How to identify pet emergencies?

How to identify pet emergencies?

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Many times at night in the emergency room of a pet hospital, you will see some pets with heart failure, some animals with back injuries, puppies who have eaten rat poison, dogs with collapsed trachea or some animals that have been hit by a car.

1. Trauma

Any pet that gets hit by a car, falls out of a window, or suffers any other trauma should see a veterinarian immediately.

2. Loss of consciousness or shock

Regarding shock, it can be caused by a very large number of emergencies, including dehydration, heat stroke, poisoning from a substance, anaphylactic shock from bee stings, infections from viral diseases like canine hepatitis, suffocation, drumming

3. Difficulty breathing

Difficulty breathing is the most frightening and serious ailment.

4. Severe vomiting

If your pet has repeated vomiting and compulsive vomiting, the vomiting is usually accompanied by diarrhea, or the vomit has blood in it, looks or smells like feces, or looks like coffee (which is actually partially digested blood).

V. Poisoning

If you know your pet has eaten certain toxic substances, such as certain antifreezes, certain rat poisons, grapes or raisins, lilies, dark chocolate or cocoa butter, or your blood pressure medicine or

Six. Bleeding

If you see bright red blood spurting out from a wound, it must be blood from an artery.

Seven, eye injuries

Accidental injuries to the front of the eye include: prolapse of the eyeball, foreign body in the eye, or chemical burn (acid-base burn, etc.) to the eye.

8. Sudden lameness or loss of exercise ability

The animal may have suffered a spinal injury or an unexpected injury.

How to identify pet emergencies?

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As veterinarians we never want to waste pet owners' time and energy, but we still feel that keeping pets safe is better than saying sorry to pet owners at the end.

Nine, keep sneezing or sniffing

This is usually caused by a spasm of the larynx, and incessant sniffing often sounds like the dog is trying to inhale very hard.

10. Abnormal behavior

It's okay if your pet is behaving strangely.