Cat First Aid Kits and First Aid Kit for Cats
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Are You Prepared?
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Cat first aid kits should include first aid supplies that will help to stabilize your cat before you can get your pet to a veterinarian.
Here are some common items you should keep in your cat first aid kit. You can find most of these items at your local drug store.
Phone numbers:
- Veterinarian
- The nearest emergency veterinary clinic
- A poison-control hotline
Other items to include:
- First aid scissors
- Rectal or ear thermometer, digital or traditional (your cat's temperature should not rise above 102.5 ° F or fall below 100 ° F)
- Sterile gauze squares
- Sterile gauze rolls
- White surgical tape (for bandages)
- Self-adhering bandage (sticks to itself, requires no tape)
- Hydrogen peroxide (3% concentration) or alcohol to clean wound and hands
- Cotton balls or swabs
- Antiseptic lotion, or spray (to clean wounds)
- Hydrocortisone ointment (for insect stings)
- Antibacterial soap
- Karo syrup
- Tweezers with sharp point
- A pillowcase (to confine your cat for treatment)
- Splint support (coffee stir stick, doctor’s tongue depressor stick)
- Heating pad
- Emergency ice pack (keep this item in freezer, and wrap in a towel before using)
- Clean soft towels
- A cat muzzle or strips of cotton (wrap around mouth to prevent bitting)
- Penlight or flashlight
- Plastic eyedropper or syringe
- Sterile saline solution (the human variety is fine)
- Latex gloves
- Protective thick leather work gloves
- Emergency blanket
- Plastic kitten nursing bottle (to feed an unweaned kitten)
- First Aid book
Use a moisture-proof container to store the first aid supplies. It is helpful to include with your cat first aid kit a list of emergency telephone numbers on a laminated card.
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