Mon / Tue / Thu / Fri: 9am – 6pm
Wed: 9am – 6pm (farm calls – large animal)
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Hickory Hill Veterinary Services provides urgent emergency veterinary care in Tampa for pets and livestock, offering same-day appointments and 24/7 large animal emergency availability.
Emergency veterinary care encompasses urgent evaluation and treatment of conditions that require immediate attention to prevent death, permanent injury, or severe suffering. Common small animal emergencies include poisoning, trauma, difficulty breathing, seizures, urinary obstruction, heatstroke, and severe vomiting or diarrhea. Large animal emergencies include colic, dystocia (difficult birth), lacerations, and respiratory distress in horses and livestock. Our practice is equipped to stabilize and treat a wide range of emergencies for both small and large animal patients, providing the rapid, compassionate response your animal needs when every minute counts.
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When you arrive for emergency care at Hickory Hill Veterinary Services, our team responds quickly and efficiently to assess and stabilize your animal.
Your pet or livestock is immediately assessed by our veterinary team. We prioritize life-threatening conditions, stabilize vital signs, and provide rapid pain management while gathering history and symptoms from you.
Rapid diagnostics including bloodwork, digital radiographs, and ultrasound are performed as needed to identify the underlying emergency and guide treatment decisions.
IV fluids, oxygen support, emergency medications, wound care, decompression, or emergency surgery are initiated based on your animal’s condition. Our team communicates with you throughout.
Once stabilized, your pet may be discharged with detailed home care instructions, admitted for observation, or referred to a specialist facility if advanced care is required beyond our capabilities.
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In a true veterinary emergency, minutes matter. Delayed treatment can mean the difference between life and death, or between full recovery and permanent disability.
Conditions like airway obstruction, internal bleeding, urethral obstruction, and toxin ingestion can be fatal within hours without emergency intervention. Our team’s ability to respond promptly saves lives.
Emergency patients are often in severe pain. Rapid pain management and stabilization minimize suffering and improve the physiologic response to subsequent treatment.
Most emergency clinics focus only on dogs and cats. Our mixed animal capability means we can respond to horse colics, difficult calvings, and livestock emergencies that other practices cannot handle.
Signs requiring emergency care include difficulty breathing, collapse or extreme weakness, uncontrolled bleeding, suspected poisoning, inability to urinate, seizures lasting more than a few minutes, severe trauma, difficulty giving birth, and suspected colic in horses. Call us immediately at (813) 373-5924.
Emergency care costs vary depending on the condition and treatments required. We accept credit cards, cash, CareCredit, and ScratchPay. We provide an estimate after initial assessment. Call (813) 373-5924 to discuss payment options.
In an emergency, keep your pet as calm and still as possible during transport. Apply gentle pressure to bleeding wounds with a clean cloth. Do not give food, water, or medications unless directed. Call us on the way so we can prepare for your arrival.
We treat trauma, poisoning, respiratory distress, urinary obstruction, seizures, heatstroke, difficult birth, colic, lacerations, and many other urgent conditions in dogs, cats, horses, and livestock. Call us immediately for any situation you feel may be an emergency.
Call (813) 373-5924 for all emergencies. We are located at 326 W. Bearss Avenue, Tampa, FL 33613. Business hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9am–6pm. 24/7 large animal emergency line available.
If your pet or livestock is experiencing an emergency in Tampa, call immediately. Do not wait. Call (813) 373-5924 or visit 326 W. Bearss Avenue, Tampa, FL 33613. Hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9am–6pm. Large animal emergency line available 24/7.
