First aid kits for animals?

Question

I am trying to see what all I need to put in a first aid kit for my animals. I need one for my horses and one for my dogs and cats. Can someone tell me what they keep in there's? Travel and at home.

Answer 1

Pets: Home
1- Quality stainless steel 4-1/2" splinter forceps
1- Bandage scissors with bin end (5 1/2 INCH)
1- Thermometer
2- Petroleum Jelly
3- Povidone-Iodine Infection Control Wipes
3-Triple Antibiotic Ointment
5- Antiseptic wipes
1- 4oz Hydrogen Peroxide
3- Insect Sting relief pads
1- Eye wash
2- Instant cold packs
1- 4" Flexible Bandage
1- 2"x65" Bandage
6- 2x2 Gauze Pads
6- 3x3 Gauze Pads
5- Tongue Depressors
20- Styptic Q - Tips
10- Qtips
1- Emergency Blanket
2- Exam Gloves
1- 4' Nylon Kennel Lead or rope (can be used to muzzle pet if needed)
1- 1 lb container Nupro Electrolytes

Pets: Travel
9 - Alcohol Prep Pads
3 - Povidone Iodine
3 - Insect Sting Relief Pads
9 - Antiseptic Towelettes
3 - Antibiotic Ointments
1 - Scissors
1 - Tweezers
2 - Splinter Removers
1 - Tape Roll 1/2" x 5 yards
5 - Cotton Tipped Applicators
1 - Sterile Eye Wash (1 oz.)
6 - Sterile Gauze Dressings (2" x 2")
1 - Heavy Trauma Pad (5" x 9")
2 - Examination Gloves
1 - Gauze Roll (2" x 4.1 yards)
1 - Gauze Roll 3" x 4.1 yards)
1 - Hydrogen Peroxide Spray (2 oz)
1 - instant Cold Pack
1- Thermometer
1 lb container Nupro Electrolytes
1- Leash or rope (can be used to muzzle pet if nessasary)

Horses: Stable
1- Animalintex Poultice
1- Vetalintex Sterile Wound Hydrogel 15g
1- Pair Plastic Tweezers
1- Instant Cold Pack
1- Pack cotton wool 15g
2- Low adherent wound pads 7.5cm x 7.5cm
2- Low adherent wound pads 10cm x 10cm,
2- Pairs individually packed disposable vinyl gloves
6- Alcohol free antiseptic wound cleansing wipes
3- 20ml Sterile Saline Solution Pods
1- Pair 5" blunt ended stainless steel scissors
2- Packs of sterile non woven swabs 10cm x 10cm
1- Microporous bandage tape 2.5cm x 5m
1- Under bandage padding 10cm x 2.7m
1- Vetrap cohesive bandage 10cm x 4m
1- White Elastic Adhesive Bandage 7.5cm x 4m
1- Digital Clinical Thermometer
1- Activate Carbon Dressing
1- Melolin 10cm x 20cm dressing
1- Animalintex Poultice
1- Animalintex Hoof Poultice
3- packs of sterile non woven swabs (each pack contains 2 x 10cm x 10cm swabs)
2-non stick wound pads 7.5cm x 7.5cm
3- non stick wound pads 10cm x 10cm
1- Primapore Dressing 10cm x 20cm
1- Jelonet Dressing 10cm x 10cm
2 -hypodermic syringe for irrigating wounds
1- hypodermic syringe for administrating medication
1- Supply of ice cubes (freezer) and a plastic bag
Salt (to make saline solutions)
Iodine
Baking Soda (to make bicarbonate solution)
Banamine Injectable 50mg/ml 100ml
1- Electrolyte powder (tub)

Horses: Travel
1- Vetalintex Wound Hydrogel 15g
2- Low Adherent Wound Pads7.5cm x 7.5cm
1- Low Adherent Wound Pad 10cm x 10cm
2- Pairs Disposable Powder Free Vinyl Gloves
3- Alcohol Free Antiseptic Cleansing Wipes
1- Pair Blunt Ended Stainless Steel Scissors
1- Pack of Sterile Non woven Swabs 10cm x 10cm
1- Waterproof Bandage Tape 2.5cm x 5cm
1- Levaband Under Bandage Padding 10cm x 3.5m
1- Vetrap Bandage 10cm x 4.5m
1- Pack Cotton Wool 15g
2- 20ml Pods Sterile Saline Solution
1- Pair Plastic Tweezers
1- Lead Rope / rope halter
1- Electrolyte Paste

