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How to Prepare for a Pet Emergency When Traveling

When on the road with your pet an emergency could arise just like it could at home and being prepared could save your pet's life and help you enjoy your trip.

The following tips will help protect you plan for those emergencies:

1. Bring along a pet first aid kit including the basics; anti-diarrhea remedy (preferably a prescription from a veterinarian, bandages, thermometer, tweezers, cotton balls, Q-tips, cold pack and rags/rubber tubing for a tourniquet.  Vet's contact information and feeding/medication instructions in the event you become incapacitated.  It is also a good idea incase of serious injury to have a muzzle on hand to restrain your pet until you can obtain veterinary care. 
2. Make copies of your pet's medical records, including current vaccinations such as rabies, in case of an emergency.
   
3. Obtain the phone numbers and directions to a local vet and the nearest after-hours animal emergency clinic.  Search the internet before your trip for "after hours pet" plus the name of the city you are staying. 
4. Bring along a national brand bottled water for your pet to drink and enough of your pet's regular food to last through the trip.  Sticking with the same water and food will help to prevent your pet from getting an upset stomach.
5. Pay attention to what is normal for your pet including resting pulse and heart rates-normal temperature for dogs and cats is between 100 and 102.5 degrees. 
6. Be aware of what are abnormal signs for a pet including blood in stool or urine, bleeding from the mouth or rapid pulse and shallow breathing.  These are all red flags and will likely require immediate veterinary care while traveling.

If your pet has a specific medical condition, speak with your vet about possible emergency treatments.  Incase your pet is prone to severe allergic reactions, a Epi-Pen (epinephrine pen) may be a good thing to bring.

The American Red Cross teaches classes in pet first aid and they also offer pet first aid kit and references. 

Always keep your cell charged so that if an emergency arises.

 

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