| Emergency pet care starts with trying to
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| | rapidly becomes a life threatening
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| define what an emergency is in terms of
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| | one.There is probably very little you can
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| pet health.This can be more difficult
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| | do from a first aid point of view for the
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| than one would expect because what
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| | second broad category of emergency. The
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| constitutes an emergency is usually
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| | best thing you can do for a pet in this
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| defined by the pet owner.The
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| | situation is to get the animal to a vet
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| interpretation of an emergency therefore
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| | as fast as you can. Phone ahead if
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| can vary widely
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| | possible to alert the vet to the
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| depending on that person's previous
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| | situation and try to write down as much
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| experience, there knowledge of what is
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| | as you can about the pets behaviour over
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| normal, and the extent of the human-
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| | the past few hours/days/weeks.For most
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| animal bond.An emergency can usually be
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| | pet owners, pet emergencies are a
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| divided into 2 broad categories. The
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| | traumatic experience usually undertaken
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| first is usually an obvious emergency
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| | in a blur of activity. By writing
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| e.g. Pet is run over by a car or bitten
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| | everything down, you force yourself to
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| by a known poisonous snake. In these
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| | slow down and think. Once at the vet
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| cases the pet has been fine up till the
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| | the written notes decrease the chance of
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| incident that triggers the emergency.The
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| | you forgetting to tell the vet something
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| second broad category is the "end stage"
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| | that might be of importance. Although you
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| of a medical condition and for most
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| | might be in an agitated state, remember
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| people this is far more difficult to
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| | that the vet will have
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| recognise as an emergency. In these
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| | to ask you a range of questions in order
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| cases the pet may not have been 100%
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| | to focus the search for a diagnosis and
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| healthy for a preceeding period of time,
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| | then institute the appropriate
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| but this might not have been evident or
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| | treatment.Category one emergencies such
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| the pets altered behaviour was deemed to
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| | as wounds, snake bites, heat stroke etc
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| be of no consequence.An example here
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| | lend themselves more to first aid
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| would be a male cat with a blocked
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| | procedures. This does not mean you should
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| bladder.
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| | delay getting to a vet as fast as
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| The signs might have been there for a
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| | possible as emergency pet care is only a
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| few hours or days (e.g. spending long
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| | stopgap, albeit a very useful one, that
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| periods in the litter box) while the
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| | can be applied between the occurrence of
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| condition developed. However, once the
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| | the emergency and getting professional
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| urethra becomes totally blocked and the
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| | help.
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| cat cannot pass any urine, the situation
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