Emergency Vet Care

Monte Vista Small Animal Hospital provides emergency and urgent veterinary care for cats and dogs during our regular hospital hours. It's always best to contact us in advance if you can so we can prepare if necessary, but we understand that in emergency situations that's not always possible.

Our veterinarians see emergency cases during our regular business hours:

The following situations are examples of emergencies that require immediate care:

• Severe bleeding or bleeding that doesn't stop
• Obvious signs of pain or extreme anxiety
• Choking, difficulty breathing, or continuous coughing/gagging
• Fractured bones or severe lameness
• Seizures and/or staggering
• Bleeding from nose, mouth, rectum, or blood in the urine
• Inability to urinate or pass feces, or pain associated with urinating or passing feces
• Severe vomiting or diarrhea; 2+ episodes in 24-hours
• Injuries to the eye(s)
• Your pet has ingested something poisonous (such as antifreeze, xylitol, chocolate, rodent poison, etc.)
• Heat stress or heatstroke
• Refusal to drink for 24 hours or more
• Unconsciousness

Our Turlock animal hospital is just like a human doctor's office—it can be unpredictable and you may have to wait. 

We cannot predict what cases we will see and when they will arrive. While we typically have low wait times, we will see pets in order of medical urgency. 

Some veterinary emergencies require intensive overnight medical care. If a pet needs overnight care or monitoring we will transfer them our local emergency hospital and then have them transferred back to us the next day so we can continue any necessary care.

While in our care, our dedicated team will treat your pet as if they were our own.

Our emergency veterinarians are mostly experienced with cats and dogs, but will see other small animals, such as birds and rodents, in serious situations.