Saturday, February 7, 2015

The First Aid For Pets Surrey BC

By Beryl Dalton


There is need to learn on how to completely take care of your pet especially in ties of accidents, dangers and injuries. Every now and then, your animal will be in emergencies that require urgent medical attention but your veterinary is far to reach at the time. You need to offer your pet some medication practices as you wait for the veterinary to arrive. These practices may greatly help in preventing the death of the animal. The first aid for pets Surrey BC should however not act as a substitute for veterinary services.

There are many accidents which the pet may be exposed to. These may include; exposure to chemicals and toxins, choking, burns, fractures, bleeding and seizures among many more. Without some knowledge on how to curb some of these as you wait for the doctor may result in your pets death. When calling the vet, you better have some information such as, species, age, sex, weight, symptoms, product that then animal has been exposed to among more.

In Surrey BC, there are many tips which you can use to offer you animal first aid before calling in the veterinary. You do not need to be a professional to these practices. As long as you love and adore your pet very much, these will be relatively easy to do.

Poisoning and toxin exposure is a common problem that you may face with pets. Chemicals and other toxins should be kept out of reach for children and animals as well. Such chemicals like washing detergents, rodent poisons, pesticides, herbicides among others are very dangerous. If your animal has contacted these through their skin or eyes, you can use the guidelines given on then products for use by humans in case the same happened to them. This can entail flushing the skin and eyes with water or washing with soap.

Fractures always hurt animals especially when they are playing or running away from other harmful animals. You should lay down your animal on a flat surface especially a stretcher when this happens. You can make try using a homemade splint to cover the animals fracture. However be careful on the splint you make as it may harm the animal further. It is advised that you leave the splinting and bandaging to a veterinary.

Choking in Surrey BC is also common when animal swallow objects that are then stuck in the throat. This can result in breathing problems and then animals makes choking sounds and coughs. If the pet is still breathing, rush it to a vet. If it is not, you can try removing the object with some pliers or tweezers. Be careful however to avoid pushing the object deep down.

If the pet is bleeding externally, then look for a clean pad which you can place over the wound and put pressure to stop the bleeding. Clotting will take around 3 minutes. If the bleeding is fatal, use a tourniquet and rush your pet to a doctor afterwards.

If the animal is in shock from some excess freight or injury, keep it restrained, warm and quiet. This will help it keep calm. Signs which can show shock in your pet are nervousness, weak pulses, dazing eyes and more.




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