Emergency vet access in Massachusetts
Of 624 listed veterinary practices in Massachusetts,10 post verified around-the-clock hours across 9 cities, and 3 more offer emergency services without overnight staffing. 8 emergency providers are verified to treat exotic pets. 20 practices treat farm animals or horses.
Updated 2026-09-27. Free to cite with a link. Methodology and limits below.
Every verified 24/7 hospital in Massachusetts
| Hospital | City | Phone | Exotics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veg ER for Pets | Boston | (617) 762-0001 | ✓ verified |
| BluePearl Pet Hospital | Boston | Contact via website | ✓ verified |
| BluePearl | Framingham | (781) 684-8387 | ✓ verified |
| Westford Veterinary Emergency & Referral Center | Littleton Common | (978) 577-6525 | |
| Tufts Foster Hospital for Small Animals | North Grafton | (508) 839-5395 | ✓ verified |
| VEG ER for Pets - Peabody | Peabody | (978) 248-8186 | |
| Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital | South Deerfield | (413) 665-4911 | ✓ verified |
| Tuffs Veterinary Emergency Services | Walpole | (508) 668-5454 | |
| BluePearl | Waltham | (781) 684-8387 | ✓ verified |
| Foster Hospital for Small Animals | Westborough | (508) 839-5395 | ✓ verified |
Towns farthest from overnight care
Among Massachusetts towns with at least four listed practices but no 24/7 hospital of their own, the longest hauls to verified overnight care:
- Falmouth — nearest 24/7 hospital is Tuffs Veterinary Emergency Services in Walpole, 52 mi straight-line (roughly a 1 hr 2 min drive)
- Buzzards Bay — nearest 24/7 hospital is Tuffs Veterinary Emergency Services in Walpole, 42 mi straight-line (roughly a 51 min drive)
- Pittsfield — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital in South Deerfield, 36 mi straight-line (roughly a 49 min drive)
- Plymouth — nearest 24/7 hospital is Tuffs Veterinary Emergency Services in Walpole, 31 mi straight-line (roughly a 41 min drive)
- Springfield — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital in South Deerfield, 28 mi straight-line (roughly a 37 min drive)
- Gardner — nearest 24/7 hospital is Tufts Foster Hospital for Small Animals in North Grafton, 27 mi straight-line (roughly a 36 min drive)
- Swansea — nearest 24/7 hospital is Tuffs Veterinary Emergency Services in Walpole, 25 mi straight-line (roughly a 34 min drive)
- Westfield — nearest 24/7 hospital is Veterinary Emergency & Specialty Hospital in South Deerfield, 25 mi straight-line (roughly a 33 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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