Lydon Veterinary Centre

Lydon Veterinary Centre in Birmingham traces its roots back to 1987, when Rory Lydon (MVB, MRCVS) opened the practice. It offers core first-opinion veterinary care, with emergency services listed in the clinic information and a veterinary nurse training facility. Recent feedback is largely positive, with owners highlighting helpful service, accommodating appointments and calm handling of pets, alongside one detailed complaint about how a microchip and ownership dispute was handled by non-vet staff.

Services

• •General veterinary care: routine consultations are part of the clinic’s core offering, with reviews describing support for issues including skin problems in an older dog, cat flu-like symptoms, chronic diarrhoea, and general advice during appointments.
• •Emergency care: emergency veterinary services are listed in the clinic information, although specific out-of-hours arrangements are not described here.
• •Cat care and diagnostics: recent feedback mentions gentle handling of cats, microchip checking, and scanning that confirmed a cat pregnancy.
• •Procedures and follow-up treatment: reviews refer to treatment for illness, ongoing monitoring, and neutering being booked for a rescued cat before an ownership issue stopped the procedure.
• •Training: the clinic is listed as a veterinary nurse training facility.

Pricing

No published pricing information is currently available for this clinic.

People

• •Rory Lydon (MVB, MRCVS) is named as the vet who opened the practice in 1987.
• •Daniel is named in a recent review as a vet, with praise for both his clinical care and people skills.
• •Recent reviews also give a mixed picture of the wider team: several praise the staff and reception for being helpful and welcoming, while one reviewer reports a poor experience with non-vet staff during a rescued cat ownership dispute.

Reviews

Lydon Veterinary Centre has a 4.5-star Google rating from 104 reviews.

• •Recent reviews are mostly very positive, with owners describing the clinic as helpful, caring and accommodating, including support for new clients transferring from another practice.
• •Several reviewers praise the vets’ manner, with specific mentions of Daniel, calm communication, reassurance in stressful situations, and gentle, patient handling of cats.
• •Practical positives that come up more than once include easy appointment accommodation and a feeling that treatment or medication is not pushed unnecessarily.
• •One detailed 1-star review stands out as an exception, focused on a dispute over a rescued cat’s microchip and ownership status; that reviewer was unhappy with the reception and complaint handling, while still saying the vets themselves were very good.