Parrot Times First Aid Kit for Parrots

First Aid Kit for Parrots

Here's a first aid kit that we should all have on hand. You never know when an emergency will come up and it's best to be prepared and have everything in one spot.

A plastic tool box, animal crate/carrier or container that can hold all these items should be stored somewhere handy. Be sure to have the phone numbers in this list available so you don't have to search for them.

Towels
Scissors
Hemostats
Plyers
Tweezers
Qwik stop/Silver nitrate sticks (syptic)
Bar of Ivory soap
Flour or Cornstarch
Super glue (unopened tube - gel type is preferred)
Aloe Vera
Gauze pads
Vet Wrap
6 or 8 syringes of various sizes
Pedialyte/frozen pedialyte pops
Nutri-cal (tube)
Small metal flashlight
Heavy pair of welding gloves

Avian vet and all his phone numbers
Other local exotic vets phone numbers
24 hr emergency clinics in the area phone number

Good numbers to have on hand:
The Two Main National Poison Control Centers
ASPCA:
(888) 426-4435 $50/case on Visa/MC/AMEX/Discover only
(900) 443-0000 $50/case On your phone bill

National Animal Poison Control Center
1-900-680-0000
$20 first 5 mins, $2.95/min after On your Phone bill
1-800-548-2423
$30 per case to a Visa/MC/AMEX/Discover only