Emergencies
The Veterinary Referral Center of NH shares its hospital building with CAVES, the Capitol Area Veterinary Emergency Services organization. CAVES operates 24-hours a day, seven days a week. The department always has an emergency veterinarian on duty.
It is the aim of the CAVES professional staff to provide the very latest in quality veterinary care. The staff attends continuing education seminars on the national, state, and local levels and its veterinarians are members of the many professional organizations including the American Veterinary Medical Association.
CAVES is provided to care for your pet when your family veterinarian is not available. No appointment is necessary. Please call ahead Toll free 1-877-929-1199 or local phone 227-1199 so that a veterinary professional can advise you about your pet emergency.
Click here to view the location and directions to VRCNH/CAVES.
Click here to view the CAVES website.
Prompt veterinary care gives your pet the best chance of a successful outcome and recovery.
If you have a question about your pet's health, don't delay care. Here
are some indications
and situations when
you should always seek urgent treatment:
- Unconsciousness
- Bleeding in volume, or doesn't stop, or from a body cavity
- Foaming at the mouth
- Hit by car
- Seizure or Tremor
- Unresponsive
- Lethargic
- Blue, purple, or pale gums or tongue
- Cat open-mouth breathing
- Ingestion of snail bait, rat bait, anti-freeze, pills, medications, vitamins, or any suspect substance