Emergency Vet Services

We’re open longer hours so can see a more familiar vet rather than a costly emergency vet.

We have listed some common emergencies below but if you are unsure, please phone us on (02) 5134 6999 straight away.

• Tick or snake bites.

• Injuries e.g. traffic accident, fall from a height, animal attacks. 

• Sudden behavioural changes such as seizures, unconsciousness, difficulty breathing, ataxia or paralysis.

• Eaten poisons such as rat bait, chocolate, cleaning chemicals and poisonous plants.

• Acute-onset lameness, including suspected fractured bones and cruciate rupture.

• Severe bleeding or bleeding that lasts more than a few minutes.

• Inability to urinate or defaecate – straining to go to the toilet.

• Coughing, gagging or retching.

• Signs of severe pain.

• Continued vomiting or diarrhoea, with more than two episodes per 24-hours.

• Refusal to eat or drink for more than 24-hours.

• Eye injuries.

• Dystocia (difficulty whelping or giving birth).

• A “bludging disc” – intervertebral disc disease, paralysis – spinal surgery.