Vets in La Jolla, CA
🚨 Emergency care5 vet clinics in La Jolla. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Banfield Pet Hospital
8657 Villa La Jolla Dr Ste 223, La Jolla, CA 92037-8310
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Bird Rock Animal Hospital
5588 La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla, CA 92037-7611
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
7520 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037-4839
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Rubio's
7530 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
6911 La Jolla Blvd, La Jolla, CA 92037-5427
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in La Jolla
None of the 5 practices we list in La Jolla 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 La Jolla
- Urgent Care Pet Clinic — San Diego, ~2 miles away, roughly a 5 min drive
- Veterinary Specialty Hospital - San Diego — San Diego, ~2 miles away, roughly a 7 min drive, open 24h
- VCA Emergency Animal Hospital & Referral Center — San Diego, ~8 miles away, roughly a 14 min drive
- Veterinary Emergency Group - San Diego — San Diego, ~8 miles away, roughly a 15 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from La Jolla; 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 La Jolla say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 3 of the 5 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.
- House calls (1)
- Bird Rock Animal Hospital
- Ultrasound (1)
- Bird Rock Animal Hospital
- Cardiology (1)
- Windan' Sea Veterinary Clinic
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (1)
- La Jolla Veterinary 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.