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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 very many accidents that your animal may be exposed to while at home. These may be exposure to toxins and chemicals, burns, seizures, bleeding, choking among many others. Some of these may result in minor injuries while others may be very fatal and can even lead to death. You need some basic knowledge on how to tackle each and every one of them. Understand your pets basic information like age, size weight, symptoms; and product he was exposed to as you call the veterinary.

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.

The pet may also be facing some internal or external bleeding. If it is external, you can easily control it by placing your hand or a pad over the wound. Press some pressure on it to make the blood clot and stop the blood from flowing. This can take around three minutes only.

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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