Cat first aid kit

[Kimmikins]

How many of you have a kitty first aid kit? Or a general first aid kit with extras for the cats?

What should you include?

Ours are aimed at dogs, but are also suitable for cats and contain:
Rectal thermometer
Ambulance bandages (gauze pads attached to bandage so you can tie it on and secure it)
Tweezers
Antihistamines
Cohesive bandages (sticks to itself so no tape needed - fab for covering dressings)
Saline

If we get a cat, we'll get smaller versions of dressing and pads to fit teeny paws and bodies better.

[crinklecats]

I don't have a first aid kit as such but a drawer full of items that may come in useful in an emergency.  I have new born baby socks and cohesive bandages in case of paw/leg injuries.  I have fabric cone collars so they never have to wear the PLASTIC CONE, I have sleeves and legs from leggings to make made to measure bodysuits which my girls have worn after spay operations.  I have Rescue Remedy for shock.  Plastic syringes in case they need some fluids.  I could go on and on.  I haven't needed a thermometer as I can always tell my cats have a temperature which is quite amusing when we go to the Vet - I say for instance 'Evie has a temperature and a sore throat' and Martin the Vet will take her temperature and say 'Her temperature is a little high' and then look at her throat and say 'Her throat seems red and inflamed'.  He has a very dry humour 

[Kimmikins]

Do the cats keep the socks on fairly willingly? We had a nightmare with Sara when she hurt her paw, hence the layers and layers of bandages!
I like the idea of the fabric cone, you can also get inflatable collars that do the same job - plastic cones look so uncomfortable, and give Scrumpy Jack nasty rashes on his chin.

[crinklecats]

It's a long time since any of my cats had a paw injury - in the end she needed to have her toe amputated as the bone had broken and it kept getting re-infected as her body was treating the broken bone as a foreign body. She was fine with her dressing as the cohesive bandage kept it in place nicely. No one has had to wear the fabric cone as yet - it's just in case of emergency - I think if they did need to wear one I would get one of the inflatable ones - whether they would stay on a Devon is debatable as they have very tiny heads and bendy bodies.

[crinklecats]

DSCF1795 by Buddycats, on Flickr


DSCF2516 by Buddycats, on Flickr

Here are the girls in their post op body suits  -  much more stylish than a plastic cone.

[Kimmikins]

They look super cool in their post op threads!