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| When You Call Your Vet. |
For Maltese owners who are uncertain when to call the veterinarian. Sometimes time can mean a matter of life and death.
Know when to call your veterinarian!
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Birth defects
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Burns: often difficult to assess depth and extent
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Choking: appears distressed, extends head and neck, salivates, coughs, paws the mouth
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Collapse or loss of balance: Depression, staggering, falling over, walking in circles, rigidity, unable to get up
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Difficulty breathing: noisy breathing, blue tongue, gasping
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Continual straining: attempting to defaecate or urinate with little or no result
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Heavy bleeding: from any part of the body. Apply pressure
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Injury: puncture wound, exposed bone, lameness, pain
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Pain: severe, continous or spasmadic
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Itching: uncontrollable scratching, biting at the skin, bleeding
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Vomiting and/or diarrhea: severe for more than two to three days
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Poisoning: chemical, snake, spider or plant, retain for veterinarian to identify type of poisoning
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Breathing difficulties: laboured, rapid or shallow
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Diarrhea: fluid and/or putrid
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Eye problems: eyelids partially or completely closed, cornea cloudy, tears streaming down cheeks
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Itching: biting, scratching, hair loss, skin red and inflammed
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Frost bite (hypothermia): low body temperature, wrap in blankets to keep warm
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Swelling: hard and painful
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Swallowed object: better to assess earlier
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Vomiting: vomitimg associated with lethargy
WAIT 24 HOURS BEFORE CALLING When in doubt--
Always call !
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Diarrhea: no signs of abdominal pain or blood
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Itching: moderate, no sign of skin damage
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Odor: unpleasent odor, other than a soiled coat
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Vomiting: on 2-3 occations, no other symptoms
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Lameness: depressed but not affecting eating
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