EMERGENCIES
Given the limitations of home visits, if your pet is in a life threatening emergency, please travel immediately to the nearest emergency hospital.
Mountainside Animal Hospital
(Closest Emergency facility,
but no specialty services)
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2580 Capilano Rd, North Vancouver,
BC V7R 4H2
Specialty Hospital
(Has ECC & Specialists)
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What Harmony Vets can help with:
​(Non-life threatening situations)
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Small wounds
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Sudden lameness
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Eye problems
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A seizure
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Foreign body ingestion
socks, etc - to induce vomiting (within 2 hour) -
Toxic substance ingestion
(within 2 hours & not showing symptoms. Induction of vomiting only, some toxic substance ingestion require hospitalization)
* You may still be advised to one of the emergency clinics after being seen.
Examples of Emergencies to go to Vancouver:
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Struggling to breath
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Straining / unable to urinate
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Collapse
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Persistent seizures
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Unproductive retching
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Hit by a car
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Severe dehydration
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Fall from a height
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Severe animal attack
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Profuse bleeding
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Paralysis
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Profuse vomiting / diarrhoea +/- blood
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Anything that will require X-rays / Ultrasound / CT
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Once we are open, we will be able to assist with emergency euthanasia if your pet is in distress.
​Emergencies can be time critical.
Your pet could better chances of survival being addressed in a dedicated emergency facility without a delay of waiting for a house-call appointment with limited emergency capabilities.
ASPCA Animal Poison Control
24/7 Poison Control Helpline
$120 / consult
​If your pet has eaten a toxic substance, please call Animal Poison Control's helpline for advice. If they recommend to be seen by a veterinarian, they then advise us on the best treatment going forwards.