Vets in Thornton, CO
🚨 Emergency care10 vet clinics in Thornton — 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.
Community Pet Hospital & Emergency Service
12311 Washington Street, Thornton, CO 80241
Verified 2026-08-29
1995 W 103rd Ave, Thornton, CO 80260
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
16575 Washington St, Thornton, CO 80023
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
13741 Colorado Blvd, Thornton, CO 80602
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
CityVet
6920 East 128th Avenue, Thornton, CO 80602
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00; Sa 08:00-14:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
12840 Holly Street, Thornton, CO 80602
Hours: Mo 07:30-17:00; Tu 07:30-17:00; We 07:30-17:00; Th 07:30-17:00; Fr 07:30-17:00; Sa 07:30-13:30
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
12599 Colorado Blvd, Thornton, CO 80241
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00, Sa 08:00-14:00
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
8840 Huron St, Thornton, CO 80260
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
8395 Elati Street, Thornton, CO 80221
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3555 E. 104th Avenue, Thornton, CO 80233
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:00, Sa 08:00-16:00
Verified 2026-09-26
Emergency and after-hours cover in Thornton
One practice in Thornton 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 Thornton
- BluePearl — Lafayette, ~9 miles away, roughly a 16 min drive, open 24h
- Wheat Ridge Animal Hospital — Wheat Ridge, ~12 miles away, roughly a 22 min drive, open 24h
- Veterinary Emergency Group — Edgewater, ~13 miles away, roughly a 23 min drive, open 24h
- VCA All Pets Animal Hospital — Boulder, ~14 miles away, roughly a 25 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Thornton; 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 Thornton 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.
- Walk-ins welcome (1)
- Huron Animal Hospital
- Same-day appointments (1)
- VCA Thornton Animal Hospital
- Accepting new patients (1)
- Caring Hands Veterinary Hospital (CHVH)
- Payment plans or financing (2)
- CityVet, Huron Animal Hospital
- Boarding (2)
- Caring Hands Veterinary Hospital (CHVH), CityVet
- Ultrasound (4)
- Community Pet Hospital - Riverdale, Huron Animal Hospital, The Vets Animal Hospital, VCA Thornton Animal Hospital
- Orthopedic surgery (2)
- Banfield Pet Hospital, Community Pet Hospital - Riverdale
- Acupuncture (1)
- Community Pet Hospital - Riverdale
- Cardiology (1)
- Community Pet Hospital - Riverdale
- Dermatology (1)
- VCA Thornton Animal Hospital
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (3)
- Banfield Pet Hospital, Community Pet Hospital - Riverdale, VCA Thornton 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.