Emergency and Urgent Care

If your pet needs emergency pet services during office hours please call us at 630-858-3530 to alert us to the situation so that we can prepare for your arrival to our animal urgent care facility. If you have a emergency outside of our regular office hours and need a veterinary emergency clinic, we recommend that you contact one of the following 24 hour hospitals:

What constitutes a medical emergency?

Any of the following conditions should be considered an emergency where your pet needs emergency pet services:

• A seizure lasting 15 minutes or more, or a chain of three within 24 hours
• Repeated and frequent vomiting, or projectile diarrhea
• A non-weight bearing lameness
• A wound that goes all the way through the skin
• A wound that is actively bleeding
• Difficulty breathing, or open mouth breathing in cats
• Constant coughing, or gagging
• Loss of consciousness
• Two hours of active labor during birth without a puppy or kitten being born
• A sudden inability to walk, circling, or falling over repeatedly
• A profound lethargy or reluctance to move
• A lack of appetite for more than one day
• Ingesting a toxin or a human drug
• Being hit by a car or other serious trauma
• A bleeding nose
• A bloated abdomen
• Hives or facial swelling

Emergency Pet Services Near you

If your pet ingests a toxin you may also contact the Animal Poison Control Center at 888-426-4435. The APCC is a resource for any animal poison-related emergency. They are available 24 hours a day, year-round. A consultation fee may apply. If it is not an emergency please schedule online and we will make an appointment for you.