Vets in Carlsbad, CA
🚨 Emergency care17 vet clinics in Carlsbad. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
6955 Aviara Parkway, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00, Sa 08:00-18:00, Su 08:00-16:30
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2700 Gateway Rd, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
7730 Rancho Santa Fe Rd #104, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2739 State St, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Coastal Animal Hospital
2584 El Camino Real a1, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2626 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Healing Hope
2244 Faraday Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008-7208
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2505 S Vista Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008-1234
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2010 Cassia Rd, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
7040 Avenida Encinas, Carlsbad, CA 92011
Hours: Mo-We, Fr 08:00-17:30, Tu, Th 09:00-18:30, Sa 09:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Signature Veterinary Services
2525 S Vista Way, Carlsbad, CA 92008-1234
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3200 Lionshead Ave Ste 100, Carlsbad, CA 92010-4712
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
655 Laguna Dr, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1040 Carlsbad Village Dr #104, Carlsbad, CA 92008
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
6986 El Camino Real, Suite D, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Hours: Mo-Fr 8:30-18:00, Sa 9:00-16:00
Verified 2026-09-26
2310 Faraday Ave., Carlsbad, CA 92008
Hours: Mo-Su 00:00-23:59
Verified 2026-09-26
3421 Via Montebello, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Carlsbad
None of the 17 practices we list in Carlsbad 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 Carlsbad
- Veterinary Emergency Group — Encinitas, ~4 miles away, roughly a 10 min drive, open 24h
- Papaya Veterinary Emergency - Encinitas — Encinitas, ~5 miles away, roughly a 14 min drive, open 24h
- Veterinary Specialty Hospital - San Diego — San Diego, ~15 miles away, roughly a 27 min drive, open 24h
- Stitch Veterinary Urgent Care and Surgery — San Diego, ~15 miles away, roughly a 28 min drive
Distances are straight-line from Carlsbad; 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 Carlsbad say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 11 of the 17 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.
- Accepting new patients (1)
- Carlsbad Animal Hospital
- Payment plans or financing (1)
- Sandy Paws Animal Clinix
- Boarding (1)
- Mohnacky Animal Hospitals
- Grooming (1)
- Vetco Vaccination Clinic
- Ultrasound (2)
- Sound Technologies, Surgipet
- Orthopedic surgery (2)
- Mohnacky Animal Hospitals, Surgipet
- Acupuncture (2)
- Companion Animal Wellness Center, The Village Animal Hospital
- Dermatology (1)
- Companion Animal Wellness Center
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (1)
- Mohnacky Animal Hospitals
- Fear Free certified staff (1)
- Companion Animal Wellness Center
- Cat Friendly Practice (1)
- Companion Animal Wellness Center
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.