Emergencies

If your pet is sick or injured and needs immediate attention, please call us at (517) 263-0236, so we can decide the best course of action for treatment. We do our best to work in emergency and urgent issues that our patients are experiencing, like:

• Difficulty breathing
• Choking
• Bleeding uncontrollably
• Bleeding from nose, ears, or mouth
• Blood in stool or urine
• Vomiting/diarrhea for 24 hours or longer
• Blood in stool/vomit
• No eating or drinking for at least 24 hours
• Straining to urinate/defecate
• Abdomen feels hard and bloated
• Seizures
• Collapse
• Pressing head against the wall
• Unable to walk or stand
• Ingested a known toxin
• Encountered/attacked by a wild animal
• Laceration, puncture/bite wound, burn injury
• Suffered blunt trauma from a collision or fall
• Ears and nose feel unusually warm (can indicate fever)