Vets in Lake Charles, LA
🚨 Emergency care13 vet clinics in Lake Charles. Call ahead for same-day availability; for after-hours crises, hit the red button.
Red markers = emergency clinics. Click a marker for details.
150 Sam Houston Jones Pkwy, Lake Charles, LA 70611-5643
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
5700 LA-14, Lake Charles, LA 70607-7520
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2935 US-171, Lake Charles, LA 70611
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
6600 Lake St, Lake Charles, LA 70605
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
2717 Country Club Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70605
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
113 Clarence St, Lake Charles, LA 70601
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
406 W McNeese St, Lake Charles, LA 70605
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
630 East School Street, Lake Charles, LA 70607
Hours: Mo-Fr 07:00-17:30
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
115 Park Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70611
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
816 W Bayou Pines Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601-7077
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
3216 Enterprise Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70601
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
1709 W Prien Lake Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70601
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
623 E McNeese St, Lake Charles, LA 70607
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Emergency and after-hours cover in Lake Charles
None of the 13 practices we list in Lake Charles 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 Lake Charles
- Pet Emergency Clinic — Prien, ~9 miles away, roughly a 16 min drive, open 24h
- LSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital — Baton Rouge, ~120 miles away, roughly a 2 hr 24 min drive, open 24h
- Veterinarians.org — League City, ~123 miles away, roughly a 2 hr 28 min drive, open 24h
- Baton Rouge Pet Emergency Hospital — Baton Rouge, ~126 miles away, roughly a 2 hr 32 min drive, open 24h
Distances are straight-line from Lake Charles; 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 Lake Charles say they offer
Grouped from what each practice states on its own website — we read 10 of the 13 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)
- Neighborhood Veterinary Centers - Lake Charles
- Same-day appointments (1)
- Neighborhood Veterinary Centers - Lake Charles
- Accepting new patients (1)
- Lake Area Animal Hospital
- Boarding (9)
- Animal Medical Center of Moss Bluff, Bayou South Animal Hospital, Companion Care Veterinary Clinic, Downtown Animal Hospital, Gill Bright Animal Hospital, Lake Area Animal Hospital, Prien Lake Animal Hospital, Southside Animal Hospital and 1 more
- Ultrasound (2)
- Animal Medical Center of Moss Bluff, Lake Area Animal Hospital
- Orthopedic surgery (3)
- Animal Medical Center of Moss Bluff, Gill Bright Animal Hospital, Southside Animal Hospital
- Acupuncture (1)
- Lake Area Animal Hospital
- Cardiology (1)
- Animal Medical Center of Moss Bluff
- Oncology (1)
- Animal Medical Center of Moss Bluff
- Dermatology (4)
- Animal Medical Center of Moss Bluff, Bayou South Animal Hospital, Neighborhood Veterinary Centers - Lake Charles, Prien Lake Animal Hospital
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (3)
- Animal Medical Center of Moss Bluff, Bayou South Animal Hospital, Lake Area Animal Hospital
- AAHA-accredited (1)
- Gill Bright Animal Hospital
- Fear Free certified staff (1)
- Southside Animal Hospital
- Cat Friendly Practice (1)
- Southside 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.