Emergency Information
For live Poison Control help, please call the ASPCA, (888) 426-4435 or visit their website for information.
Emergency services are for registered clients. If you are not a registered client and cannot be seen at your regular vet office please go directly to one of the 24-hour hospitals listed below.
During regular business hours:
Please call ahead if possible and let us know you are coming; otherwise please come directly to the hospital.
For after-hours on regular business days:
Call our paging service at 978 210-9674 . Available from 7-8 AM and in the evening till 10PM Monday thru Saturday. Sundays and certain holidays are considered non-regular business days and the emergency paging service is not available.
Sundays and Nights from 10PM to 7AM:
Please call or go immediately to the nearest 24-hour emergency hospital listed below.
Essex County Veterinary Emergency Hospital
247 Chickering Road, North Andover, MA 01845
(978) 725-5544
Veterinary Emergency and Specialty Center of New England
180 Bear Hill Road, Waltham, MA 02454
(781) 684-VETS (8387)
Signs of an Emergency:
Suspected Poisoning - Call the Animal Poison Control Hotline at (888) 426-4435 immediately
Unconciousness, Lethargy and/or Unresponsiveness
Laboured breathing
Bloat & swelling of the abdomen
Unprecedented convulsions
Excessive & uncontrollable bleeding
Trauma, shock, and broken bones from injury
Collapse, heat stroke
Severe difficulty, or inability to urinate
Uncontrollable persistent vomiting and diarrhea
Thick mucous discharge from the anus
Severe Burns
Vomiting blood
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