Emergency/After
Hours
Obtaining emergency veterinary services outside of regular
business hours is quite simple. After hours, calls
to our regular business number are automatically
transferred to our answering service. Our answering
service collects the information necessary to handle the
call appropriately and then does so.
For small animal emergencies, our doctors are available
for several hours to answer your questions and to help
determine if a pet needs to be seen. Those pet
requiring a veterinary visit are referred to Animal
Emergency Care (AEC) in Bellingham for evaluation and
treatment. Kulshan has partnered with Animal
Emergency Care to provide quality veterinary service to
our patients outside of regular office hours and receives
a report each morning detailing us on those patients that
visited within the past 24 hours. Late night and
early morning calls to our answering service are connected
directly to AEC.
For large animal emergencies, the large animal doctor on
call will be paged and will then contact the client.
Depending on the nature of the emergency, appropriate
action can be taken.
Kulshan's doctors pride themselves on their quick response
to pages and generally respond within five to ten minutes.
Unfortunately, other emergencies and/or technological
glitches can delay this response time and so we request
that if you haven't heard from us within ten to fifteen
minutes, please call again.
Animal Emergency Care
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Holiday
Hours
Kulshan is closed on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July
4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Just as
with weekends and after hours, veterinary service is
available on an emergency basis.
*Veterinary
calls performed after hours will be subject to additional
charges.
