Vets in Lake Forest, CA
🚨 Emergency care12 vet clinics in Lake Forest. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
1 South Pointe Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Hours: Mo-Fr 7-6, Sa 8-5
Verified 2026-09-26
20780 Lake Forest Dr Suite A, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
23602 El Toro Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-18:00; Su off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
26741 Rancho Parkway, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
23162 El Toro Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Hours: Mo-Fr 8-6, Sa 8-2
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
25200 Trabuco Rd, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Foothill Animal Hospital
29040 Portola Pkwy, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Hours: Mo-Fr 7-6, Sa 8-4
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
22421 El Toro Rd Ste B, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
22681 Lake Forest Dr a1 b, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3 Rancho Cir, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Serrano Animal & Bird Hospital
22377 El Toro Road, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Hours: Mo-Fr 7:30-6, Sa 7:30
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
24801 Raton Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630
Hours: Mo-Fr 7:30-5, Sa 8
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Lake Forest
None of the 12 practices we list in Lake Forest 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 Lake Forest
- Dr Boyd’s Pet Resort — Laguna Woods, ~3 miles away, roughly a 9 min drive, open 24h
- RISE Pet Health Emergency & Specialty Hospital — Laguna Hills, ~4 miles away, roughly a 11 min drive, open 24h
- BrightCare Veterinary Group - Neurology — Mission Viejo, ~6 miles away, roughly a 10 min drive, open 24h
- Orange County Veterinary Specialist — Tustin, ~7 miles away, roughly a 13 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Lake Forest; 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 Lake Forest say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 10 of the 12 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.
- Payment plans or financing (2)
- Foothill Animal Hospital, Serrano Animal & Bird Hospital
- Boarding (3)
- Arroyo Animal Hospital, Foothill Animal Hospital, Plaza Pet Hospital
- Grooming (4)
- Arroyo Animal Hospital, Banfield Pet Hospital, Foothill Animal Hospital, Plaza Pet Hospital
- Ultrasound (1)
- Arroyo Animal Hospital
- Orthopedic surgery (1)
- Banfield Pet Hospital
- Acupuncture (1)
- Arroyo Animal Hospital
- Dermatology (1)
- Equine Medical Associates
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (3)
- Arroyo Animal Hospital, Baker Ranch Animal Hospital, Banfield Pet 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.