The Design

The Essentials

Needed Supplies

General Supplies

The Veterinarian

 
Bin II - Needed, But Hopefully Not Often
  • Nail clippers
  • Stomach tubing gear-most folks use a red rubber catheter with a syringe attached.  I use a disposable enema bag.  I have found this as effective and I cannot lose the tubing.  It won’t slip off the syringe and be swallowed---also rare, but has happened.
  • Shears-shearing allows better visualization of a wound or FLT (Funny Looking Thing).
  • Mineral oil enemas-handy for a cria that has not passed the meconium stool.
  • Towels
  • Twin size electric blanket-I use this as an alternative to towels and a heating pad and there is no likelihood of any kind of burn as there is with a heating pad.
  • Hairdryer
  • Baby bottle with adapted nipple
  • Obstetrical sleeves (gloves, the really long kind) and other items you and your veterinarian determine are needed in an obstetrical emergency.  Again this depends on your comfort level in giving care.
  • Electrolytes-powder form is easy to store.  I also keep a bottle of pedialyte on hand.  Sometimes it expries before I use it . Sometimes it doesn’t.  Newborn crias are born hypothermic and hypoglycemic.  If they are weak and you can get the body temperature up to 98 or above, tubing with pedialyte will raise the sugar, give them electrolytes and sometimes all you need to do.