Since you never know when an accident will happen, keeping a pet emergency kit at your home is a good idea. You can put a first aid kit together yourself and buy the items separately, or buy one ready-made. If you make one yourself, use a small plastic tub with a tight fitting lid to store the following items:

Important Phone Numbers • Veterinary clinic phone number and directions to the clinic • Emergency clinic phone number and directions • Poison control center phone numbers Equipment and Supplies • Magnifying glass • Scissors • Tweezers • Nail clippers and metal nail file • Cornstarch (to help control bleeding from a nail) • Penlight • Scalpel blades and handles • Turkey baster • Eye dropper • Syringes of various sizes • Feeding tubes of various sizes (if you are trained in how to use them) • Lubricant such as mineral oil or KY Jelly (without spermicide) • Cotton swabs • Clean cloths and/or paper toweling • Disposable gloves • Stethoscope • Gram scale • Needle-nose pliers or hemostats • Wire cutters • Net • Towels for restraint and/or to cover cage • Pet carrier • Heating pad or heat lamp to use at home

• Home thermometer to measure temperature of bird's environment • Heat pack or hot water bottle (to keep the bird warm during transport; wrap the pack in a towel - do not apply directly to your bird, or burns may result) Bandaging Materials • Square gauze of various sizes - some sterile • Non-stick pads • First aid tape - both paper (easily comes off of skin and feathers, or use masking tape) and adhesive types • Bandage rolls - gauze and Vetwrap • Wooden sticks of various sizes for splints - tongue depressors, Popsicle sticks, toothpicks • Stockinette • Gel foam - stops bleeding from wounds (ask your avian veterinarian) • Band-Aids (for humans) Nutritional Support • Rehydrating solution such as Gatorade or Pedialyte Medicines* • Wound disinfectant such as Betadine or Nolvasan • Triple antibiotic ointment for skin • Antibiotic ophthalmic ointment for eyes, e.g., Terramycin • Eye wash solution • Sterile saline *Watch the expiration dates on any medication, and replace as needed.