• 59 West Main Street Littleton NH 03561 (directions)
  • Monday to Friday: 2pm to 10pm  |  Weekends: 10am to 10pm

Urgent Care Services

Veterinary Urgent Care

Littleton Area Veterinary Urgent Care offers urgent services during afternoon, evening and weekend hours.
Monday to Friday 2pm - 10pm
Saturday and Sunday and select holidays 10am - 10pm
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day


Littleton Area Veterinary Urgent Care is staffed with highly competent and compassionate veterinary professionals. We are fully equipped with an in-house laboratory, pharmacy, and state-of-the-art equipment such as digital radiography and ultrasound.

We treat dogs and cats. Exotic pets may be seen for pain control, fluids and/or antibiotics at the discretion of the on the staff doctor. Please call to determine if your exotic pet can be seen. We apologize but due to a severe staff allergy, we are unable to see rabbits.

Pets will be triaged at arrival and critical patients seen first. Noncritical patients will be seen in the order they arrive.

Urgent care services include advanced diagnostic work ups, outpatient treatment for a variety of illnesses, sedated procedures, treatment of wounds, and stabilization of critical patients for transfer to a 24hr emergency hospital.

Littleton Area Veterinary Urgent Care will assist in arranging for a referral to a 24/7 facility if overnight care is needed. Surgery may be done at the discretion of the on-staff doctor dependent on caseload, type of required surgery, and availability of the on-call doctor. Emergency surgery fees will apply. Critically ill patients will be stabilized for transfer to a 24hr hospital.

Commonly Performed In-House Diagnostics

  • STAT laboratory blood tests
  • Complete blood count (CBC)
  • Serum biochemical analysis
  • Blood gas analysis
  • Urinalysis
  • Blood lactate measurement
  • Coagulation testing
  • Ethylene glycol (Antifreeze) testing
  • Parvovirus testing
  • Digital x-rays
  • Reviewed by board certified radiologists
  • Scanning ultrasound
  • Electrocardiogram (EKG)
  • Blood pressure

Examples of Urgent Conditions treated at LAVUC

  • Lacerations and wounds
  • Skin infections
  • Allergies
  • Limping
  • Eye problems
  • Coughing
  • Hit by car
  • Vomiting
  • Urinary Tract Infections
  • Parasites
  • Tick diseases
  • Pain
  • Diarrhea
  • Kennel Cough
  • Toxin Exposure
  • Abscess
  • Ear infections
  • End of life care
  • Euthanasia

Examples of Sedated Procedures performed at LAVUC

  • abscess treatment
  • minor wound treatment
  • major wound repair
  • porcupine quill removal
  • Splinting fractures
  • Placement of chest tubes
  • Placement of wound drains
  • Thoracocentesis
  • Abdominocentesis
  • Pericardiocentesis