Veterinary Emergency Care
Animal Medical Care Center & Cat Hospital is your Trumbull and Mahoning County, OH, animal emergency room. We offer comprehensive emergency services for dogs, cats, birds, and exotics six days a week. We also offer emergency care when your pet suffers an emergency and needs immediate medical attention. After hours emergency care is available Saturday 1:00pm to 8:00pm and Sunday 9:00am to 8:00pm at 330-652-0400.
What to Do in an Animal Emergency
If you believe your pet is in danger or suffering from a serious emergency, you should give us a call at 330-652-0400 as soon as possible. Our team can guide you through first aid or instruct you on how best to move your animal safely. Treating animal emergencies is not a do-it-yourself job! No matter how great your intentions, you may make thigs worse if you don’t know what you’re doing, so bring your pet to us immediately. If we are not able to get back to you in a timely manner these are some other options for emergency care:
Med Vet-Girard 330-530-8387
Med Vet-Akron 330-665-4996
Metropolitan Vet Hospital-Akron 330-665-4996
Helpful Tips
- Be gentle, especially when transporting your pet. Your pet is likely scared and may instinctively shy away from help or negatively react to a panicking human.
- Avoid placing your face near your pet’s mouth or paws. If your pet unintentionally or reflexively bites or scratches, you do not want to be injured.
- If your pet has ingested something to which he or she is allergic or that is toxic, try to bring the label or container with you as you visit our emergency room.
- If your pet is bleeding, apply a clean cloth or bandage and keep pressure on the wound—just like with people!
What Constitutes an Emergency?
Some examples of veterinary emergencies include:
- Your pet collapses or suddenly becomes too weak to function
- Experiences severe or uncontrollable diarrhea or vomiting
- Is seriously bleeding
- Is unwilling to eat for 24 hours or more
- Is more lethargic than usual for 24 hours or more
- Has trouble urinating or defecating
- Has trouble breathing or breathing becomes erratic or irregular
- Ingests a poison or a food that they cannot process
- Is injured (including car accidents, cuts, falls, etc.)
- Experiences seizures
So that we can best serve you, please give us a call at
330-652-0400 to let us know you’re coming. We can help walk you through immediate first aid or coach you on what you should do to get your pet here safely.