Is it an Emergency?

If your pet has any of these symptoms, bring him 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 or diarrhea	Continuous or with the appearance of blood
Loss of balance or consciousness	Includes tremors, coma, staggering, blindness or 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 of toxin
Injury	Continuous pain and/or total lameness
Hit by car	Come NOW!
Bloat	Come NOW!
Any other sign that looks serious.

Difficulty breathing	With or without cough. Eats and drinks and is not frantic
Vomiting/Diarrhea	Without blood or pain and no unusual contents
Sudden lameness	With no apparent cause
Swallowed object	Even if you just think your pet may have swallowed it
Severe itching	With possible self-mutilation
Strange odor	Usually disagreeable, from any part of the body
Burns	Heat, or chemical. If extensive come immediately
Injuries or lacerations	Not severe emergency but will worsen with delay

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 when walking, not continuous
Thirst/Urination	Excessive drinking and/or elimination of urine with no blood, no pain, no straining or discomfort, or bloody appearance of the urine
Loss of appetite	Skipped one main meal, but no other sign of illness
Most skin problems