A city-by-city directory of after-hours and emergency veterinary clinics. Dated sources. Not real-time.
After-hours and emergency vets: Greensboro, NC
Last checked (America/New_York).
Call before you drive. Greensboro has more than one after-hours option, and they are not interchangeable. Some are open 24/7. Happy Tails is overnight and weekend, not all weekday hours. Truss Vet is urgent care with evening hours and is closed Saturdays. If you can safely call, confirm that the clinic is open, that it sees your pet’s species, and that it 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 12, 2026).
On June 24, 2025, a r/gso thread titled “24 hour Emergency Vet” asked for a good 24/7 option near the Guilford College area, ideally within about 15 minutes. Commenters named Carolina Veterinary Specialists, After Hours Veterinary Emergency Clinic (AHVEC) at the Guilford College Animal Hospital site, and Truss Vet (late, but not 24 hours). One commenter who had used two of the emergency hospitals said Carolina Veterinary Specialists can be expensive and involved a long wait, while AHVEC felt more affordable and got their dog in right away; they did not describe either visit as a negative experience aside from the diagnosis. Another commenter said CVS “always has an insane wait time,” that AHVEC sometimes has slightly better waits, and that Happy Tails had moved. Happy Tails’ own site, checked November 12, 2026, still lists 4525 Lawndale Drive; this page does not treat the Reddit “they moved” line as a confirmed new address. Source: r/gso, “24 hour Emergency Vet,” posted June 24, 2025.
A July 10, 2026 r/gso comments thread on ordinary vet prices also pointed people to Carolina Veterinary Specialists for complex or emergency care (with a note that it is corporate-owned and costly to walk in) and to the after-hours emergency clinic on Friendly Avenue, which one commenter said had run over a thousand dollars for tests and imaging on recent visits but does take CareCredit. Source: r/gso, “Non-Overpriced Vets in GSO?,” July 10, 2026.
Those are individual public comments, not official fees or wait-time guarantees.
A public X search on November 12, 2026 found 2024 construction-update posts about a new Happy Tails emergency clinic building in Greensboro, plus older hiring posts for Carolina Veterinary Specialists and a November 12, 2024 Truss Vet post stating hours of 10 a.m.–10 p.m., Sunday–Friday, at 1800 Battleground Ave. No recent X posts were found that documented a 2025–2026 closure of a Greensboro 24-hour ER.
Clinics
1. Carolina Veterinary Specialists — Greensboro
24/7 emergency hospital for dogs and cats, plus specialty services by referral on weekdays. Emergency service accepts all clients.
Address / area
501 Nicholas Rd, Greensboro, NC 27409 (near the Guilford College / airport area, just off I-40)
Emergency posted as 24/7, 365 days a year, including Saturday and Sunday. Specialty appointments: Monday–Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Exam fees / deposits
No dollar exam fee is posted. The patient-information page says a deposit is required for all emergency exams; a cost estimate is then provided; a further deposit is required before additional diagnostics, surgery, or hospitalization; payment in full is due at discharge. CareCredit and ScratchPay are listed.
Species
Official emergency page is titled and framed as 24/7 emergency vet for dogs and cats. Other species are not clearly offered on that page.
Frequently named in r/gso as the main emergency/specialty referral. Public comments from 2025–2026 mention high cost and long waits, alongside comments that staff were helpful. Those are individual public comments, not official fees or wait-time guarantees.
2. After Hours Veterinary Emergency Clinic (AHVEC) / Guilford College Animal Hospital — Friendly Avenue
After-hours emergency clinic and 24-hour pet hospital, together with the on-site general practice. Walk-ins and drop-offs are described as welcome 24/7/365, with a strong request to call ahead. AHVEC and GCAH share a facility at the same address.
Address / area
5505 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27410 (off I-73 and I-40, by Walmart)
AHVEC’s 24-hour page says the hospital cares for pets 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. GCAH appointment hours are posted as Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. An AHVEC FAQ also says they are open for emergencies on holidays, nights, and weekends, “when your regular veterinarian is closed.” Call to confirm who is covering at the moment you need to go.
Exam fees / deposits
No dollar exam fee is posted. GCAH/AHVEC state that established GCAH patients pay regular (non-emergency) service prices for wellness and medical needs anytime, 24/7/365, and tell readers to call about what counts as an established patient. Fees for new or non-established patients are not posted as a dollar amount.
Species
“From dogs to cats to birds and gerbils, all small pets are welcome.” Injured wildlife and strays are discussed with special conditions. Reptiles and other exotic species are not specifically named; call to confirm.
Regularly recommended in r/gso, including the June 2025 24-hour-vet thread, sometimes as more affordable or shorter-wait than CVS, and as a place that may waive after-hours fees for established patients (which matches the hospitals’ own established-patient policy, though “waive” is the commenters’ wording). A July 2026 commenter said recent Friendly Avenue emergency visits had cost over a thousand dollars for tests and imaging.
Locally owned, AAHA-accredited after-hours emergency clinic (not a 24/7 weekday hospital). Dedicated to emergency medicine; no wellness or preventative care.
Monday–Thursday: 6:00 p.m.–8:00 a.m. Friday–Sunday: 24 hours, specifically 6:00 p.m. Friday through 8:00 a.m. Monday. Open 24 hours during major holidays. The site tells people with a non-life-threatening problem when Happy Tails is closed to go to Truss Vet, and to call Truss first.
Exam fees / deposits
Not publicly posted as a dollar amount on the pages checked.
Species
The site talks about pets and “four-legged family members.” A specific list (dogs, cats, birds, reptiles, etc.) was not posted. Call to confirm.
Named in older and 2025 r/gso threads as an emergency option. A June 2025 comment said “I know they moved”; the official site still lists Lawndale Drive. Public X posts from May–November 2024 by a contractor documented construction of a Happy Tails emergency clinic building in Greensboro; those posts do not, by themselves, prove a change of street address. Call if you are using an older pin.
4. Truss Vet — Greensboro (urgent care)
Veterinary urgent care, not a 24/7 ER. Walk-ins welcome; reserved waitlist spots also offered. The clinic says it treats many urgent problems at a lower cost than the ER and will help transfer a true emergency. No routine wellness or vaccines.
Posted as 10 a.m.–10 p.m., closed Saturday. The location page and site footer both state this. For overnight care after Truss closes, the page directs people to Happy Tails on Lawndale Drive.
Exam fees / deposits
No dollar exam fee was posted on the Greensboro page or the “What to expect” page checked November 12, 2026. The clinic advertises transparent pricing before treatment and “30%–50% cheaper costs than the emergency vet,” which is a marketing range, not a posted fee.
Species
FAQs on the Greensboro page describe care for dogs and cats. Other species are not clearly listed. There is a cat-only exam room.
Named in the June 2025 r/gso thread as late-night urgent care, “just not 24 hours.” Hours on the official site in 2026 still match a November 12, 2024 Truss Vet post: 10 a.m.–10 p.m., Sunday–Friday, closed Saturday.
24/7 emergency hospital in the Triad, about a short highway drive from Greensboro. Specialty services by referral. Emergency service welcomes all clients. Included because it is sometimes in range when Greensboro options are busy. It is not a Greensboro address.
Emergency posted as 24/7, 365 days a year, including Saturday and Sunday.
Exam fees / deposits
Not publicly posted as a dollar amount on the emergency page checked. Policies may differ from the Greensboro hospital; call this location.
Species
The emergency page refers to “your four-legged family member” and does not post a detailed species list. Call to confirm, especially for birds, reptiles, or other exotic pets.