Acorn Veterinary Clinic

Acorn Veterinary Clinic is set up primarily for large-animal and dairy herd work, with the website describing a team of three dedicated large-animal vets and over 50 years treating farm animals and dairy herds. It also states a 24/7, 365-days on-call emergency service for clients.

From the latest reviews available to us, owners most often mention the reception team fitting appointments in at short notice, and vets making conservative handling decisions when an animal would be stressed (one reviewer says the clinic wouldn’t clip guinea pig nails due to stress and instead advised sedation elsewhere). Reviews also show some clients bringing dogs and getting repeat service, suggesting the practice is used by at least some pet owners as well as livestock clients.

Services

Website-listed large-animal services include

• •TB testing
• •Routine and emergency farm callouts (including sick animal callouts)
• •Calving assistance
• •Castration
• •Fertility work, including scanning, fertility advice, and herd health visits/blood testing
• •Abortion diagnosis
• •Surgery/procedures mentioned: caesarean sections, LDA/RDA, caecal dilations, and calf hernias
• •Bio-security consultation
• •Disease testing and certification
• •Lab diagnosis for parasitic control
• •Mastitis control programme

Other species/services referenced in reviews

• •Dogs (multiple visits mentioned by one reviewer)
• •Rabbit vaccination (one reviewer says the clinic “even done rabbit vaccine”)
• •Guinea pigs (the clinic declined nail clipping due to stress and recommended sedation elsewhere)

Emergency care (as stated on the website)

• •24/7, 365 days on-call service for emergencies.

People

Named in reviews

• •Noel, Shane & Lottie are described by one reviewer as a “marvelous team” and “most helpful” with their pets (no roles specified in the review).

Front-desk team

• •Multiple recent reviews specifically call out reception staff as “friendly and helpful,” with examples including scheduling appointments at short notice on more than one occasion.

Reviews

4.9 stars from 38 reviews. “”

• •Short-notice appointments: reviewers repeatedly mention being fitted in “at short notice,” credited to reception staff.
• •Repeat use for pets: one reviewer says they’ve brought their dogs many times.
• •Stress-aware handling and referral advice: one reviewer says the clinic wouldn’t clip a guinea pig’s nails due to stress and advised sedation elsewhere; the same review mentions the clinic providing rabbit vaccination and guidance about a vaccination card.
• •General remarks of being helpful appear across several reviews, though most don’t include clinical detail beyond the examples above.