Vets in Meriden, CT
🚨 Emergency care3 vet clinics in Meriden. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
East Side Veterinary Clinic
785 Paddock Ave, Meriden, CT 06450
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
607 East Main Street, Meriden, CT 06450
Hours: Mo-We 8:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00, Tu-Th-Fr 8:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00, Sa 8:00-13:00, Su closed
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Powder Ridge Veterinary Hospital
375 Baileyville Rd, Meriden, CT 06455
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Meriden
None of the 3 practices we list in Meriden 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 Meriden
- Pieper Veterinary Emergency & Specialty — Middletown, ~7 miles away, roughly a 13 min drive, open 24h
- Central Hospital For Veterinary Medicine — North Haven, ~10 miles away, roughly a 19 min drive, open 24h
- Vet for Pet Wellness & Emergency Animal Hospital — East Hartford, ~19 miles away, roughly a 26 min drive
- Avon Veterinary Emergency Referral — Avon, ~20 miles away, roughly a 27 min drive
Distances are straight-line from Meriden; 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 Meriden say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 2 of the 3 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.
- Same-day appointments (1)
- Powder Ridge Veterinary Hospital
- Payment plans or financing (2)
- Meriden Animal Hospital, Powder Ridge Veterinary Hospital
- Ultrasound (2)
- Meriden Animal Hospital, Powder Ridge Veterinary Hospital
- Orthopedic surgery (1)
- Meriden Animal Hospital
- Fear Free certified staff (1)
- Meriden 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.