A city-by-city directory of after-hours and emergency veterinary clinics. Dated sources. Not real-time.
After-hours and emergency vets: Austin and Central Texas
Last checked (America/New_York).
Call before you drive. The Austin metro has many hospitals that post 24/7 emergency hours, in Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, and Bee Cave. Two of the best-known specialty hospitals have moved in the last two years, and some local referral lists still show the old addresses. If you can safely call, confirm the hospital is open, sees your pet’s species, and can take a new case now.
Hours can change with little public notice. Every hours line below is what the clinic’s public site posted on the date cited, not a live status.
This is not veterinary medical advice. This page is a local NightVet directory snapshot. It is not a complete list of every clinic in the metro, and it is not real-time monitoring. For medical guidance, call a veterinarian or a poison hotline. If a pet may have been poisoned, ASPCA Animal Poison Control is at (888) 426-4435; a consultation fee may apply (source seen November 13, 2026).
Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty (AVES) posts a “We’ve Moved!” notice for its new hospital at 7501 N. Capital of Texas Hwy, Building A, Austin, TX 78731, about three miles from its previous site. An NVA announcement dated March 5, 2026 said the new 45,000-square-foot hospital had officially opened that day. Community Impact later reported the same March 5 relocation date, citing an AVES manager, and listed the former address as 7300 Ranch Road 2222. Sources: AVES relocation page and emergency page, seen Nov 13, 2026; NVA announcement, March 5, 2026; Community Impact, May 26, 2026. AVES still lists cardiology (CVCA) at the original campus, 7300 Ranch Road 2222, Bldg 5; emergency care is posted at the new Capital of Texas Highway hospital. Some local after-hours lists still point emergency cases to the old 2222 address, including Parker Animal Care’s urgent-care page (seen Nov 13, 2026). Use the Capital of Texas Highway address for emergencies and call before you go.
Heart of Texas Veterinary Specialty Center opened a new Round Rock hospital at 3675 Gattis School Road in April 2025, about seven miles from its former location on East Old Settlers Boulevard. Thrive Pet Healthcare’s announcement, dated April 24, 2025, said 24/7 emergency service continued at the new building. Community Impact (May 1, 2025) dated the opening to April 21. Sources: Thrive announcement, April 24, 2025; Community Impact, May 1, 2025. Some third-party referral lists still show the old Old Settlers Boulevard address and an older phone number. Use the Gattis School Road address and the phone number on the hospital’s current page.
What local public threads have been asking
In a January 16, 2026 r/Austin thread asking for South Austin emergency or urgent-care options, several commenters pointed to Central Texas Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital (CTVSH) on Frontier Trail, and others pointed to Veterinary Emergency Group (VEG) on South Lamar. Experiences at VEG were mixed in that thread: one commenter said overnight vets there had saved their dog; another, who said they had worked at VEG, warned of overcharging and told readers to “Search VEG cult.” One commenter said Parker Animal Care on South Lamar “used to be 24/7” but “is no longer a 24/7 emergency clinic.” Parker’s own site, checked November 13, 2026, posts Monday–Saturday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., and closed Sunday, with after-hours referrals to other hospitals. Source: r/Austin, “Recommendations for emergency vet/urgent vet care in South Austin,” January 16, 2026. Reddit’s JSON feed was blocked during this check, so comment text is taken from the public thread as indexed on the date it was reviewed.
Those are individual public comments, not official fees or wait-time guarantees. A public X search on November 13, 2026 found no posts from the last 18 months that documented a closure or hours change at the 24/7 hospitals below. One October 23, 2026 reply described spending more than $7,000 at an unnamed “emergency vet” after a rattlesnake bite, by someone who said they were north of Austin (X, @akita77, Oct 23, 2026); it does not name a clinic and is not used for any listing.
Clinics
1. Austin Veterinary Emergency & Specialty (AVES)
24/7 emergency and multi-specialty hospital. Specialty services are by appointment; the emergency department posts that it is open 24/7/365. The site asks people to call if they need immediate assistance. Moved in March 2026 (see the move note above).
Address / area
7501 North Capital of Texas Highway, Building A, Austin, TX 78731
Cardiology (CVCA) is still listed at the original campus on Ranch Road 2222. Do not assume that address is the emergency hospital.
2. MedVet Austin
24/7 emergency and specialty hospital (MedVet network). No appointment is needed for emergency care. Services listed include critical care, emergency medicine, neurology and neurosurgery, radiology, surgery, and urgent care. MedVet does not provide wellness care such as vaccines or spay/neuter.
Address / area
12400 N. Interstate 35, Building B, Austin, TX 78753
No dollar exam fee is posted. MedVet’s network FAQ says an initial payment is required before a procedure, payment is due in full, and an exam is required even if a family veterinarian already examined the pet. CareCredit is listed as a financing option.
