Cat First Aid Kits and First Aid Kit for Cats

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.