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Emergency and 24-hour vets near Litchfield
9 emergency or 24-hour veterinary hospitals are mapped within about twenty-five miles of Litchfield. Call before you haul: not every emergency hospital takes horses, and the one that does will tell you whether to load the horse or wait for the vet to come. Keep the trailer hitched in colic season.
Litchfield has long winters: footing freezes and ruts, water tanks need heaters, and a horse that is clipped or thin needs a blanket below about 20°F. Most unclipped horses with shelter and hay in front of them handle the cold better than their owners do.
The 9 emergency and 24-hour veterinary hospitals, closest first
Before you go
- Call now for: colic that does not settle in 30 minutes, a horse that will not bear weight, a deep wound or one near a joint, choke lasting more than a few minutes, eye injuries, a foal that is not nursing, a laminitis stance.
- While you wait: walk a colicky horse only if it wants to move; no food; note gut sounds, temperature, gum colour and when it last passed manure.
- Expect an emergency farm call of $150–$300 before treatment; colic surgery at a hospital $5,000–$12,000, which is what major-medical insurance is for.
What works
- Know the hospital's hauling route and how long it takes before you need it.
- A trailer that loads, a hitch that fits and a truck with fuel are part of the first-aid kit.
- Banamine only on the vet's say-so, and never in the muscle.
- Keep a wound kit: clean wrap, non-stick pads, diluted chlorhexidine, a hoof boot.
- Write the vet's and the hospital's numbers on the barn wall.
Nearby cities
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, read Nov 13, 2026; places within about nine miles of the city centre. Hours and phone numbers come from the map and can be out of date: call before you go. A place that is missing can be added to OpenStreetMap by anyone. Guidance written by Hoofdeck editors; prices are typical US ranges, not quotes.