Emergency Care
No matter the time of day, we care about your pet’s wellbeing! During open hours, our clinic is available to help. The emergency may not be life-threatening; however, your pet may need to be seen prior to an open appointment time. For your pet’s health and safety, we will do our best to fit you in if our schedule allows. If your pet needs to be hospitalized after we see them, we will need to refer them to a specialty or 24 hour facility for overnight care.
During Business Hours
In the case of an emergency during normal clinic hours, please call us at 815-476-9500. We ask that you call first so that we can evaluate your situation and prepare for your pet’s particular emergency.
The following are symptoms could potentially be serious and warrant immediate consultation with a veterinarian:
- Difficulty breathing
- Irregular or bloody bowel movements
- Vomiting (especially with blood)
- Trouble urinating or is vocalizing while urinating
- Excessive bleeding
- Acting erratically or biting at imaginary objects
- Seizure or loss of balance
- Heatstroke or severe dehydration
- Visibly in pain or panting heavily
- Diarrhea for more than 24 hours straight
- Eaten/swallowed a foreign object(s)
- Eaten/swallowed a poisonous substance
- Serious trauma or injury
- Loss of sight (sudden blindness)
- Unconsciousness
- Swollen abdomen that appears painful when touched
- Unusual swelling
- Having difficulty delivering puppies or kittens
Or anything else that is unusual or worrisome to you!
After-Hours Emergency Care
If your pet has an emergent case, please get in touch with one of the following 24-hour emergency hospitals:
VCA Aurora
2600 W. Galena Blvd.
Aurora, IL 60506
630-301-6100
Animal Emergency Clinic of McLean County/Bloomington
118 Greenwood Ave.
Bloomington, IL 61704
309-828-7722
Animal Care Center of Plainfield
13813 S Route 59
Plainfield, IL, 60544
815-436-8387
Animal Emergency of Mokena
19110 88th Ave.
Mokena, IL 60448
708-326-4800
University of Illinois/Champaign-Urbana
1008 W Hazelwood Dr.
Urbana, IL 61802
217-333-5300
ASPCA Poison Control at 888-426-4435 or visit: www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control
