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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
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