Emergency Pet Care
If your dog, cat, or exotic pet is in need of immediate medical care during normal business hours, and you are a current Lange Animal Hospital client, please call us immediately at:
865-690-6481
- For exotic pets, we can only see current patients if an exotics veterinarian is available at that time.
- For after-hours emergencies and cases we are unable to treat, we recommend the following 24 hour emergency hospitals below:
After-Hours Emergency Hospitals
For Dogs and Cats:
Animal Emergency and Specialty Center
10213 Kingston Pike
Knoxville, TN 37922
P: 865-690-6481
For Exotic Pets:
UT College of Veterinary Medicine
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
P: 865-974-8387
You can also contact ASPCA Poison Control for additional information at 888-426-4435.
When to Bring in Your Pet for Urgent Care
We recommend that you call us immediately if your pet is experiencing any of the following:
- Choking or having difficulty breathing
- Hit by a car or suffered blunt-force trauma of any kind
- Ingested a foreign object such as a toy, sock, or string
- Ingested something poisonous
- Profuse bleeding
- Inability to move or stand
- Unusually warm or cold
- Having a seizure
- Loss of consciousness
- Excessive vomiting and/or severe diarrhea
- Blood in stool
- Unable to pass stool or urinate
When in doubt about your pet’s condition, call us—our team will be more than happy to answer your questions, offer advice, or set up a room so we can see your pet.
