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First Aid Supplies Figure 4

Figure 4: Medications

e-collar
Collar to prevent self-inflicted injuries. Use only as a last resort, or when absolutely necessary to prevent further injury.

See also: Make Your Own Elizabethan Collars

oils
For dry skin, scabs, sores, burns.
Left to right: Baby oil, aloe vera, calendula cream, balm with tea tree oil.

Neosporin
Neosporin a topical antibiotic ointment used for treating small wounds after cleansing.

syringes
Syringes for feeding and medicating.
From top to bottom:
12 cc feeding syringe (also can be used with needle to administer sub q fluids), same (only still in its capsule), irrigating syringe for flushing abscesses but can also be used as a feeding syringe for babies.
1 cc syringe with removable needle for administering sub q shots as well as for (without needle) delivering oral medications.

bandages
Tape and bandages - good for the obvious but also good in lieu of Elizabethan collar. For example, you can wrap a “shirt” around a rat’s chest to reduce flexibility.
The white sticky-bandage on the right does a very good job of sticking to itself without sticking to the rat.
The Kerlix bandage rolls are great because it takes them longer to chew through it.
The curad soft-tape - do not ever apply directly on the fur or skin of the rat!

broncial aids
Left to right: Furosemide (lasix) for injection, dexamethasone for injection, aminophylline for injection. Check the Rat Medication Guide regarding medications listed here and their use.

solutions
Lactated Ringer’s Solution and Saline. Check the Rat Medication Guide regarding solution listed here and its use.

cotton balls
Cotton balls.

styptic
Styptic for stopping minor bleeding such as in clipping toenails too short.

salves
Salves
Left to right: Nolvasan (topical), Terramycin (ophthalmic), Animax (tube and box below - topical),
Vetropolycin (ophthalmic)

cleansing agents
Cleaning agents:
Left to right: Hydrogen peroxide, Chlorahexaderm flush, topical fungicide, betadine.
Vets state do not ever use rubbing alcohol on a rat skin.

antibiotics
Antibiotics:
From left to right: Water soluble doxycycline, injectable doxycycline .
Zithromax (antibiotic), children’s cherry flavored. (Baytril not shown). Check the Rat Medication Guide regarding medications listed here and their use.


Blu-Kote, with drying properties, is primarily used for ulcerative pododermatitis (bumble foot). It can also be used in many cases of moist dermatitis.

ivermectin
Ivermectin oral paste shown here is good for most parasitic needs.
Check the Rat Medication Guide regarding medication listed here and its use.

flushing agents
Left to right: Saline for eye flushing, sterile water for abscess flushing.

skin glue
Skin glue: Must have if you’re introducing teenage boys! May only be used on dry wounds.
May help to reduce infection resulting from battle wounds…that is, if you catch it right away. Also great if that one-in-a-million situation arises when your favorite rat gets nipped in the jugular.
If not familiar with how to apply, have your Vet instruct you.

cough syrup and supplies
Everything else: Bach’s Rescue remedy , Tylenol (acetaminophen), Tylenol cold (with acetaminophen), Tylenol flu (with acetominophen), Echinacea, Triaminic cold and cough (rat’s don’t mind taking this one), Little Tummy’s for gas and bloat.
Check the Rat Medication Guide regarding medications listed here and their use.

Benadryl & Sudafed
Benadryl and Sudafed for rhinitis symptoms (nasal congestion).

Posted on August 12, 2003, 10:10, Last updated on October 21, 2005, 09:15 | Figures



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