Pet First Aid Kit

[glencorgi]

This is what is included in a pre-packaged one I picked up

Styptic liquid
Latex gloves
1" X 6 yards sterile guaze bandage
Bottle of eye & skin wash
Triple Antibiotic oinment
Hydrocortisone cream
Iodine antiseptic swabs
insect sting swabs
Roll of 1/2" by 2 1/2 yd adhesive tape
2" x 2" gauze pad
3" X 3" gauze pad
scissors
hand wipes
anitseptic towelettes
cotton swabs
green soap towelettes

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additionally I carry
vet wrap
something for a tourniquet
benadryl
immodium and/or flagyl (metrodianzanole)
Pepto or Pepcid
baby aspirin
robitussin
thermometer
vaseline


copy of rabies certificate

And probably other stuff I've forgotten.

Debbie

[dcole]

Thank you. I have been meaning to put together a pet-specific first aid kit for the disaster/evac kit in the garage. Looks like everything in yours for dogs is already in ours for people. (I'm guessing that thermometer is for the pets only? :WINK: )

Oh, and how about adding:

space blanket (each pet)
inexpensive leash & collar (now how am I gonna get those on the cats? :TWITCHY: )

[LaRositaMonita]

Definitely looks like most of what's in that doggy kit is also in a standard human first aid kit, which is helpful. Taking hydrogen peroxide, aspirin, and Benadryl will probably be the only REAL extra things we need, then :)

Thanks for posting that, Debbie! We hear his ears are starting to pop up...we're anxiously awaiting photos!

[CorgiMum]

Thank you for posting that list Debbie, and it's a reminder to me that I haven't checked our first aid kits (canine or human) in quite a while.

[corgimom]

Thanks for posting this. I have several of these items, but need to get the rest; I really need for it to all be in one place in something that I can easily throw in the vehicle when traveling. What do you use the Robitussin for? - and which Robitussin product do you use?

Also, I am curious, Flagyl/aka/Metronidazole is an antibiotic which you have to get from your vet, but I didn't think of carrying Flagyl around. I know it can be given to both dogs and cats. My cat is on it now for his stomach issues, but is this something you would normally give your dog if it had a couple days of diarrhea or vomiting?

[Jespah]

I really need for it to all be in one place in something that I can easily throw in the vehicle when traveling.

I suggest a red backpack like the kind kids use for school. Easy to see, lots of pockets and good to grab and go if need be.

D

[taflar]

What do you use the Robitussin for? - and which Robitussin product do you use?

For coughs. Kennel cough should your dog come down with it. And the regular not DM or whatever with additives for colds etc. Just regular Robitussin.

Also, I am curious, Flagyl/aka/Metronidazole is an antibiotic which you have to get from your vet, but I didn't think of carrying Flagyl around.

Most of us travel with it. Great for when your dog gets stress diarrhea from traveling, excitement or water they're not used to (if you don't have bottled water). Most vets will give (sell) you some to have on hand.

My cat is on it now for his stomach issues, but is this something you would normally give your dog if it had a couple days of diarrhea or vomiting?

Yup, and I sure wouldn't wait a couple days before giving it. I have one that always gets a soft stool when I travel so he gets one on his food every night when he's away from home.

Peggy

[ColColt]

Most of us travel with it. Great for when your dog gets stress diarrhea from traveling, excitement or water they're not used to (if you don't have bottled water). Most vets will give (sell) you some to have on hand.

Are their stomachs that sensitive to a change in water...say from one state to another? Why is bottled water the answer...a neutral PH, so to speak?

[taflar]

Are their stomachs that sensitive to a change in water...say from one state to another? Why is bottled water the answer...a neutral PH, so to speak?

Yes, some dogs it is. And not just from one state but from one city to another.

For instance we get our water from a mountain spring. No cholorine, no flouride. A couple of my guys if they get water from the city (when we show in Salt Lake) will get the runs.

Most people who go to shows take water from home with them or buy bottled water.

Sometimes they'll take water from home and as the use it they replace what they've poured in the dog's bowl with local water, that way the dog gets used to it gradually.

Peggy