By that, I don’t necessarily mean things like bandages or the like, I mean things like some sort of container that can be used as a shelter, maybe some old towels or a blanket to line it with. Maybe you have some inexpensive pet food stashed away.
I no longer have pets, but this question came to mind as I was cleaning up after Vaderling and his compadres gave the kitchen a workout at dinner time. I have a bag of cheap cat food and small bucket for shelter along with a double pet dish etc. It’s not out of sight, just not thought about much. I have a few other supplies in case of emergency cat. These are not leftovers from when I was a pet owner, rather from last winter when I thought I was going to be again. I purposely kept some things after that.
What about you? Do you keep an emergency pet kit of some sort?
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I don’t have anything at home, but many folks at work have a stash because it’s not unusual for strays to turn up. One of those strays became a permanent resident, but there are always more.
Always got stuff stashed. Got too many not to. People food might be at a premium if some SHtF down the line.
I have medical supplies out the yazoo. I put stuff in the pet booboo box that I might not need. The last foot on a tape or wrap roll or half used box of gauze pads. Bandaids don’t really go well with fur, so not those.
No, not really. We buy food ahead of time so there’s always a bag or two other than the one we are using. It’s a particular type as it’s the only food one of our cats can tolerate so emergency “cheap” food really just means diarrhea…!
We own a couple of cat carriers if needed.
Beyond that, I don’t have any cat-specific emergency supplies.
We just use stuff we have on hand for our resident cats when the UCDS sends us another waif in need of help. We get the guest settled and comfy, then contact rescue people we know.
We have cats, and will always have cats, so there’s always some kind of cat food and shelter at ours. We have carriers for our current cats, and a couple of older ones from previous cats that we haven’t taken to the rubbish tip, seems sensible to hang on to them in case we need to scoop up a stray and take it to the vet for treatment or a microchip check.
We have three dogs. I do not have emergency supplies. There is always extra food around. I don’t let it go down to nothing before I buy more. I have old towels and blankets around the house and garage so I guess I could use those for emergency bedding if need be. It would be hard to carry around the Great Dane in a carrier so I don’t have any of those around. I do still have the crates they used when they couldn’t be trusted out and about when we were away from the house. There’s two XL crates and one crate that’s the size of a circus cage.
We have enough dog pens, bowls and food to house and care for multiple lost critters if need be (the most recent refugee was Jake, a miniature Schnauzer who showed up right before an early spring snowstorm (narrowly rescued from becoming a schnauzicle) and looked like he might be an unexpected second dog, before we tracked down his owners.
Earlier this week it looked like we needed to be on the lookout for an eight foot red-tailed python that escaped from custody across town, but fortunately “Kia” was found and reunited with her family.
We have always had cats and associated supplies. Currently have 6. We used to rescue kittens too young for adoption, e.g. deserted or in case mother died, as young as 3 days, so we had kitten milk replacer and feeding bottles on hand even when we didn’t have a kitten who needed them. But not any more.
Have plenty of crates for the 2 dogs and 3 cats we have. Extra food is always on hand, as I buy 40# bags for the GSP, & 8# bags for the terrier and cats. Lots of fleece throws we’ve collected over the years for bedding. I keep water stored in gallon jugs on the back porch, lots of stainless steel bowls to carry. Still have a pretty complete medical kit from the days when I traveled running the bird dogs, including a skin stapler & staple removal tool. A few years ago we had to bug out due to a wildfire evacuation. I had crates already loaded in the trailer & truck, took me 15 minutes to load everyone/everything up, and we were on the road.
My understanding is “Universal Cat Distribution System” but that could be wrong. Not an organisation other than The Universe and the Three Fates or perhaps Bastet
At the beginning of my local tornado belt storm season, I moved a cat carrier upstairs by the front door in case I needed to grab my one Siamese overlord and leave a damaged house.
Turned I needed to use it last week when I had to evacuate both of us after a hurricane F1 macroburst thunderstorm took out my electricity, which a week later is still not restored. Said cat is being sheltered at a friend’s whose two cats I regular cat sit for, while I’m hunkered down far from my soulmate feline across town at my daughter’s, who didn’t lose electricity.
In retrospect, I wish I had done more thorough prep and had a go bag readied with a spare litter pan, litter and a bag of food sitting next to the
carrier in case she had to go somewhere where there weren’t cats and supplies already. Lesson learned and I’ll do better once I’m able to return home.
You’re my kind of dog owners!
My to-go prep is going to vastly improve, both for my cat but also myself now that I’ve actually had to evacuate my home. I’ve been way too casual until now and it bit me soundly in both ankles last week. Lots to do once I can return to my repaired home, whenever that is-better to-go bags for both species involved, regardless of their legged-ness 2 or 4.
There are never guarantees, of course, but we live in an area where tornado and hurricanes are not particularly likely to occur. Severe thunderstorms and winds can and do happen, and snow/ice storms.
Two of our litter pans have lids with handles if we needed to grab them, but it’s good to remember that they should be part of any evacuation plan. The cat carriers are nearby, as is the spare food.
I guess we don’t have a dedicated/planned go-bag, but the actual storage locations make it fairly easy to grab the more critical items.
On the way home, I saw one of the regular panhandlers with his regular dog, plus at least two tee-tiny puppies. Husband threatened me with divorce just for thinking about getting involved.
