Emergencies that require immediate attention (contact your veterinarian or nearest E.R.) are as follows:
- noisy breathing
- difficulty breathing
- gasping
- blue tongue
- bloated or distended abdomen
- swollen or painfull belly with or without vomiting
- inability to urinate or move bowels but continues to try, or bloody or painful (especially male cats)
- loss of balance
- heatstroke
- loss of consciousness
- vomiting and/or diarrhea
- tremors
- coma
- staggering
- convulsions
- sudden blindness
- fainting
- tilting of head
- withdrawal or out of character aggressiveness
- lameness--will not use a limb
- seizure
- diarrhea with blood and/or repeated vomiting with blood
- penetrating wounds especially to the chest or belly
- poisoning (retain container to show what toxins have been ingested)
- pain
- major trauma
- injury, or shock from a fall or a car accident
- wounds, cuts, broken bones
- eye problems
- severe itching, hives
- pointed change in temperament or disposition.