Roborough Vet – Vets in Plymouth
Clinic Overview
Roborough Vet is a small, family-run independent practice in Plymouth. It appears set up for both routine care and urgent problems, with owners describing vaccinations and health checks alongside emergency appointments for sudden issues. Recent feedback also highlights sensitive end-of-life care, careful handling of nervous pets, and hands-on management of serious cases such as major eye trauma.
Services
- •Routine and preventive care: Owners mention vaccinations and routine health checks as common reasons for visiting.
- •Urgent appointments: Reviews describe the practice fitting pets in quickly for unexpected problems, including a cat with sudden front-leg paralysis.
- •Medical treatment and follow-up care: Recent examples include treatment of a painful ear infection with reassuring follow-up, and management of a severe eye injury where the team tried to save the eye before eventual loss of the eye.
- •Support for anxious pets: This is a recurring strength in reviews, with owners saying vets and staff take time to listen, avoid rushing consultations, and help nervous dogs settle during visits.
- •End-of-life care: Compassionate support during euthanasia is specifically mentioned by long-standing clients.
- •Bird care: Duncan is specifically praised in one review for treatment of a bird.
Pricing
No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.
People
- •Duncan (vet): Praised in reviews for emergency care, bird treatment, and calm handling of nervous pets.
- •Kelly: Mentioned for compassionate support during euthanasia and also named by one owner as part of a reassuring consultation for a nervous rescue dog.
- •Devon: Thanked for the initial phone contact, with one owner saying they felt listened to and supported from the first call.
- •Wider team: Recent reviews also praise the vets, nurses, and admin team more broadly for friendly, thorough, unrushed care. One reviewer says the team who have taken over from Duncan are doing the surgery proud.
Reviews
Google rating: 4.8 stars from 299 reviews.
- •Recent feedback is consistently very positive, with repeated praise for a friendly, caring atmosphere and strong confidence in the whole team.
- •Several owners highlight calm, patient handling of anxious pets, including dogs that were noticeably more relaxed than at previous practices.
- •Urgent and more complex cases stand out in reviews, including fast access for an emergency paralysis case and committed care during a serious eye trauma.
- •Owners also praise the practice for thorough consultations, clear communication, and staff who do not make appointments feel rushed.

