Support for nervous or anxious pets: recent experiences describe vets taking time to build trust, handling pets gently, explaining things clearly, and using treats to help stressed animals cope. Examples include a husky with previous vet trauma and a very timid cat that usually reacts badly at vet visits.
• •End-of-life care: owners describe kind, supportive care during difficult goodbye appointments, including compassionate help from both reception and the vet.
• •Overnight emergency care access: the practice states that overnight emergency care is available via one of Medivet’s 24-hour centres.

Pricing

Published prices suggest the clinic sits around average, based on a partial sample of comparable services. One published example is an overnight emergency consultation fee of £130 for appointments between 7pm and 9am.

People

• •Vet Allaway is mentioned by name for especially compassionate support during an end-of-life appointment.
• •A kind Spanish vet is also singled out positively in reviews, though no name is given.
• •The wider team is often described as friendly, calm, knowledgeable, and gentle with nervous pets.

Reviews

Google rating: 4.8/5 from 107 reviews.

• •Many owners describe the team as professional, friendly and knowledgeable, with several long-term clients saying they have received consistently good care over a number of years.
• •A strong recurring theme is calm handling of anxious pets, including taking time to build trust with a nervous husky and helping a stressed cat tolerate annual injections with patience and treats.
• •The practice environment is described as spotless, welcoming and not crowded, which owners say helps make visits less stressful.
• •There is also praise for compassion during difficult moments, especially around end-of-life care, though one recent review reports frustration over a promised callback for an appointment that did not happen.