Vet Center / Iowa / West Des Moines

Veterinarians in West Des Moines, IA

Veterinary practices in West Des Moines, IA on PawsRx include Animal Care Clinic West & Metro Cat Hospital, Animal Doctors Veterinary Clinic PC, Ashworth Road Animal Hospital, Family Pet Veterinary Center and Furry Friends Community Spay Clinic, and 4 more below.

  • 1 treats ferrets in West Des Moines, by what their own websites say.
  • 1 treats guinea pigs, hamsters and other small mammals in West Des Moines, by what their own websites say.
  • 1 treats reptiles in West Des Moines, by what their own websites say.
  • 1 treats exotic pets in West Des Moines, by what their own websites say.

List compiled October 16, 2026 from each practice's own details.

9 veterinarians in West Des Moines. Browse below, or use the full directory to filter by focus and request an appointment.

West Des Moines practices on PawsRx are in ZIP codes 50265 and 50266.

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West Des Moines at a glance

Counted from the 9 West Des Moines practices whose own website we have read. The rest of the directory below has not been checked for these details yet.

  • 1treat reptiles
  • 1treat ferrets
  • 1treat small mammals
  • 3open on a weekend
  • 1list dental services

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Finding a vet in West Des Moines

Read from 9 West Des Moines practices' own websites, out of the 9 we list. Everything below is what a practice says about itself.

Out of hours. None of the 9 West Des Moines practices we have read describes itself as taking urgent or emergency cases. That does not mean none does, only that none says so on its own site, so an out-of-hours problem here is worth phoning ahead about rather than driving to the nearest address.

Weekends. 3 of the 6 that publish opening hours name a Saturday or Sunday time. The rest publish weekday hours only.

Beyond dogs and cats. 5 West Des Moines practices tell us which other animals they treat. 1 sees reptiles, 1 sees small mammals, 1 sees ferrets and 1 sees other exotics.

What is missing. None of those 5 mentions rabbits, birds, amphibians, fish, horses. Practices that see these animals are uncommon everywhere and worth travelling for, so it is worth widening the search rather than assuming the nearest clinic will take one: rabbit vets nationwide, bird vets nationwide, amphibian vets nationwide.

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