Here at Riverside Animal Hospital our number one priority will ALWAYS be the health and well-being of your furry (or feathered) family members.

If you should have an emergency arise outside of business hours, please dial our regular clinic number, 563-264-0761.

This will put you in touch with our answering service.  They will be able to page us immediately, and we will return your call and address your pet's concerns.

At that point we can arrange to come in and see your pet on an emergency basis.

Sometimes, your pet's situation may require intensive care, and advanced nursing and monitoring.  Under these circumstances the best place for your pet to be is at the Animal Emergency Center, 563-344-9599, located 45 minutes away in Bettendorf, Iowa.

We do not want to sell you short by attempting to administer intensive care after hours ourselves when your pet would be in much better hands at a hospital staffed and ready to handle such situations.

We remind you that decisions for such referrals are made on an individual basis determined by the best interests of your pet and his or her unique situation.

We also want to let you know that on rare occasions including some holidays we will not have a doctor available.  We post notices here in the clinic regarding this during the month before the holiday. 

During these times, our answering service will advise you of our expected return.  If your pet cannot wait and truly has an emergency, they will advise you to contact the ANIMAL EMERGENCY CENTER to have your pet's needs immediately addressed.

This way we know your pet will have access to the very highest standard of care available every hour, every day of the year.

Additionally, we wish to let you, our faithful and active clients, know that we are very committed to providing this level of after-hours service to you.  To maintain this, we reserve our after hours availability here at Riverside Animal Hospital only for you.

All other people calling will be referred directly to their regular veterinarian or the Animal Emergency Center so their pets can receive the care they need.