Species
The location page says the hospital cares for “dogs and cats.” Other species are not listed; call first for birds, reptiles, or small mammals. MedVet says its hospitals do not treat injured wildlife.
24/7 walk-in emergency and urgent-care hospital (Veterinary Emergency Group). No appointments. The location page says you can call and speak to a veterinarian 24 hours a day.
Address / area
4211 South Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX 78704 (Lakehills Plaza; the page says the lot is accessible from S. Lamar Blvd., Victory Dr., and W. Ben White Rd.)
“OPEN 24/7.” The page says the hospital is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including for endoscopy, surgery, and overnight hospitalization.
Exam fees / deposits
No dollar exam fee or deposit is posted on the page checked.
Species
The page says the team provides emergency care for “dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, and exotic animals.” The VEG FAQ also says VEG handles emergency care for avians, reptiles, and exotic pets.
No closure or hours-change notice found. This is a VEG hospital, not the UrgentVet clinic that some older lists place on Whitestone Boulevard.
6. Pet Specialists of Austin
24/7 emergency, critical, and specialty hospital (Thrive Pet Healthcare network). The emergency department is walk-in only; the page says it cannot accept appointments for emergencies. Specialty care is described as arranged by referral from a primary veterinarian.
Address / area
3901 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78751. The official Thrive location page describes the hospital as “on Guadalupe just north of 38th Street” but did not display a street number in this check. The street address and phone above are from a local hospital’s after-hours referral list.
7. Heart of Texas Veterinary Specialty Center — Round Rock
24/7 emergency and specialty hospital (Thrive Pet Healthcare network). The emergency page says no appointment is needed for emergency and trauma care. AAHA-accredited; the hospital says it was the first emergency and specialty hospital in the United States to become Fear Free Certified. Relocated in April 2025 (see the move note above).
Address / area
3675 Gattis School Road, Round Rock, TX 78664. The address is from Thrive’s own April 24, 2025 announcement; the live location page confirmed 24/7 emergency care and the phone number but did not display the street address in this check.
Some older lists still show 115 E. Old Settlers Blvd. and a different phone number. Use the Gattis School Road address and (512) 744-4644, and call to confirm.
8. Violet Crown Veterinary Specialists — Bee Cave
24/7 specialty and emergency hospital. The site describes itself as Austin’s only privately owned, doctor-led specialty and emergency hospital and says it is open 24/7 for walk-in emergencies, with no appointment needed.
9. Central Texas Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital — South Austin
Emergency and specialty hospital. The official South Austin page posts “Open 24 Hours,” and the homepage lists Monday–Sunday as “Always Open.” The emergency-services page asks callers to check current emergency-department status before arriving, and says non-critical patients may have extended waits or be asked to try another hospital.
Address / area
4434 Frontier Trail, Austin, TX 78745 (near Westgate / Central Market, per a January 2026 r/Austin comment)
Phone
(512) 892-9038 (same number is posted for both CTVSH locations)
Hours
Official pages post 24-hour emergency hours. Some third-party referral lists still show a limited midweek schedule (for example, a local surgery center’s list). Treat those older hours as potentially stale and call first.
Exam fees / deposits
No dollar exam fee is posted. The emergency-services page says the hospital accepts major credit cards and lists CareCredit and ScratchPay as payment-plan options.
Species
The pages talk about “pets” generally and do not list which species are seen. Call first for anything other than a dog or cat.
Call before you drive, as with the South Austin hospital.
Evening urgent care and daytime clinics that send people elsewhere after hours
UrgentVet posts after-hours urgent care, not 24/7 hospitalization, at Austin-area clinics. Hours on the official Texas locations page and the Crestview page: Monday–Friday, 3 p.m.–11 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; holidays, noon–8 p.m. The pages say the clinics treat dogs and cats and do not provide overnight hospitalization. No dollar exam fee is posted (the marketing line is “up to 40% less than the emergency vet,” which is not a posted price). Official Austin-area locations on the Texas page checked November 13, 2026: Crestview, 7301 Burnet Road, suite 200m, Austin, TX 78757, (737) 587-4070; Belterra, 12400 U.S. 290, Suite 430, Austin, TX 78737, (737) 263-0004. Sources: UrgentVet Texas locations and UrgentVet Crestview, seen Nov 13, 2026. Some third-party lists still include an UrgentVet Cedar Park on East Whitestone Boulevard; that clinic was not on UrgentVet’s own Texas list in this check, so call the company or another hospital before going there.
Parker Animal Care, 2239 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin, TX 78704, (512) 448-2676, posts Monday–Saturday, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., and closed Sunday. It says it provides emergency care during regular hours and refers after-hours cases to other hospitals. Its referral list still uses AVES’s former Ranch Road 2222 address. Sources: Parker FAQs and urgent-care page, seen Nov 13, 2026.