Emergency veterinary care or online help? So choose wisely!
As a veterinarian I am confronted every day with cases where owners are not sure when to go to a vet with their pet, especially during on-call hours, or in rural areas where there is not always a vet nearby when it is absolutely necessary emergency veterinary care.
De mit lehet tenni ilyen szorult helyzetben?
Mikor elengedhetetlen a sürgősségi állatorvosi ellátás, és mikor elegendő egy online veterinary consultation?
Find out in our latest article!
Cases where it really is emergency veterinary care is needed:
It’s important to be aware of the signs that you should contact a vet immediately :
- Serious injuries: fractures, major bleeding, open wounds.
- Eye injuries
- Poisoning: if your pet has consumed toxic substances such as chocolate, medicines, poisonous plants or household chemicals.
- Breathing difficulties: choking or wheezing.
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- If your pet is choking, has misfed or can’t spit out an object in its mouth.
- Seizures: seizures, muscle tremors, motor coordination problems.
- Severe diarrhoea or vomiting: especially if bloody or if it occurs more than once in a short time.
- Fainting or loss of consciousness: if your pet suddenly collapses or becomes extremely faint.
- Difficulty passing urine, inability to defecate
- Supply problems
Other cases where a veterinary visit is required:
Not every case is an emergency, but the following situations are also worth seeing a vet:
- Odd behaviour: persistent behavioural changes, loss of appetite or excessive restlessness.
- Skin or hair problems: hair loss, rashes, or constant scratching.
- Persistent symptoms: Persistent cough, sneezing or runny nose.
- Age-related checks: regular health checks of ageing animals.
Online vet chat can be a convenient and quick way for owners to check on their pet’s condition.
Dr. Pálma Piller
Online contact can be ideal if:
- Do you need advice: when you are unsure whether a condition/ symptom is urgent or not, whether it is a cause for concern?
- You are in a rural area or abroad, where it is more difficult to reach a vet or there is no vet on call in your area
- Prevention: vaccination advice, parasite control issues
- Dietary suggestions
- Questions about castration, other planned operations.
- Mild symptoms: for mild, non-urgent symptoms, such as a mild cough, behavioural changes, minor skin lesions.
- Follow-up care: during follow-up after surgery or treatment.
- Suspected poisoning, if strange symptoms occur
When to seek emergency veterinary care instead of asking questions online?
In case of a serious or clearly life-threatening condition.
Accurate diagnosis and treatment require complex investigations that can only be carried out in person.
If you have any questions, Dr. Pálma Piller and her team are available on call seven days a week, CLICK HERE!
Feel free to ask if you are unsure, whether it’s about prevention, nutrition, surgery or if your pet is showing strange symptoms. No wrong questions, just careful, aware owners!
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Illés Annamária