Animal Hospitals 24/7?

[Persi & Alley]

I am sitting on the third floor balcony at home. Although it is heavily barred, the bars are not close together enough that a cat could not squeeze between them. Therefore, Persi is looking through the window with his big blue Persian sad eyes, wanting to come out with me. Would a cat ever want to jump that far? I am too scared to even think of it. But it just occurred to me that if something were to happen to one of my cats and needed immediate attention, where could I take them? Do you have a vet that is available 24/7? I sure don't. Even the Animal Hospital located close to here has definate hours posted with no provisions for emergency calls.

Surely in a city the size of Dallas such a place exists, but I have not located it yet. Do you know where you could take your cat at 1 a.m. in the morning and know you could get immediate attention? In the past few weeks I have been to the ER twice, located only six blocks from here. I know where it is. Now I am feeling very guilty that I do not know where an ER for cats (animals) exists.

[laureen227]

yes, i found one when Mouse was sick. it's a ways away - about 30 minutes from me. but i live in a small town, so that's the closest i could find.
nice to know it's there - altho it's REALLY pricey! but you get what you pay for - i was very pleased w/the treatment they gave Mouse.

[laureen227]

this is the one closest to me: denton e-vet
i found these links which might help you - the grapevine one should be pretty close!
e-vet listings for lewisville
grapevine e-vet
vet listings for dallas - [this is where i located the denton one]

[Persi & Alley]

Originally Posted by laureen227

yes, i found one when Mouse was sick. it's a ways away - about 30 minutes from me. but i live in a small town, so that's the closest i could find.
nice to know it's there - altho it's REALLY pricey! but you get what you pay for - i was very pleased w/the treatment they gave Mouse.

Since you do not live that far from me and since I am right by LBJ and the tollway and can get to most places around here in a hurry, please give me the info on where you took Mouse. I have always heard of Sanger but don't know exactly where it is. (Like most of us big city folk.) Anyway, I can use that as a base and then try to find one closer. Thank you, Laureen.

[sarahp]

There's 2 near me - one is an emergency vet that is only open after hours - from 6pm to about 8am from Monday to Friday, and then on Friday it stays open from 6pm all weekend until Monday morning.

There is also a vet hospital nearby that has staff available 24/7. They're both about the same distance away, but I guess I'd go to the vet hospital since they have better facilities.

[Meowers]

I pray to never need to go where the er for cats is, but I do know its one city over. Don't know where exactly, and I've been meaning to look it up. Thans for bringing that up as I am going away for a few days, and the cat sitter will need that info.

[laureen227]

Originally Posted by Persi & Alley

Since you do not live that far from me and since I am right by LBJ and the tollway and can get to most places around here in a hurry, please give me the info on where you took Mouse. I have always heard of Sanger but don't know exactly where it is. (Like most of us big city folk.) Anyway, I can use that as a base and then try to find one closer. Thank you, Laureen.

just look direcly above your last post!

[jcat]

Lee, could you use some transparent fishnet inside the bars to secure the balcony, or isn't that permitted? Chicken wire would work as well, but might be too obvious.

We don't have a 24/7 emergency vet hospital around here, but we do have two county vets on call. Area vets used to rotate every week, until these two vets decided to semi-retire, and just be on "stand-by" nights and weekends.

[mrblanche]

If I were a vet, I'd get with a group of other vets, maybe 10 or 12, and either set up a small office we could all use and staff, or set up an answering service that would direct an owner to whatever office was currently staffed.

[laureen227]

Originally Posted by mrblanche

If I were a vet, I'd get with a group of other vets, maybe 10 or 12, and either set up a small office we could all use and staff, or set up an answering service that would direct an owner to whatever office was currently staffed.

good idea! i'd like that!

[Rosiemac]

When i moved house i rang around the vets in my area to check them out, and one of the questions i asked was where their 24 hour hospital was located incase of an emergency, fortunately 2 of the vets i rang said their hospitals were only a 10-15 minute drive from me

[Persi & Alley]

Lee, could you use some transparent fishnet inside the bars to secure the balcony, or isn't that permitted? Chicken wire would work as well, but might be too obvious.

You must live in a very restricted environment like I do, Tricia! Yes, in this townhome environment they have very strict rules that everybody must follow or I would have already put up the chicken wire. Transparent fishnet on the other hand is something I never thought of. I bet the "everybody look alike police" couldn't spot that up here on the third floor!