Keep a pet emergency supply kit with your family emergency kit. Recommended Kit Items:
- Enough canned/dry food and wather for 3 to 7 days (get pop top cans or have a can opener).
- Muzzle, collar and leash
- Proper ID including immunization records
- Your pet's ID tag should contain his name, telephone numbers, and any urgent medical needs
- Current photos of your pets in case they become lost
- Medical records (stored in a waterproof container) and a first aid kit
- A two-week supply of any medicine your pet requires
- Pet beds and toys, if you can easily take them with you
- disposable litter trays (aluminum pans are perfect) for cats
- Litter or paper toweling
- A pet traveling bag or sturdy carrier, ideally for each pet
- Flash light and extra batteries
- Blanket (for scooping up a fearful pet
Safety Tips:
- Bring pets indoors at the first warning of a storm.
- Have favorite treats that your animals like, which can be a comfort to them
- Do not let pets drink flood water or any other water that may be dirty as a result of a disaster
- Keep a collar and up-to-date tags on your pets. Tattooing or micro-chipping your animal is a more permanent form of ID
- Start a buddy system with someone in your neighborhood. Have this person check on your animals during a disaster if you are not home. Agree to do the same thing for them.
- If you need to leave your house during an emergency, use a cat or dog carrier to take each pet in your house out with you.
- Have a leash for each dog. (a harness is also helpful in case a dog panics and tries to slip out of his or her collar.)
- In your emergency plan, identify boarding kennels, veterinary clinics, grooming facilities, hotels and motels, and the homes of family and friends whee might be able to take your pet in an emergency.
- Have the name and number of your veterinarian in case you have to foster or board your pets.
- Know where the animal shelter or animal rescue group is in your area. You may need to visit them after a disaster to look for a missing animal.
- Include some toys for your animals in your supply kit. Animals that are confined for long periods of time can become bored and or stressed.
- comofr your animals during a disaster. They are frightened too.
