Searsport Veterinary Hospital Active Page

09/19/2025

We will not have a doctor available today (9/19) or Monday (9/22). We will still have a licensed veterinary technician here to help triage and direct you to other facilities. Please be kind to our reception staff as they do their best to adjust the schedule on short notice.

If your pet needs immediate care, please call ahead to one of the surrounding emergency/urgent care veterinary hospitals. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Eastern Maine Emergency Veterinary Clinic
Atlas Veterinary Urgent Care
Midcoast Animal Emergency Clinic
PetMedic Freeport - Urgent Vet Care Clinic
PetMedic Urgent Care Vet Clinic - Portland
Maine Veterinary Medical Center

09/09/2025

Due to illness, we will be closing at 5pm tonight (9/9). If your pet needs care, please call ahead to one of the surrounding Emergency Veterinary Clinics.
Eastern Maine Emergency Veterinary Clinic
Atlas Veterinary Urgent Care
PetMedic Freeport - Urgent Vet Care Clinic
PetMedic Urgent Care Vet Clinic - Portland
Maine Veterinary Medical Center

09/08/2025

Unfortunately, we do not have a doctor today (9/8) or tomorrow (9/10). If your pet needs care, please call ahead to one of the surrounding emergency/urgent care veterinary hospitals.

Eastern Maine Emergency Veterinary Clinic
Atlas Veterinary Urgent Care
PetMedic Freeport - Urgent Vet Care Clinic
PetMedic Urgent Care Vet Clinic - Portland
Maine Veterinary Medical Center

08/26/2025

Searsport Veterinary Hospital is seeking a licensed veterinary technician, or experienced non-licensed technician for an independent companion animal hospital, in the mid-coast area. Busy one doctor privately-owned practice for a full or part time position.
Duties include, but are not limited to, radiology, cold laser therapy, ultrasonography, nursing care, animal restraint, phlebotomy, client communications, surgical induction, prep assistance, monitoring, and recovery, as well as dental cleaning under supervision. We encourage our techs to explore areas of interest as well as animal behavior, and client education. We offer competitive wages, retirement plan, health care stipend, PTO, sick time, paid holidays, and no on-call.
We choose to remain a small practice for the benefit of our patients, clients, and employees.
Please email your resume to [email protected]

12/23/2024

We will be closing at 12pm on Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day. We will be open at 7:30am on Thursday 12/26/24.

Next week we will be closing early at 12pm on New Year’s Eve and will be closed on New Year’s Day and will be open our regular hours on Thursday 1/2/2025.

Have a happy and safe holiday season!

11/26/2024

We are open today 11/26 until 8pm. We will be open on Wednesday 11/27 until 12pm, and we will be closed on Thanksgiving. We will reopen on Friday morning at 7:30am. Please call for any medication or food refills as soon as possible.

Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!

10/04/2024

10/4, 3:40 PM UPDATE!!! WE WILL BE OPENING TONIGHT, AT 7PM!

A TECHNICIAN WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PHONE TRIAGE AT 5:30, BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING PATIENTS UNTIL 7PM.

WE WILL BE CLOSED TONIGHT, FRIDAY 10/4!

A technician will be available for phone triage overnight, but we are unable to see patients. We will resume normal hours tomorrow, Saturday at 8 am, and will be open through the rest of the weekend.

We apologize for the significant inconvenience and appreciate your understanding.

Please call one of the following hospitals should your pet need emergency care overnight:

Maine Veterinary Medical Center 207-885-1290
Portland Veterinary Emergency 207-878-3121
Eastern Maine Emergency 207-989-6267
Animal Emergency of Mid Maine
207-777-1100

08/06/2024

WE ARE CLOSED TONIGHT, TUESDAY AUGUST 6TH, DUE TO STAFF SHORTAGE. WE WILL HAVE A TECHNICIAN TRIAGE LINE AVAILABLE.
PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY HOSPITALS IF YOUR PET NEEDS TO BE SEEN OVERNIGHT. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE!

EASTERN MAINE EMERGENCY VETERINARY CLINIC-Brewer: 207-989-6267

ANIMAL EMERGENCY CLINIC OF MID MAINE-Lewiston: 207-777-1110

MAINE VETERINARY MEDICAL CENTER- Scarborough: 207-885-1290

PORTLAND VETERINARY EMERGENCY AND SPECIALTY- Portland: 207-878-3121

WE EXPECT TO RESUME OUR NORMAL HOURS TOMORROW NIGHT.
-MAEC

07/26/2024

ATTENTION: Our doctor will be out of the office next week: July 30-Aug 2. We will have coverage on Wednesday and coverage for emergency care Friday morning. The office will be open and we will have technicians available to answer questions and direct you to the appropriate care centers. If there is care needed outside of that time frame, please contact Eastern Maine Emergency Veterinary Clinic or Midcoast Animal Emergency Clinic.

07/13/2024

UPDATE: If you are located SOUTH of us, we encourage you to drive south to Maine Veterinary Medical Center, Portland Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Care Or try to get an appointment with PetMedic Urgent Vet Care Clinic - Freeport. We have several critical patient and many sedated procedures already as of 10am!

‼️Due to a combination of multiple sedated procedures and low staff numbers due to illness, we will likely have longer than average wait times. We are working as quickly as possible with our small crew. We appreciate your kindness and patience. ‼️
‼️please call ahead so we can better help you and your pet‼️

07/12/2024