Kinda sorta? For cats, our two cats came from a vet based rehoming in one case, and a donation based rehoming from a prior owner on Craigslist. We’ve never had the cat fairy drop one off. So while we have ample supplies in house if another vet-based rehoming was needed, nothing is specifically set aside.
We have ALSO had an emergency vet-based lizard rehoming now many years back. And since the cats take a lot of time, we haven’t replaced our snakes or lizards as they have passed, but have cleaned the dens rather than resold them. So if our local vet once again had a lizard or snake dumped upon them, we could take over very quickly in terms of den, toys and lights, but depending on breed, would need to lay in more/different food.
In terms of the other reading of Emergency Pet Supplies, we have carriers (soft and hard) for the cats, clean and closeable adapted pillowcases for snake storage, and our 72 hour emergency kits in case of evacuation include cat fud.
Due to a forty year long parade of animals of many species through my house and barn, I have everything from enough surgical supplies to bandage a wounded horse and medicate them for transport, to new-hatched chick electrolytes. Crates from baby elephant size down to bird. I could take in an emergency flock of sheep, or emus.
I kind of do. When I open a new bag of cat food, that’s when I buy a new one so I always have a full, unopened bag of his food. I also live in a high risk forest fire area and I keep his cat carrier out in the open so if I have to grab him and stuff him in, he’s already used to it. It’s a soft sided one and he sometimes goes in there on his own.
Kidlet’s covid cat. Got a bag of dry, a case of gravy, a carrier, and a neighborhood full of rabbits.
Turns out this kinda elderly greying cat is quite the neighborhood lean mean rabbit killing machine. This isn’t the average, but scored four rabbits this week in a little over a 24 hours period.Goes for the neck, upper breast first as the choice cut, and since showing off in front of the glass sliding door, I wrangled the first three rabbits away. Awoke to a little fur, an eyeball and some left over guts early the next morning though.
But should I open my door one day and find a puppy in a basket, it will be a five-alarm emergency to line up food, water bowl, vet visit, many skritches, and puppy toys!
If it’s a kitten, I would be conflicted, but TBH I would take it in and give it many skritches and feed it tuna and probably end up adopting it against my better judgment.
I am currently down to one 16 year old cat, and I suspect that when he dies I’ll probably still hang on to any leftover cat supplies for a while. After all, based on past experience, at some point even if I don’t actively try to adopt another one, some feline will detect the invisible “Sucker” written on my forehead and show up on my doorstep.
As a matter of fact, for the past year or so a cat kept coming up on my deck to get fed. If I hadn’t yet put out a bowl of food he would meow at the glass door until I did so. Once when I left the door partially open while getting his food he actually stepped into the living room. Rascal was not happy about the intruder and let his feelings be known. My “outdoor cat” was wearing a ratty red collar, and I suspect he was just a mooch. He stopped showing up a few months ago; maybe he had completed his research for the UCDS, filed his report, and moved on.
I have dog and cat crates of various sizes. Since I have dogs and cats, I always have food. In the car I keep extra dog and cat food and treats and a couple of dishes and water and leashes, in case I see a pet in need. I do volunteer rescue dog transport, so this stuff comes in handy.
