Longford Animal Health Centre

Longford Animal Health Centre & Veterinary Hospital is part of XL Vets Ireland and provides care for both small and large animals. The website states it runs a 24-hour emergency service, 365 days a year. In the latest reviews available to us, owners most often mention helpful, professional staff, including being given time to say goodbye during an end-of-life visit, and a case where the team scanned a cat for a microchip during a vaccination visit and reunited it with its owner. One review describes a very different experience when seeking help for an injured wild crow, reporting they were told the only option was euthanasia at the finder’s expense and to “use Google” for wildlife rescues.

Services

• •Veterinary hospital services for small and large animals (stated on the website).
• •24/7 emergency service, 365 days a year for small and large animals (stated on the website).
• •Microchip scanning (reported in a review: cat identified via chip scanning during a vaccination visit).
• •Vaccinations (reported in a review).
• •Euthanasia/end-of-life care (reported in a review: family given time to say goodbye; another review mentions euthanasia as the option offered for an injured wild bird).
• •Procedures (a review mentions a vet explaining what “the procedure” would involve, without specifying which procedure).

Reviews

4.8 stars from 281 reviews. Most of the latest written reviews available to us are brief but consistently describe how staff handled visits and communication, with one notable negative about advice given for a wild bird. “”

• •Kindness in difficult moments: one owner says staff were “so very kind” at a sad time and gave them “lots of time to say goodbye.”
• •Communication about procedures: one review highlights an “excellent explanation” of what a procedure would involve.
• •Practical diligence: one detailed account credits the clinic with reuniting a missing cat after staff scanned for a microchip.
• •Mixed experiences on wildlife cases: one reviewer describes a cold, dismissive phone interaction about an injured crow (offered euthanasia at the caller’s expense and told to search online for rescues).