If you are ever worried, concerned or simply just not too sure about your precious pet, we are just a phone call or a car ride away! You can call us on 9584 7500 and discuss your concern with one of our Veterinary Nurses. If you have an emergency, please come straight in. Where possible, a phone call on your way will help us better prepare for your arrival.
Some examples of serious emergencies requiring immediate assessment and care:
- Any sort of difficulty breathing or excessive coughing
- Collapse, weakness or severe lethargy
- Paralysis or inability to get up or walk normally
- Excessive vomiting or diarrhoea
- Sudden abdominal distension or bloating
- Trauma such as being hit by a car, or falling off a balcony or dog or cat fights
- Ingesting a poison such as rat bait, snail or slug bait, antifreeze, prescription medication, chocolate, macadamia nuts or grapes, raisins or sultanas
- Distress or drooling after eating a bone or ingesting a fishhook
- Snake bites
- Having paralysis ticks attached
- Heat stroke
- Inability to urinate
- Any condition causing excessive pain
Directions on how to get to Kingston Veterinary Hospital, please see the Contact Us page.
If you are concerned about a poison or toxin you pet may have ingested, you can also get advice by calling the Poisons Information Centre on 13 11 26, 24 hours a day.
If you have an after hours emergency, please contact the Animal Emergency Centre nearest you:
AEC Hallam, 03) 8795 7020, 18/151-159 Princes Hwy, Hallam, Victoria.
AEC Frankston, 03) 9770 5555, 39 McMahons Rd, Frankston, Victoria.
AEC Mount Waverly, 03) 9803 8122, 37 Blackburn Rd, Mount Waverly, Victoria.
Visit them at: www.aecvets.com.au