Setting Up a First Aid Kit for Your Pet

A first aid kit comes in handy when owning a pet as well as for traveling with your pet.

Here is a list of must-have items:
• Adhesive tape
• Sterile cleaning devices i.e. nonstick pads, gauze squares and cotton balls
• Board or towel for makeshift stretcher
• Cardboard or wood for splints
• Elizabethan collar to prevent licking of injury
• Examination gloves
• Sterile Saline to clean wounds
• Ice pack
• Large blanket
• Magnifying glass
• Muzzle
• Penlight flashlight
• Diluted Povidone iodine
• Rectal thermometer and lubricant
• Roller gauze (self-adhering), cotton roll and elastic bandage
• Tweezers
• Scissors