First Aid Kit
| -appropriate-sized towels for your bird -a heating pad, heat lamp or other heat source -a pad of paper and pencil to make notes about your bird's condition -address and phone number of your avian veterinarian's office, along with address and phone number of your closest animal emergency hospital -styptic powder, silver nitrate stick or cornstarch to stop bleeding ( use styptic powder and silver nitrate stick on beak and nails only ) -blunt-tipped scissors -needle-nosed pliers ( to pull broken blood feathers ) -blunt-end tweezers -hydrogen peroxide or other disinfectant solution -eye irrigation solution, such as saline solution or wetting solution for contact lenses -basic bandage materials such as gauze squares, masking tape ( it doesn't stick to bird's feathers like adhesive tape ) and gauze rolls -Pedialyte or other energy supplement, such as orange juice or Gatorade -eye dropper -syringes to irrigate wounds or feed sick birds -penlight -cotton swabs to apply medication and clean wounds -Betadine soap, which is an anti-infective soap, for foot injuries -Betadine solution for open wounds ( use this under veterinary advice only ) |