Vets in Palo Alto, CA
🚨 Emergency care5 vet clinics in Palo Alto — including 1 with emergency services (marked in red). Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
Veterinary Emergency Group
3903 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306-3319
Verified 2026-07-27
4111 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3045 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3944 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
461 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Palo Alto
One practice in Palo Alto post 24-hour hours and one offers emergency services — call before setting off; overnight staffing changes and full ICUs divert cases.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Palo Alto
- Emergency Animal Care — Mountain View, ~2 miles away, roughly a 5 min drive
- United Veterinary Speciality & Emergency — Mountain View, ~2 miles away, roughly a 5 min drive
- MedVet Mountain View — Mountain View, ~3 miles away, roughly a 9 min drive, open 24h
- SAGE Veterinary Centers - Redwood City — Redwood City, ~7 miles away, roughly a 12 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Palo Alto; 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.
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.