Emergency vet access in Connecticut
Of 104 listed veterinary practices in Connecticut,9 post verified around-the-clock hours across 7 cities, and 3 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 5 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 11 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-09. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in Connecticut
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolton Veterinary Hospital | Bolton | (860) 646-6134 | ✓ verified |
| East of the River Veterinary Emergency | Bolton | (860) 646-6134 | |
| VEG ER for Pets - Cos Cob | Cos Cob | (203) 909-6560 | ✓ verified |
| Pieper Veterinary Emergency & Specialty | Middletown | (860) 347-8387 | ✓ verified |
| Central Hospital For Veterinary Medicine | North Haven | (203) 865-0878 | ✓ verified |
| MedVet Norwalk | Norwalk | (203) 838-6626 | ✓ verified |
| VCA Veterinary Referral and Emergency Center | Norwalk | (203) 854-9960 | |
| VCA Shoreline Veterinay Referal & Emergency Center | Shelton | (203) 929-8600 | |
| New England Veterinary Center & Cancer Care | Windsor | (860) 688-8400 |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among Connecticut towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- East Hartford — nearest 24/7 hospital is Bolton Veterinary Hospital in Bolton, 9 mi straight-line (roughly a 16 min drive)
- Bridgeport — nearest 24/7 hospital is VCA Shoreline Veterinay Referal & Emergency Center in Shelton, 9 mi straight-line (roughly a 16 min drive)
- Fairfield — nearest 24/7 hospital is VCA Shoreline Veterinay Referal & Emergency Center in Shelton, 7 mi straight-line (roughly a 13 min drive)
Methodology & honest limits
"24/7" means the hospital's own posted hours say so — on-call and emergency-line arrangements do not count, and we audit the claims. Distances are straight-line between town coordinates, not road miles; drive times are estimates, not routing. Our dataset (OpenStreetMap and GeoNames base, plus our own verification and reader corrections) is extensive but not a census: a town can look underserved here because a hospital lacks any web presence. Corrections are verified and applied — report one.
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