Foster Emergency Guide
Please review this information to determine what type of situation you are experiencing and what to do next.
Fosters are NOT allowed to take their foster animals to a veterinary clinic
unless prior approval has been given by HSNCF.
✅ NOT an Emergency
If your foster animal is experiencing any of the following, this is NOT considered an emergency.
Please email or call to schedule an appointment, and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
- Hot spot or rash
- Watery eyes
- Coughing or sneezing
- Broken nail
- Nasal discharge
- Blood in stool
- Single episode of vomiting
- Trouble urinating
- Dirty ears
- Visible worms in stool
- New limp
- Blood in urine
- Diarrhea
- Lethargy
- Fleas or ticks
📧 fosterteam@humanesocietyncfl.org
📞 Contact: 352-352-5855 ext. 712
🚨 EMERGENCY
Immediate Attention Required
If your foster animal is experiencing any of the following, this IS an emergency:
- Incident of aggression where an animal or person is injured
- Difficulty breathing or choking
- Open or bleeding wound that may require sutures
- Severe trauma
- Lost animal
- Seizure
- Profuse or uncontrolled bleeding
- Hit by a car or other serious injury
- Unable to stand or walk
- Ingestion of a toxic substance
- Unresponsive
- Continuous or nonstop vomiting
⏰ What To Do in an Emergency
During Regular Shelter Hours
Monday – Saturday | 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Bring your foster animal to the shelter immediately
Email or call to let us know you are on your way
Outside Regular Shelter Hours
Emergency line available daily from 5:00 p.m. – 9:30 a.m.
- Call the emergency line: 352-577-9119
- DO NOT TEXT — you must call until you reach someone