Boulder Veterinary Hospital can provide pet urgent care during regular business hours. Urgent care applies to medical situations that are non-life threatening, but still serious enough to require immediate attention.
Please call our hospital at (303) 442-6262 before arriving to allow our staff and doctors adequate time to prepare equipment and space to treat your pet!
What Counts as an Urgent Medical Situation?
How can you tell if your pet’s condition requires urgent care? First, we recommend always playing it safe and calling us if you have concerns but aren’t sure what to do next. You can also consult the list of urgent scenarios listed below to determine the severity of your pet’s situation. We often provide pet urgent care for:
- Lacerations/bleeding wounds
- Puncture wounds
- Torn claw/dewclaw
- Blood in urine
- Plant debris in ears/nose/eyes
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Eye injury or other eye-related concern
- Lethargy
- Difficulty or inability to pass stool
- Difficulty or inability to pass urine
- Toxin ingestion (call us first!)
- Lameness
- Signs of pain or anxiety
- Refusal to drink water
- Seizure/staggering
- Wildlife interactions/fights
- Head tilt
- ADR (“ain’t doing right,” you’re not sure what the exact problem is)
If you are worried about your pet, call us today!
After-Hour Emergencies & Referrals
Should your pet require urgent or emergency treatment outside of our hospital hours, contact one of the referral hospitals below.
