Emergencies, Urgent Care, & Sick Visits

If you feel your pet needs emergency care, contact your local emergency clinic immediately!  Emergency hospitals are listed at the bottom of this page.  Examples of conditions that warrant immediate attention include:

• ♥ Respiratory difficulty (ex: difficulty breathing, white or blue gum or tongue color, gasping)
• ♥ Hit by a car
• ♥ Seizures
• ♥ Paralysis
• ♥ Broken bones
• ♥ Un-stoppable bleeding
• ♥ Eyes that are severely blood-shot, eye-lids cannot be opened or eye out of socket
• ♥ Poisoning or other acute trauma—ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center
• ♥ Unable to urinate

In general, we try to schedule urgent care conditions as soon as possible, but charge an additional fee if our schedule needs to be rearranged to accommodate your pet that day. Our technician will help you determine if a same-day appointment is necessary. Urgent care conditions include:

• ♥ Fractured/broken toe-nail that is not bleeding
• ♥ Laceration (cut) that is not bleeding
• ♥ Squinty-eye that can be opened, has slight redness and/or minor eye discharge
• ♥ Ear hematoma (ear flap is swollen with blood)
• ♥ Coughing or sneezing
• ♥ Watery diarrhea in a pet acting otherwise normally
• ♥ Urinating blood

In general, we will try to schedule “sick” pet visits as soon as possible. Some examples of “sick” pet visits include conditions that are chronic or minor, listed below:

• ♥ Ear infection
• ♥ Limping (chronic limp or on/off limp)
• ♥ Scratching/hot spot
• ♥ Occasional cough or sneeze
• ♥ Occasional vomiting or diarrhea
• ♥ Minor eye discharge that is clear, not colored
• ♥ Unintentional chronic weight loss
• ♥ Urinating more frequently or having accidents in the house

Please call us with any questions. We try to return all calls received during office hours on the same day. Calls received after hours will be returned the next open office day. Email is the easiest way to reach us at this time. Again, if you believe your pet needs EMERGENCY care, please call your local emergency clinic immediately!

Emergency hospitals

The Life Centre   www.tlcvets.com

165 Fort Evans Rd NE, Leesburg, VA 20176
Phone: (703) 777-5755
Hours: Open 24/7, walk-ins welcome

The Hope Center   www.rockville.hopecenter.com

1 Taft Court, Rockville MD, 20850
Phone: (301) 637-3228
Hours: Open 24/7, walk-ins welcome

Crossroads Animal Referral & Emergency   www.carefrederick.com

1080 W Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21703
Phone: (301) 662-2273
Hours: Open 24/7, walk-ins welcome

VCA Veterinary Referral Associates   www.vcavra.com

500 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Phone: (301) 926-3300
Hours: Open 24/7, walk-ins welcome

Mountain View Animal Emergency   www.mountainviewemergency.com

18501 Maugans Ave, Suite 105, Hagerstown MD, 21742
Phone: (301) 733-7339

Central Carroll Animal Emergency   www.ccanimalemergency.com

1030 Baltimore Blvd, Suite 180, Westminster MD, 21157
Phone: (410) 871-2000

The Metropolitan Emergency Animal Clinic, Inc.   www.metroeac.com

12106 Nebel St, Rockville, MD 20852
Phone: (301) 637-8882
Hours: Open 24/7