Emergency Services

Emergencies can happen at any time of the day or night. Rainbow veterinary Hospital is available for small animal emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays.

Emergency services include Digital Radiographs (X-ray), ultrasonography, oxygen therapy, In house laboratory, fluid therapy, emergency surgery and 24 hour monitoring.

If your pet is currently having a medical emergency, please call us immediately
(no email please) at 724-843-5443

We encourage you to call so that a team member can assess your pet's condition, advise you on your particular emergency and the staff can be prepared for your arrival.

Please understand that Rainbow Veterinary Hospital does have a full appointment schedule during routine business hours. Upon arrival, our medical staff will assess each patient's status; the most critical patient will be treated first. Stable patients will be seen as quickly as possible.

Common emergencies include:

Bleeding/wounds
Coughing and/or respiratory distress
Diarrhea and/or vomiting
Difficulty breathing
Lethargy
Trouble urinating, painful urination or blood in urine
Not eating
Eye injuries
Toxin, poison or foreign body ingestion
Difficulty giving birth
Bite wounds/animal attacks
Hit by car, falls, other trauma