Vets in Arcata, CA
🚨 Emergency care3 vet clinics in Arcata. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Arcata Animal Hospital
1300 Giuntoli Ln, Arcata, CA 95521
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:30-18:00, Sa 08:00-16:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
North Coast Veterinary Hospital
1701 Giuntoli Ln, Arcata, CA 95521
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Sunny Brae Animal Clinic
900 Buttermilk Ln, Arcata, CA 95521
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Arcata
None of the 3 practices we list in Arcata advertise emergency services — at 2am you are driving, so know where before you need to. Why most towns have no emergency hospital.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Arcata
- Rogue Valley Veterinary Emergency — Medford, ~116 miles away, roughly a 2 hr 19 min drive, open 24h
- PetCare Animal Hospital — Santa Rosa, ~183 miles away, roughly a 3 hr 40 min drive, open 24h
- VCA Animal Care Center of Sonoma County — Rohnert Park, ~191 miles away, roughly a 3 hr 49 min drive, open 24h
- UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine — Davis, ~205 miles away, roughly a 4 hr 6 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Arcata; drive times are estimates, not live traffic.
For a suspected poisoning, ASPCA Animal Poison Control on (888) 426-4435 (24/7, consultation fee applies) can give you treatment advice immediately — often while you are still deciding whether to drive anywhere.
What vets in Arcata say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 1 of the 3 listed here. A practice missing from a row hasn't said so on its site; that is not the same as not offering it, so call to check.
- Boarding (1)
- Arcata Animal Hospital
- Ultrasound (1)
- Arcata Animal Hospital
- Acupuncture (1)
- Arcata Animal Hospital
- Rehabilitation & physiotherapy (1)
- Arcata Animal Hospital
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (1)
- Arcata Animal Hospital
About this list
Ordering is objective — 24/7 first, then emergency services, then alphabetical — and no clinic can pay for placement. Across United States, an emergency exam typically runs $100–$250 and an overnight emergency $800–$3,000 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.