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Is It an Emergency?

If your pet has any of these symptoms, bring in IMMEDIATELY
Symptom: With:

Inability to Breathe Noisy respiration, blue tongue, gasping for breath

Bleeding That Won't Stop From any part of the body - Apply pressure and come now!

Inability to Urinate or Appears Constipated But continues to try

Inability to Deliver Puppies or Kittens Keeps trying or has
stopped trying

Pain Severe - Continuous with no relief

Vomiting, Diarrhea Continuous or with the Appearance of Blood

Loss of Balance or Consciousness Includes tremors, coma, staggering, blindness, fainting

Itching Continuous scratching, biting, self-mutilation

Penetrating Wounds Any place, but especially chest or abdomen

Poisoning Bring the container or commercial name and chemical name

Injury Continuous pain and/or total lameness
Hit by car
Bloat
Any other sign that looks serious!

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If your pet has any of these symptoms, bring in TODAY
Symptom With

Difficult Breathing With or without cough; eats and drinks; not frantic

Vomiting / Diarrhea Without blood; no pain; no unusual contents

Sudden Lameness No apparent cause

Swallowed Object Even if you THINK pet swallowed it

Severe Itching With possible self-mutilation

Strange Odor Usually disagreeable, from any part of the body
Burns Heat; chemicals; Go Immediately if Extensive

Injuries Not severe emergency but will worsen with delay- lacerations
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If your pet has any of these symptoms, it is safe to wait OVERNIGHT
Symptom With

Vomiting / Diarrhea No blood; no foreign material; no pain; not continuous

Itching Mild to moderate; no skin damage; not continuous; no bleeding

Lameness Little or no pain; no discomfort in walking; not continuous

Thirst / Urination Excessive drinking and/or elimination of urine with no blood, no pain, no straining or discomfort, or bloody appearance to the urine

Loss of Appetite Skipped one main meal, but no other signs of illness

Most Skin Problems