Vets in Santa Barbara, CA
🚨 Emergency care9 vet clinics in Santa Barbara — 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.
VCA Care Specialty and Emergency Animal Hospital
301 East Haley Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Hours: off
Verified 2026-07-27
3230 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00; Sa-Su off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
4860 Calle Real, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa-Su off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Cat & Bird Clinic
101 West Mission Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Hours: Mo,Fr 08:00-12:00,12:45-15:00; Tu-Th 08:00-15:00; Sa-Su off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3910 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3034 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93105
Hours: Mo-Sa 08:00-17:00; Su off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Santa Barbara Humane Clinic
5399 Overpass Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
St. Francis Pet Clinic
138 West Ortega Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa-Su off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
5152 Hollister Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA 93111
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-19:00; Sa-Su off
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Santa Barbara
One practice in Santa Barbara offer emergency services but none post 24-hour hours — cover depends on when your emergency happens, so always phone ahead.
Nearest emergency hospitals outside Santa Barbara
- Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Center of Thousand Oaks — Thousand Oaks, ~49 miles away, roughly a 59 min drive, open 24h
- Simi Valley Animal Urgent Care — Santa Susana, ~58 miles away, roughly a 1 hr 9 min drive
- Central Coast Pet Emergency — Arroyo Grande, ~71 miles away, roughly a 1 hr 26 min drive
- Veterinary Emergency Group - Santa Monica — Santa Monica, ~74 miles away, roughly a 1 hr 29 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Santa Barbara; 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. We have verified phone numbers for 8 of the 9 practices; the rest show addresses only. Across United States, an emergency exam typically runs $100–$250 and an overnight emergency $800–$3,000 — full cost breakdown · if you cannot pay.