Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Handling Pet Health Emergencies

By Suzanne Connemara


If you've got a pet, you know that pet health care is essential. Your pet might have an emergency and need special help if the situation ensues. Below are some tips for handling pet emergencies.

The first tip is to choose a vet who does 24 hour pet care. Do not wait until something bad happens to your pet before looking for a vet. Find a vet infirmary or vet today. The last thing you must be doing is looking online for a good vet while your pet is suffering.

The second tip is learning CPR and first aid for your animal. There are a variety of first aid workshops for you to select from, including the Red Cross one that teaches basic pet emergency care. You should discover the best way to do the Heimlich maneuver and CPR for your pet, as well as the easy way to take care of bite wounds, burns, bleeding, chocking, vomiting, allergic reactions, heatstroke, and sudden diseases.

The third tip is to have the emergency kit at your house and if you are planning to travel somewhere with your pet, you should have one there with you also. The kits can be the ones found online or at a store or you can make one yourself. If you're counting on making one, you need to put in it a list of emergency phone numbers, leash, q-tips, your pet's medical records, first aid adhesive tape, scissors, cortisone cream, latex gloves, nonstick bandages, sterile gauze pads, and roll gauze. You should additionally have 3 percent hydrogen peroxide, tweezers, eye dropper, liquid Benadryl for kids, colonic thermometer, and muzzle.

The forth tip is to remain calm for your pet and administer care. You must stay sharp to any delicate clues your animal could be giving you because they might be good at hiding their evidence of sickness. When you do find out the animal is sick, stay calm. You need to stay with your animal and administer the care that she wishes.

The fifth step is to call your veterinarian. If your pet has burns, heatstroke, broken bones, poisoning, dreadful bleeding, or other bad injuries or sickness, you need to get vet attention immediately. You must administer first aid to your animal if necessary before you take her or him to the vet and then take him.

You must track your pet's health weekly so that you can catch anything early on and before it can become something major. One of the things which you can do is rub your pet's fur to feel any cuts, bumps, or lumps. Another thing you can do is look inside your pet's mouth for any swelling on the tongue and any other afflictions. You must also monitor your animal's drinking and eating habits and other bodily liquids and keep a record for your vet.

So if you have a pet and want to keep him or her safe, you should get the very finest possible veterinary care out there and learn first and CPR for your pet.




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