b'Arizona Ask the VetREAL COUNTRY PREPARING YOUR the magazine PETS FOR EMERGENCIESMike BarnaPublisher GET TOGETHER A KIT OF PET ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com EMERGENCY SUPPLIESJust as you do with your familys emergency supply kit, think first about the basics for Erika Smith Royal survival, particularly food, and water.Editor Food: Keep at least three days of food in an erika963realcountry@gmail.com airtight, waterproof container.Misty Voitovski Water: Store at least three days of water Creative Director specifically for your pets, in addition to the water you need for yourself and your family.Contributing Writers Medicines and medical records: Keep an extraFamiliar items: Extra favorite toys, treats, or Lee AndersonBob Boze Bell supply of medicines your pet takes on a bedding in your kit. Familiar items can help reduce Dale CavinBridgette Crosbyregular basis in a waterproof container. stress for your pet.Pete FloresJustin Legler First aid kit: Talk to your veterinarian aboutMAKE A PLAN FOR WHAT YOU WILLNaomi LoomisEmilio Martinez what is most appropriate for your pets emergencyDO IN AN EMERGENCYmedical needs. Most kits should include cottonPlan in advance what you will do in an Dodge MarshallRandy Millerbandage rolls, bandage tape, and scissors; antibioticemergency: Be prepared to assess the situation. Use Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olson ointment; flea and tick prevention; latex gloves,common sense and whatever you have on hand to isopropyl alcohol, and saline solution. Include a pettake care of yourself and ensure your pets safety Bill RobertsAlan Rockman first aid reference book. during an emergency. For more information, visit John SamsillMichele Wilson ready.gov or call 1-800-BE-READY.Collar with ID tag, harness, or leash:Your pet should wear a collar with its rabies tag Evacuate: Plan how you will assemble your pets and identification at all times. Include a backupand anticipate where you will go. If you must 801 W. Wickenburg Way leash, collar, and ID tag. evacuate, take your pets with you, if practical. If you Wickenburg, AZ 85390 go to a public shelter, keep in mind your pets may Important documents: Place copies of your not be allowed inside. Secure appropriate lodging (602) 254-6644 pets registration information, adoption papers,in advance depending on the number and type of vaccination documents and medical records animals in your care. Consider family or friends ArizonaRealCountry.com in a clean plastic bag or waterproof container. outside your immediate area who would be willing to take in you and your pets in an emergency. Crate or other pet carrier: If you need to Other options may include a hotel or motel that evacuate in an emergency situation take your petstakes pets or some sort of boarding facility, such and animals with you provided that it is practicalas a kennel or veterinary hospital that is near an to do so. evacuation facility or your familys meeting place. Find out before an emergency happens if any of Follow Arizona RealSanitation: Include pet litter and litter box ifthese facilities in your area might be viable options appropriate, newspapers, paper towels, plastic trashfor you and your pets.Country for news, events,bags, and household chlorine bleach to provide for your pets sanitation needs. You can use bleach asDevelop a buddy system: Plan with neighbors, giveaways and more! a disinfectant (dilute nine parts water to one partfriends or relatives to make sure that someone is bleach), or in an emergency, you can also use itavailable to care for or evacuate your pets if you to purify water. Use 8 drops of regular householdare unable to do so. Talk with your pet care buddy Arizona Real Country is owned andliquid bleach per gallon of water, stir well, and let itabout your evacuation plans and show them where published by Barna Broadcastingstand for 30 minutes before use. Do not use scentedyou keep your pets emergency supply kit. Also LLC. No person, organization or partyor color-safe bleaches or those with added cleaners. designate specific locations, one in your immediate can copy or reproduce the contentneighborhood and others farther away, where you on our website and/or magazine orA picture of you and your pet together: If youwill meet in an emergency.any part of this publication withoutbecome separated from your pet during ana written consent from the editorsemergency, a picture of you and your pet togetherTalk to your pets veterinarian about emergency panel and the author of the content, aswill help you document ownership and planning: Get the names of vets or veterinary applicable. The publisher, authors andallow others to assist you in identifying your pet.hospitals in other cities where you might need contributors reserve their rights withInclude detailed information about species, breed,to seek temporary shelter. Also, talk with your regards to copyright of their work. age, sex, color, and distinguishing characteristics. veterinarian about microchipping. If you and your pet are separated, this permanent implant for your pet and corresponding enrollment in a recovery continued on page 6ArizonaRealCountry.com May 2023 5'