Even though we do our best to prevent diseases through regular herd health consultations, there will be emergencies.

We are happy to provide emergency medical and surgical services during regular hours as well as after hours. Not sure if your animal is having a medical emergency? Call us at 250-295-0312 and a friendly team member will be happy to help you get the care your need. Below is a list of signs that your animal likely needs immediate care. Please note that this list does not include every situation which may be an urgent emergency, if you feel your animal needs urgent care it is always best to call. 

    • excessive bleeding/blood loss
    • collapse/inability to stand
    • difficulty breathing/gums turning blue
    • head or spinal trauma
    • toxicity (drugs, anti freeze, pesticides, herbicides, excessive grain consumption, excessive salt consumption, etc.)
    • severe trauma
    • any animal vocalizing in pain
    • any animal suddenly unable to move
    • fracture with exposed bone
    • puncture or cut into the abdomen or lungs
    • inability to urinate
    • birthing issues

If you have a medical emergency during regular business hours, call the clinic at 250-295-0312 to notify us of the nature of your emergency, as well as your location. If you call and hear a message during regular business hours, it means the phone line is busy so please leave a message and we will call you back as soon as possible. Severe medical emergencies will take priority over non-emergency scheduled appointments.

Call the regular clinic number, 250-295-0312 and listen carefully to the message. We are almost always on call for after hours emergency services. If this is the case, the message will direct you to call the veterinarian’s home phone. Again, if you get a message on our home phone, listen carefully and please leave a message. Occasionally we are unable to provide after-hours emergency services. If this is the case, the message on the clinic number (250-295-0312) will notify you that we are not on call, and will instruct you which number to call. We typically forward equine call to Kamloops Large Animal Clinic.

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