EMERGENCY KIT

WHAT IS THIS EMERGENCY KIT I SEE YALL SAYING GET ONE SO WHAT IS IN IT ETC? MONDAY I HAVE TO FIND A VET WHO SEES THEM AS I GOT HER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT LAST THING I NEED IS A EMERGENCY.

if you had to get out of the house or get to the basement ASAP because of a natural disaster or something you would grab the emergency kit/bag. it would have everything you need in there for the gliders, temp. food like baby food to feed them, info on the gliders, vets, bonding pouch and/or an animal carrier to put them in, and anything else you would need to care for the gliders.

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OK THANKS SHADOW LOL I WAS THINKING BANDAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT LOL

It's always good to have an emergency plan. If there is an emercency a Place were you can go with your animals(friends, familys, ect.). Have a spare cage at that house. Have a travel bag where you can just put the gliders sleeping pouch in the travel cage without trying to hassel getting them in the pouch. Make sure Nothing is in front of the windows or doors so you can just get out right away. It's always good to have a plan for all animals in house and humans;)

Most accidents/illnesses occur in the middle of the night when Vets offices are closed.
Having supplies on hand until you are able to get your sugar glider in to see a Vet can possibly save your gliders life. Here is a list that was compiled by several members of the glider community along with some helpful suggestions.

Glider Emergency Medical Kit

Sanitary Supplies:
- Hand sanitizer/Germ-X
- Alcohol wipes (wound/hand cleaning)
- Rubber Gloves
- Mini roll of Paper towels

Wound Care:
- Single use regular Neosporin packs (for non-emergency/small wounds)
- Tri-tops antibiotic ointment (vet prescribed)
- Iodine swab sticks (wound sterilization)
- Baby Anbesol (pain relief)
- Lactated Ringers Solution (sterile saline flushes work also)
- 22 & 25 gauge needles (small needle if giving infrequent small sub-Q doses, large needle for opposite)
- 3cc & 10cc sterile syringes (for sub-Q)
- Bottle of 0.9 Sterile Saline (for flushing wounds, this is not the same as the sub-Q fluid sterile flushes)
- Sterile gauze pads (for wound cover/to clean wounds)
- Q-tips (to clean wounds/apply meds)
- Small adhesive tape (for splint)
- Vet wrap (split/wound cover)
- Toothpicks (splint)
- Large Soda Straws (protects tail from SM)

Medication/Feeding:
- 1cc oral syringes (for meds)
- 3cc oral syringes (for feeding/meds/mixing)
- Gliderade (if pushing fluids)
- Pedialyte single and/or Pedialyte Pop (if pushing fluids)
- Baby Apple Juice (if pushing fluids)
- #5 French Catheter (force feeding)
- Chicken baby food (force feed or emergency loss of food supply or emergency evac)
- Mixed Veggies baby food (see above)
- 2 oz ceramic dish (mixing meds/feeding)
- Ensure (to mix meds with, if needed)
- Small box of Raisins (stuck in car with hungry glider)
- Honey

E-collars: prepared and labeled with name in advance
- Shot glass e-collars (for tail/cloaca/back-end SM
- Satellite e-collars (for fluffy gliders, or for non- tail/cloaca SM)
- Strong tape (to secure e-collars)
- Tube/trough bird feeders (feeding a glider in an e-collar)
- Hammock (glider in e-collar often cannot use reg. Pouch)
- Fleece blankets (for burrowing under while in hammock)
- Clothespins/split rings/lanyard hooks (to hang hammock)
- Mole foam & mole skin (for alterations and padding to e-collar)

Evacuation/Travel Needs:
- Emergency candle w/ matches (provides heat and light if no electricity)
- Bottle of water (emergency evac or similar)
- Large fleece blankets sealed in Ziploc bags (for handling in emergency and/or to burrito a glider)
- Emergency Contacts Card (Vet, backup vet, emergency all night vet, animal poison line)
- Medical File (with medical records and weekly charts)
- Ink pen/pencil
- Cages (small rept for transport or hospital cage) always set up, actually.
- Zip bonding pouches, one for each cage (for quick transport)
- 4 oz water bottle (we all have to have something to drink out of!)
- Flashlight
- Feeding dishes (separation/evac needs)

Miscellaneous, but still important:
- Emergency Credit card (very near by and easily accessible)
- Styptic powder or silver nitrate stick (for toe nails trimmed too short)
- Tweezers (you never know)
- Digital scale (good to know weight every week for medical file)
- Small scissors (in case I need to help with a quick escape and to cut loose threads as I see them)
- Side edge cut clippers (for trimming nails)
- KY jelly, plain (in case of boy trouble)
- Non-alcohol wipes (like baby wipes)
- Disposable ice pack (in case we need to make a dash to the vet in really hot weather)
- Hand Warmers and large disposable Heat pack (in case we need to dash to vets in cold weather)
- Human heating pad w/thermostat (just in case I can't have a glider right on me, in medical emergency)
- Emergency kit Resupply Checklist (what do I need to restock?)

Glucose/calcium for oral use, calcium glubionate and oral glucose

Painkiller such as Torbuterol or Buprenex-either will last a year stored in the fridge-for emergency use in case of injury until a vet can be seen. Refrigeration depends on if it's mixed with a base-if injectable form, refrigeration usually isn't necessary.

Baytril (and some other antibiotics such as Clavamox, Amoxicillin) will last 6 months frozen in syringes-and does well as a topical also.

SSD, or Silver Sulfazodine Cream in my kit also. Topical for wounds/burns-helps skin heal quicker.

Remember not to give Ensure to a dehydrated glider.

For evacuation/travel, small Reptariums would be ideal as a temporary cage setup-lightweight and break down/put up easily (can carry in a duffel bag), or a large soft side carrier (such as Sherpa) that can double-if evac lasts days, they'll need something other than a pouch.

Keep a variety of baby food fruits/veggies in jars, and dried fruits (apple, nectarine, peaches, papaya, cantaloupe)/veggie(Smith's/Kroger has a freeze dried Corn, called Comforts-great as a healthier snack than yogurt drops, and for an emergency kit-first dried veggie I've seen), also some Canned fruit/veggies-low or no salt.

I'd recommend small Popsicle sticks rather than toothpicks (which could break or splinter) as a splint-the craft section in WalMart or Michael's usually carries small bags of them. (I'm sure other places do too)

Hand towel to put between glider and ice/heat packs, or meds and ice pack.

Iodine can also be dabbed on the end of a quicked nail to prevent infection.

Along with medical file, pen/pencil add a small notebook for notes/records.

Pre-made emergency medical kits and e collars are available from the store on THE GLIDER INITIATIVE's webite [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]