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Having your pets medical history easily accessible is the most important way you can be prepared for an emergency or disaster. Medical histories for each of your pets is vitally important to have on hand for pet sitters, if you are traveling with your pet(s) or for a rescue worker in a crisis situation. You can find a general pet information form here. We strongly recommend that you print it out, complete it and keep it handy in a folder with any other pertinent medical information for your pet (recent lab results, biopsy results, etc.)
Animal Poison Control Center 1-888-426-4435 ASPCA. There is a $60.00 per incident charge that can be charged to your credit card. This is a non-profit organization and is the only place where you can speak directly to a veterinary toxicologist 24 hours a day. In addition, an unlimited amount of follow up calls on that particular incident, are included at no charge. They are the central source for all information on pet poisonings in the country and with their central computer base have far more information available than any single veterinary hospital. We are grateful for their presence and rely heavily upon their help in poisoning situations.
Before you contact Animal Poison control please have the answers to these important questions prepared:
- Your name, address, and phone number
- Information concerning the exposure (the amount of agent, the time since exposure, etc.)
- The species, breed, age, sex, weight and number of animals involved.
- The agent your pet(s) has been exposed to, if known. If there is any packaging available keep that ready for reference.
- The symptoms your pet(s) is experiencing.
Visit their web site at and you will find a wonderful assortment of helpful articles. You can even order a free Pet Safety Pack to use in case of Emergencies.
Please note: Do not call Human Poison Control for an animal poisoning. Although it is a free call and they are very nice and helpful they have absolutely no training on what is toxic to animals. If it is non-toxic to people, they will assume it is non-toxic to animals and that is not a good assumption. Many things that are non-toxic to us can be fatal to our animals.
FEMA -
This site will help you with planning for serious emergency and disaster situations.
