Preparing A Medical Kit For Your Cat
Similar to humans, pets can experience all sorts of medical emergencies from bites, wounds and poisoning to allergic reactions and even heat strokes. While it’s imperative to take your cat to the vet for major ailments, it’s crucial to have a medical aid kit in handy to handle any minor illnesses and injuries. This kit needs to be packed with an array of items that can help you when you can’t take a trip to the vet or need to help your cat on the spot.
Essential Items Include:
Contact Information
Your pet’s medical kit is an excellent place to store emergency contact information for your feline friend. This should include our vet’s phone number, animal control’s contact and the emergency clinic for your cat. This will be an easy and safe place to keep these contacts so that you can attend to any issue in a timely fashion.
Nutritional Supplies
Your cat may experience issues that are nutritionally related like shock, hypoglycemia or dehydration. As such, it’s imperative to keep a few supplies that can address the condition. Examples include high electrolyte rehydrating solution, a good source of sugar like syrup, etc.
Medical Records
If your pet is experiencing health issues that are serious enough to warrant a visit to the vet or emergency clinic, it’s imperative to have his or her medical records in an accessible and easy to find location. Storing them in the medical kit is a great way to achieve this.
Medical Supplies
Your pet’s medical kit can never be complete without an array of necessary medical equipment for almost any health issue your cat may experience. Here are some essential medical supplies to include in the kit:
-Rectal thermometer. The ideal temperature for cats is between 37 and 39 degrees. Above and below this range warrants a visit to the vet.
-Current pet first-aid book. It’s important to know how to conduct first aid to your cat. Otherwise, the kit will be useless.
-Tweezers. These are for removing small items from a wound.
-Bandage scissors. For cutting matted fur and bandages.
-Eyedropper for giving oral treatments and flushing wounds
-Mineral oil to use as a lubricant or laxative when administered by mouth.
-Ointment or antibiotic wipes.
-Latex gloves for protection.
-Telfa Pads. These are non-stick pads used to dress large wounds. You should place them on the wound before applying gauze and securing with vet wrap or medical tape.
-Gauze to bandage a wound or help minimize bleeding.
-Tick twister to help remove ticks without leaving the mouth lodged in your pet’s skin.
-Muzzle. Cats have the potential to bite particularly when in pain or scared. However, you should not use a muzzle when the pet is choking, coughing, vomiting or having a hard time breathing.
Having a medical kit for your cat stocked with these things will make sure you’re prepared for most ailments or injuries your pet is faced. Keep in mind that veterinary care should follow any first aid you administer.
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