Answer 2

Also an eyewash in a squirt type bottle. Bute (pain) and Banamine (colic). Packets of powdered electrolytes for dehydration. Bandage scissors (ask the vet) the wont cut the animals you can slide them under thing along the skin. Wire cutters wouldn't hurt in case of entanglement. An epipen handy if a person gets stung. If you're fairly competent you might look into a skin stapler. can be done quickly and painlessly in case of a large wound to help control bleeding until vet arrives. Staples are very easy to remove and shouldn't cause any problem for further repairs. Old clean towels. Iodine, alcohol, peroxide to clean your hands and wounds. Peroxide shouldn't be used on horses in large amounts unless you don't have something else it causes extra scarring. Fly sray or gel, a roll of twine an extra halter collar and lead. Flashlight, sheet (bed or horse), duct tape (can be used for lost shoe or hoof injury)

We keep our first aid kit in a rubbermaid bin. It stays in the trailer for rides and campind and goes to the barn for fair and shows. If you ride with saddle bags pack some emergency bandages and disinfectant for the trail. It is always better to have too much than be missing the one thing you need in an emergency. I've been lucky enough to not have many accidents with my animals but I've come on sick horses on the trail and trailer accidents on the highway. Good luck, none of the items are expensive just gather them into one place as you find them. It's nice that you care for your animals

Answer 3

For horses you want scisors, Abdominal pads (for large wounds), Self sticking tape, squirt bottle (so you can flush wounds, or a large seringe), Bute, sometimes it is recomended to have some tranquilzer on hand in a refrigerator (I lived on a horse farm and we had some in the houses at all times), Those old cloth diapers are great too (if you can still find them). You also want antiseptic spray, pressure bandages and hoof boots. Epsom salts are good if you need to soak and a container of poltice with some paper bags.

You can have this in a large kit, like one of those plastic tool kits with a handle to make it portable. Try to have 2 or more of the bandages on hand at all time.

As for a dog kit, I'm sure that most in the horse kit would surfice for the same needs.

Answer 4

a pack or two of vet wrap, gauze pads, bandage tape, scissors (bandage kind can be purchased at pet store- they have a blunt side which can be placed on inner part closest to body to protect patient), bottle of benadryl (call vet for dosage in case of the emergency- mainly this would be for the dogs), dilute iodine (not tincture!), triple antibiotic ointment, something that could be used as a tournequit for the dogs (incase of excessive bleeding from extremities), small syringe for flushing puncture wounds to remove debris (like glass, dirt, etc) also keep a copy of their most recent Coggins test and vaccines (especially rabies) with the kit in case of travel.
These would get you through the most common emergencies. A good book on pet first aid is published by Mosby and written by Bobbie Mammoto, DVM MPh it is titled: Pet First Aid Cats and Dogs.

Answer 5

*blinks* Well, if a limping fox was either intelligent or trusting enough to carry a first-aid kit up to a human, oh course I would help. It doesn't take that much time to set a splint (I would imagine) and pretty much anyone could do it even with minimal experience. I would set the splint then try to carry it to a nearby vet (or person who has some sort of knowledge with bone fractures or sprains, even if it is a fox)

Answer 6

I do not think there is such a thing. But I am a vet nurse so I reckon what you need is some good bandaging material and a non sting antiseptic wash. Not much else really. You can not give them human medicine and most of the time you will be dressing cuts. Antiseptic is important for horses. And with cats best to use good old salt water - good teaspoon to cup warm water

Answer 7

I can't comment on first aid for small animals, as I'm only comfortable talking about horses.

You've gotten some good suggestions already, but in my opinion, the items listed already should be in any well stocked tack trunk . I am suprised, however, nobody mentioned a simple thermometer. Shoe pullers & clench cutters as well as a hoof knife are important, but using them depends upon your comfort level.

For MEDICAL emergencies:
Syringe AND needles to administer
dormosedan (tranquilizer for emergencies like panic)
dexamethasone (for severe allergic reactions)
banamine injectable (faster than oral, especially for colic)

I'd keep a stash of SMZ's in case of suspected infection, and naquasone for severe inflammation. Re-usable ice packs and heat packs are a must.

I'd also stock a 60cc syringe to dose with larger amounts of liquid.

More routine items include 4x4 and rolled gauze, rolled & sheeting cotton, DMSO, rubber gloves, furacin, saran wrap & standing wraps. I also keep on hand hoof packing as well as nolvasan ointment for wound care.

I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting. Usually you realize you need it at 3:am while your horse is sick...