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If your bunny is or acts sick call the vet!
Basic Emergency Kit
- Pedialyte (unflavored liquid) or powdered Pedialyte for hydration
- Baby food, unsweetened canned pumpkin, apple sauce
- Feeding syringes
- Flushing syringes
- Simethicone liquid or chewable (brand names: GasX, Phazyme) for gas
- Neosporin antibiotic ointment
- Betadine and Novalsan (diluted) to wash cuts & puncture wounds
- Alcohol
- Heating pad for hypothermia
- Carrier to take bunny to the vet
Additional Items
- Polyhydroxydine solution or chlorhexidine solution for cleansing minor wounds, scratches
- BeneBac probiotic which contains beneficial GI bacteria
- Mortar and pestle to crush pills
- Styptic pencil or flour to stop a clipped nail from bleeding
- Bath mat to place on top of a heating pad or on a vet's examining table (for traction)
- Eye wash to flush eyes
- Bag Balm or calendula gel for minor wounds, sore hocks, scratches
- Plastic digital thermometer to take rectal temperature
- KY jelly to lubricate thermometer
- Scissors to cut hair away from wound site
- Disposable razors to shave hair around wound
- Sterile gauze
- Cotton squares
- White vet wrap
- Flea comb for grooming
- Brush or shedding tool for grooming
- Ice pack for fever or heat stress
- Soft towels for a "bunny burrito" or warmed in a dryer to treat hyporthermia
- Q-tips
- Sterile Cotton Balls
- Nail clipper
- Tweezers
- Sterile absorbent bandaging pads
- Butterfly bandages to close wounds
- Stethoscope to hear tummy noises
- Otoscope to check ears, teeth, etc.
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