Pharmacology
Leesport Animal Hospital has complete coverage for your pets after hour's emergency needs.
The first rule to remember when you have an emergency is to remain calm, not only for your pet, but in order for the veterinarian on call to better understand your concerns. If you have an emergency after the hospital has closed, please call the regular hospital phone number at 610-926-8866. Our answering service will pick up your call and take all of your information. The answering service will then contact the doctor on call. This hospital shares on call with Wyomissing Animal Hospital. The doctors at Leesport (Priebe and Elo) and Wyomissing (Wagner, Hampson, Becker, Melniczek, Austin, Ramsey, and Flannery) work together on a rotating schedule to provide emergency services for clients of both hospitals. After you speak to the answering service, the doctor on call will be paged and should call you shortly with recommendations for the best course of action for you pet. All of the information about your pet and the emergency will be relayed to Leesport Animal Hospital on the next business day.
The eight rotating doctors will cover our patients' emergencies Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday until 11:00 pm nightly. Depending on the doctor on call, your pet may be seen at either hospital. If your pets' illness is beyond what the doctor can provide at our hospitals, you may be referred to one of the regions 24-Hour Emergency Hospitals. Emergencies occurring after 11:00 pm M-Th and 7:00 pm on Fridays, weekends excluding the hours of 9-11 am on Saturday and 9-11 am on Sunday and on Holidays will be referred to either the Animal Emergency Service of Berks County or Valley Central Veterinary Emergency Hospital and Referral Center. Their information is listed below.
Berks Animal Emergency & Referral Center
400 W. Lancaster Ave.
Shillington, PA 19607
(610)775-7535
Valley Central Veterinary Emergency Hospital and Referral Center
210 Fullerton Ave.
Fullerton, PA 18052
(610)435-5588
Additionally, Leesport and Wyomissing patients who are sick but do not require immediate emergency care can also be seen on Sundays 9-11am at Wyomissing Animal Hospital (610-372-2121). Our doctors share weekend in-patient care as well as out-patient sick care by appointment there.