Medical Emergencies
If this is an EMERGENCY situation, for ALL cats please call the Health Team at 778-537-0027 immediately, then notify your navigation team.
Symptoms Requiring Immediate Attention
- Bleeding that won't stop. Apply pressure on the way to the hospital.
- Poisoning - ingesting cleaners, solvents, rat poison, poisonous plants, etc.
- Surgery site open and oozing or bleeding
- Straining to urinate with no urine produced in the past 12 hours (crying/vocalizing in litterbox)
- Unconscious or unresponsive
- Sudden collapse or seizure
- Difficulty breathing
- Birth complications - if straining and no animal birthed in 2 hours CONTACT 604-418-4008
- Trauma (examples: hit by car, stepped on)
- Severe vomiting - vomiting more than 3 times in 2 hours, and/or contains blood with secondary symptoms such as decreased energy, decreased appetite, etc.
Please call the Health Team at 778-537-0027 immediately if your foster cat or kitten is displaying any of the symptoms above. If an emergency vet visit is required, they will direct you to the nearest VOKRA emergency vet. Please direct the vet to contact the Health Team for approvals for treatment.
Symptoms Requiring Assessment Within 24 Hours
Please contact your Foster Navigation Team or Moms and Kittens Team submit a Medical Concern Form if your foster Cat is displaying any of the following symptoms:
- Diarrhea with blood and/or other symptoms such as decreased energy, appetite, etc.
- Straining (crying/vocalizing in litterbox) while urinating, still producing urine
- Constipation - No bowel movement seen in last 48 hours
- Listlessness, decreased energy/appetite
- Coughing
- Sudden limping
- Ingestion of non-food objects, i.e., litter, toys, blankets
- Vomiting
- Sneezing, nasal or ocular discharge
- Scratching excessively, loss of fur, lesions
- Problems with surgical site - red, hot, swollen
- Head shaking, ear-itching
- Sudden changes in behaviour, i.e. sudden onset of aggression
- Weight loss in very young kittens
- Blood in urine