If you have an emergency with your pet, please always telephone ahead so that we can give you the best advice and prepare for your arrival.
This applies to our Hospitals as well as the after hours facilities listed below.
If you have an emergency with your pet, please always telephone ahead so that we can give you the best advice and prepare for your arrival.
This applies to our Hospitals as well as the after hours facilities listed below.
Possible snake bite
Collapse of any sort, especially if the animal can not get up on its own or appears paralysed in the back legs
Breathing difficulties
Inability to urinate, particularly in a male cat or dog
Seizures/fitting
Heat stroke
Snail bait ingestion
Rat Bait ingestion
Being unwell after traveling to a paralysis tick region
If in doubt – call us!
There are several dedicated Emergency Hospitals in Melbourne with speciality equipment for monitoring and treatment. If we are closed we recommend contacting one of these facilities for treatment advice.
Many of our patients do not need full monitoring when our staff are not present, but if your pet is critically ill, unstable, or you just want peace of mind, then we will give you the option of transferring them to one of the Emergency Hospitals listed below.
Advantages of after-hours facilities:
They are open when we are not, and can monitor critical cases for longer if required.
After hours are normal hours for them i.e. their Veterinarians and Nursing staff only work these hours, so they will be fresh, alert, and ready to attend to your pet.
These After Hours centres have highly specialised equipment and facilities and skills to service all your pets emergency needs during those hours.
Any critically ill patient in our care that needs to be monitored intensively 24 hours a day, can be transferred to one of these centres for overnight monitoring. This will allow constant intensive care if needed.
Your pet will have access to high quality veterinary attention and care 24 hours a day.
CARE Vet Specialists
5 Hood St, Collingwood VIC
Phone 9417 6417
Northern Suburbs Animal Emergency Centre
17-19 Plenty Rd, Bundoora VIC
Phone 9467 2255
Advanced Vet Care
Level 1, 26 Robertson St, Kensington VIC
Phone 9092 0400
Pet Emergency Centre
1103 Dandenong Rd, Malvern East VIC
Phone 9569 3677
Animal Accident and Emergency
Main Terminal, Essendon Airport (via Ring Rd) VIC
Phone 9379 0700
Animal Emergency Centre
37 Blackburn Rd, Mt Waverley VIC
Phone 9803 8122