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.
Animal Medical Center of Moss Bluff
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.
Bieber Animal Hospital
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.
Country Club Veterinary Clinic
2717 Country Club Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70605
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Downtown Animal Hospital
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.
Moss Bluff Animal Hospital
115 Park Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70611
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Neighborhood Veterinary Centers - Lake Charles
816 W Bayou Pines Dr, Lake Charles, LA 70601-7077
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Prien Lake Animal Hospital
3216 Enterprise Blvd, Lake Charles, LA 70601
Unverified listing — call ahead to confirm hours and availability.
Southside Animal Hospital
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 5 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.
- Accepting new patients (1)
- Lake Area Animal Hospital
- Boarding (5)
- Bayou South Animal Hospital, Companion Care Veterinary Clinic, Gill Bright Animal Hospital, Lake Area Animal Hospital, University Animal Clinic
- Grooming (2)
- Gill Bright Animal Hospital, Lake Area Animal Hospital
- Ultrasound (1)
- Lake Area Animal Hospital
- Orthopedic surgery (1)
- Gill Bright Animal Hospital
- Acupuncture (1)
- Lake Area Animal Hospital
- Dermatology (1)
- Bayou South Animal Hospital
- End-of-life care & euthanasia (2)
- Bayou South Animal Hospital, Lake Area Animal Hospital
- AAHA-accredited (1)
- Gill Bright 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.