When to call your veterinarian

• Shortness of breath or difficulties in breathing
• Fever (normal is 100.5 to 102.7)
• A fall or bump to the head, chest or stomach
• Heatstroke or hypothermia
• Animal bite wounds
• Burn
• Possible poisoning
• Straining to defecate or urinate
• Collapsing or fainting
• Redness, discharge, film or cloudiness over the eyes or difficulty seeing
• Bleeding that will not stop
• Blood in the stool or urine
• Seizures (convulsions) or dazed appearance
• Dramatic weight loss
• Continual vomiting
• Continual diarrhea
• Lumps or bumps that grow rapidly or bleed
• Frequent scratching or biting body areas
• Pawing at the face and ears or shaking and titling the head
• Lethargy characterized by lack of energy and exercise intolerance
• Change in eating habits (refusing to eat or eating more or less than normal)
• Unquenchable thirst accompanied by changes in urinating habits
• Limping or showing pain when touched
• Frequent coughing
• Nasal discharge or dry scaly nose
• Pacing and restlessness
• Unproductive retching
• Jaundice (yellow coloring)
• Excessive urinating
• Abnormal bruising and bleeding
• Bloated or abnormal abdomen
• Bloody vomit
• Pale gums