Vets in Santa Cruz, CA
🚨 Emergency care14 vet clinics in Santa Cruz. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
1600 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2585 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1226 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-2157
Hours: Mo 08:00-17:30, Tu 08:00-19:00, W 10:00-00:00, Th-Fr 08:00-17:30
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2616 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
490 River St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2301 Mission St Suite F, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Hours: 7 days per week
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1146 Soquel Ave # 2931, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-2106
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
226 Calcita Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2450 17th Ave #125, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
151 McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
501 Broadway, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00, Sa 09:00-13:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2651 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa-Su 08:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
815 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-19:00, Sa 08:00-17:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
411 Laurel Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:30-16:30
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Santa Cruz
None of the 14 practices we list in Santa Cruz 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 Santa Cruz
- 24Hr Emergency Animal Clinic — Campbell, ~20 miles away, roughly a 27 min drive, open 24h
- SAGE Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Care — Campbell, ~20 miles away, roughly a 27 min drive, open 24h
- Emergency Pet/Animal Care — Campbell, ~20 miles away, roughly a 27 min drive, open 24h
- MedVet Silicon Valley — San Jose, ~20 miles away, roughly a 27 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Santa Cruz; 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 Santa Cruz say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 10 of the 14 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 (4)
- Alexander Nicki, Banfield Pet Hospital, Companion Animal Hospital, Soquel Animal Hospital
- House calls (1)
- Gustin - Van Every Mobile Veterinary Medicine
- Boarding (1)
- Soquel Animal Hospital
- Grooming (1)
- Westside Animal Hospital
- Ultrasound (1)
- Soquel Animal Hospital
- Orthopedic surgery (1)
- Banfield Pet Hospital
- Dermatology (1)
- Soquel Animal Hospital
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (3)
- Banfield Pet Hospital, Dr. Maria Kuty Housecall Veterinarian, Soquel Animal Hospital
- AAHA-accredited (2)
- Adobe Animal Hospital of Soquel, Soquel Animal 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.