FUR-ST Aid for Pets

Stock these and you may save your pets.

- Michiko Manalang

So you’ve got your antiseptic, your painkillers, your bandages, your antihistamines, your emergency medicines— you’re pretty much set in case of an emergency.

TIP: If you don’t have your own emergency kit, then you should really get around to that. You’re welcome.

But what about your pet?

Pet Aid

Let’s first establish the most obvious umbrella rule: please do not administer your own human medicines to your pet. Whatever kind of pet you’ve got, it’s safe for us to assume it’s smaller than you, and it’s a given that its physiology is different. Don’t take that risk.

The best thing you can do is to check your nearest veterinary clinic. If there’s an emergency and you call ahead but there’s no doctor available, staff members who are present should still be able to help you out.