Emergency Services
CCVS S Dennis – weekends only (508) 398-7575CCVS Buzzards Bay open 24/7 (508) 759-5125
POISON CONTROL
ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Phone Number: (888) 426-4435
24/7 ANIMAL POISON CONTROL CENTER: (855) 764-7661
EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS FOR POSSIBLE POISONING:
Did your dog or cat just eat something poisonous? Call your veterinarian or Pet Poison Helpline immediately! The sooner a dog poisoning or cat poisoning is diagnosed, the easier, less expensive, and safer it is for your pet to get treated!
What to do if your dog or cat is poisoned:
- Remove your pet from the area.
- Check to make sure your pet is safe: breathing and acting normally.
- Do NOT give any home antidotes.
- Do NOT induce vomiting without consulting a vet or Pet Poison Helpline.
- Call Pet Poison Helpline
- If veterinary attention is necessary, contact your veterinarian or emergency veterinary clinic immediately.
Detailed Instructions:
- Immediately remove your pet from the area, and make sure no other pets (or kids!) are exposed to this area. Safely remove any remaining poisonous material from their reach.
- Check to make sure your pet is breathing normally and acting fine otherwise.
- Collect a sample of the material, along with the packaging, vial, or container, and save it – you will need all that information when you talk to your veterinarian or to a Pet Poison Helpline® expert.
- Do NOT give your dog any milk, food, salt, oil, or any other home remedies! Also, never inducing vomiting without talking to your veterinarian or Pet Poison Helpline® – it may actually be detrimental or contraindicated to induce vomiting!
- Don’t give hydrogen peroxide to your pet without checking with a vet or with Pet Poison Helpline first. For you cat lovers, hydrogen peroxide doesn’t work well to induce vomiting (it just causes massive foaming and salivating instead!), and stronger veterinary prescription medications are necessary to get your cat to vomit up the poison Kitty ingested!
- Get help. Program your veterinarian phone number, along with an ER vet and Pet Poison Helpline phone numbers in your cell phone so you will always have immediate access to help.
Keep in mind that the prognosis is always better when a toxicity is reported immediately, so don’t wait to see if your pet becomes symptomatic before calling for help. It’s always less expensive, and safer for your pet for you to call immediately. Remember that there’s a narrow window of time when we can decontaminate (induce vomiting or pump the stomach) in the case of a poisoning!
Pet Food and Supplies
PET FOOD AND HOUSING ASSISTANCE Animal Rescue League Temporary Pet Housing Initiative Eligibility: Any pet owner who may be experiencing housing instability or who may be at imminent risk of homelessness is potentially eligible. To find out if your pet is eligible for temporary housing and for more information, call (617) 426–9170 and dial the extension of the ARL Admissions office nearest you: Boston x140; Dedham x404; Brewster x305 The Weymouth Food Pantry(via South Shore Pet Food Pantry)
Check their website for times and locations:
https://www.weymouthfoodpantry.org/
Friends of the Plymouth Pound Dog Food Pantry
101 Kingston Collection Way, Kingston, MA 02364
Check their website for times:
https://www.friendsplymouthpound.org/who-we-are
Financial Aid
Veterinary Funding Assistance Program (FARS)
The mission of the FARS Program is to help cat owners currently facing financial hardships keep pets who would otherwise be surrendered to a shelter or euthanized due to the owner’s inability to afford treatment for illness/injury.
Eligibility: Applications will be qualified based on financial need.
https://mrfrs.org/veterinary-funding-assistance-program/
The Sampson Fund
Our Mission: to provide financial assistance for veterinary care for critically ill or injured dogs and cats on Cape Cod and the Islands when owners cannot afford treatment.
https://sampsonfund.org/
Veterinary Funding Assistance Program (FARS)
The mission of the FARS Program is to help cat owners currently facing financial hardships keep pets who would otherwise be surrendered to a shelter or euthanized due to the owner’s inability to afford treatment for illness/injury.
Eligibility: Applications will be qualified based on financial need.
https://mrfrs.org/veterinary-funding-assistance-program/
Lists of nation-wide financial aid programs
https://resources.bestfriends.org/article/financial-aid-pets
https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/are-you-having-trouble-affording-your-pet#Massachusetts
Travel Resources
FlyWithMyPet.com : Everything an owner needs to know about traveling with their pet.
Pet Friendly Hotels:
Sea Shell Motel Dennis Port
Surfside Hotel and Suites Provincetown
Veranda Cape Cod Family Resort S. Yarmouth
Boarding