VEG ER for Pets

24 hour animal hospital. VEG veterinary emergency hospital in South Tampa, Florida is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. Within our emergency pet hospital, we provide the highest quality of emergency vet care for pets of all kinds – cats, dogs, birds, and exotic animals!

As a veterinarian, Dr. David Bessler knew something was wrong with the ER experience. A major piece was missing: the customer's feelings. They were left out in a lobby, kept in the dark about treatment options, and then hit with surprise fees. Enter VEG. Along with VEG co-founder David Glattstein and a dedicated team, Dr. Bessler created the VEG experience, which puts people and their pets first. Customers are met at the door and that door is open 24/7, even on holidays. And our staff is trained to treat any emergency from vomiting to surgery. Keeping the flock together. If pets could talk, they'd tell you to stay with them. That's why at VEG, our open floor plan lets you see everything and participate in your pet's care. In fact, you can stay with your pet the entire time, even through surgery. Welcoming scaredy-cats. Want to hold your pet during treatment? YES! We do whatever it takes to take the scary out of a stressful situation. With your pet more at ease, we can have an open conversation about diagnosis, treatment options, and costs. In 2014, armed with a vision and a dedicated team of like-minded people—the first VEGgies!—he purchased his first VEG hospital. They worked to reinvent the emergency experience

Mission — HELPING PEOPLE & THEIR PETS WHEN THEY NEED IT MOST