Is it an Emergency?

Signs of an eye emergency are: sudden onset of cloudiness, pain or loss of vision. The key element is the sudden onset as more gradual symptoms are much less likely to be an emergency.

Any eye condition can be alarming and, while many are not true emergencies, for others, a delay in treatment can result in irreversible changes rapidly. If the problem occurs after hours and you are unsure, you may have the situation evaluated by a local general emergency hospital. They will be able to make this assessment and will know how to reach one of the doctors at Veterinary Vision.

Emergency Clinics in the Bay Area

Pet Emergency and Specialty Center (San Rafael) 415-456-7372
All Animals Emergency Hospital (San Francisco) 415-566-0530
Pets Unlimited (San Francisco) 415-563-6700
San Francisco Veterinary Specialists (San Francisco) 415-401-9200
North Peninsula Veterinary Emergency Clinic (San Mateo) 650-348-2575
South Peninsula Veterinary Emergency Hospital (Palo Alto) 650-494-1461
Adobe Animal Hospital (Los Altos) 650-948-9661

What do I do?

For emergencies, call our office phone number (650-551-1115 or 800-427-5367). You will be given instructions to press *222 and then wait for the tone to leave your message. Give us your name, your pet’s name and the nature of the emergency. After you hang up the doctor on call will be paged and will call you back. If you have not received a response in 15 minutes, call back and repeat the message.

Be sure to leave your contact number, and speak slowly and clearly. Please repeat your phone number.