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Is it an emergency?

These conditions require immediate attention


If your pet has any of the following symptoms, call us or your local emergency facility and let them know that you have a pet that has:
  • Cardiac/Respiratory emergencies
    • noisy respiration
    • blue tongue
    • gasping for breath
    • rapid or shallow breathing
  • Bleeding that does not stop from any part of the body
    • apply pressure with a clean cloth and go
  • Bloated, swollen or painful abdomen with or without vomiting.
  • Inability to urinate or move bowels but continues to try or has bloody stool or urine or painful defecation or urination.
  • Heatstroke
    • heavy panting
    • extreme weakness
    • body temperature about 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Inability to deliver puppies or kittens
    •  labor contractions for longer than two hours or more than 15 minutes of labor with the fetus or membrane showing.
  • Loss of balance or consciousness or seizure
    • tremors
    • coma
    • staggering
    • convulsions
    • sudden blindness
    • tilting of the head
    • biting at imaginary objects
    • sudden changes in disposition such as unusual withdrawal or out-of-character aggressiveness
  • Pain
    • severe or continuous.
  • Major trauma
    • falls
    • vehicle accidents
    • wounds
    • cuts
    • broken bones
  • Ingested poison
    • bring the container or the commercial or chemical name of the product or a list of ingredients if you have it.
  • Vomiting or diarrhea
    • lasting more than 24 hours
    • containing blood
  • Eye emergencies
    • bleeding
    • swelling
    • laceration or foreign body
    • different sized pupils