Services

Providing Advanced Care to the Donner-Truckee and Tahoe Regions

Pet Emergency Services Include

  • Complete intensive care unit (ICU) laboratory
  • Full range of blood products
  • Oxygen therapy
  • 24-hour ICU monitoring by veterinary nurses trained in critical care, surgery and internal medicine
  • Pet emergency surgical service
  • Around-the-clock access to our specialist network

Common Pet Emergency Examples:

  • Difficulty breathing (gasping, noisy respiration, blue tongue, etc.)
  • Acute abdominal swelling or pain
  • Electric shock
  • Excessive vomiting or diarrhea
  • Excessive bleeding
  • Symptoms of heat stroke
  • Repetitive or prolonged seizures
  • Snake bites
  • High or low temperature (more than 104 or less than 99 degrees)
  • Difficulty urinating or defecating
  • Ingestion of a foreign object (toy, string, bone, etc.)
  • Ingestion of toxic substances (bring container or name of chemical ingested)
  • Allergic reactions
  • Inability to deliver puppies or kittens
  • Hit by car
  • Seizure
  • Animal bite