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In this post, I will show you exactly how to make a rabbit emergency kit. You will learn what you need to have in your home to prepare for any bunny emergencies so that you can begin treatment without delay.

How to use this information.

The reason for having this kit is so that you can start care for your rabbit while also preparing to take your bunny to a qualified veterinarian for treatment. This kit is NOT a replacement for vet care, but rather is a helper tool to make the best of a potentially bad situation.

Do I need all of this right away?

You know your rabbit best and will know whether or not some emergencies are more likely than others based on his or her past. You can pick and choose from this list and perhaps build it up gradually in the order that is best for your rabbit. However, I absolutely feel that the first items in everyone’s kit are those to treat GI Stasis; time can mean life-or-death with GI stasis so you need to be prepared.

I will put an asterisk beside the items that I feel are essential, but this does not mean that the other items are also not important. They are!

Let’s get started.

Here are the items you need, why you need them, when and how to use them, and where to get them. Most products are linked if you wish to buy them. There is also a convenient one-stop-shop on our Amazon Storefront with these and a few other similar items.

How to make your rabbit emergency kit

Summary

Always opt on the side of caution. There really are not any rabbit emergencies that do not warrant a trip or a call to a qualified veterinarian. Never treat medically without advice. Never give human or other animal medications.

Make the phone call, grab your convenient and well-stocked Rabbit Emergency Kit and provide preliminary aid to your rabbit as you prepare to take him to the hospital. You will be very glad to have this kit if and when the time comes.

Here is a list of the items discussed above for your convenience

For GI events:

Syringes in two sizes, Oxbow Critical Care, Simethicone drops (Mylicon), Organic pure pumpkin baby food, Digital thermometer and Vaseline for lubricant, heating and cooling pads. Gloves, sanitizer

For wounds or skin issues

Veterycin, Neosporin, Various sterile gauze pads, Self-adherent bandage wrap, bandage scissors, tweezers, gloves, baggies, sterile saline pads.

Additionally for foot/nail issues: Nail scissors, paw/foot gauze dressing, styptic.

For the trip to the Vet

Pet carrier, portable water bottle, old towel, heating or cooling mat if needed.

Optional for follow up care (not listed above)

If your bunny is treated for sore hocks and you have been to the vet already, you may need these to continue daily wound care: A&D ointment or bag balm, Epsom salts, additional bandages.

Curious Pudge checking out the vet office

before his first dental exam.

All of the above items have also been put together in one convenient location in our Amazon Know Your Rabbit Storefront. My friends in the UK can visit our UK store here. Candian pals can shop at our Canadian Amazon Storefront here.

Please check us out there for one-stop shopping. Take your time and get what you need; your bunny may thank you later!

Join the Conversation

Please share your ideas from your Emergency Kits. Tell me what I may have missed.

If you have had a rabbit emergency, what items were you glad you had? What did you wish you had but didn’t?

Thanks for reading,

Michele and Pudge❤

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