Vets in Palm Desert, CA
🚨 Emergency care10 vet clinics in Palm Desert. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
44350 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Banfield Pet Hospital
34900 Monterey Ave, Palm Desert, CA 92211-6013
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
36869 Cook St, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Desert Veterinary Specialists
42-065 Washington St Ste D, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
72608 El Paseo Ste 4, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
74990 Country Club Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
41990 Cook St, Palm Desert, CA 92211-6100
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
72895 Fred Waring Dr, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
VEG ER for Pets
73495 CA-111, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
36-955 Cook St Bldg N, Suite 14A, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Palm Desert
None of the 10 practices we list in Palm Desert 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 Palm Desert
- Emergency Pet Clinic — Temecula, ~47 miles away, roughly a 56 min drive, open 24h
- VCA California Veterinary Specialists — Murrieta, ~47 miles away, roughly a 56 min drive
- Animal Emergency Clinic — Grand Terrace, ~57 miles away, roughly a 1 hr 9 min drive
- Arlington Animal Hospital — Riverside, ~62 miles away, roughly a 1 hr 15 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Palm Desert; 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 Palm Desert say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 7 of the 10 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)
- Palm Desert Pet Hospital
- Grooming (2)
- Animal Hospital of Desert, Palm Desert Desert Springs
- Ultrasound (2)
- Animal Hospital of Desert, Country Club Animal Clinic
- Orthopedic surgery (2)
- Palm Desert Desert Springs, Veterinary Urgent Care of the Desert
- Acupuncture (1)
- Country Club Animal Clinic
- Dermatology (1)
- Animal Hospital of Desert
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (3)
- Animal Hospital of Desert, Country Club Animal Clinic, Palm Desert Desert Springs
- Fear Free certified staff (1)
- Paws and Claws Pet Care
- Cat Friendly Practice (1)
- Country Club Animal Clinic
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.