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If you have a pet sitter when you're on vacation, make sure they know this stuff too, and that they know where the emergency kit is kept. That helps if for some reason your home becomes uninhabitable and your sitter has to take your pet on the road.

My suggestion is to find out how your pet travels best. Even though I'm a seasoned and practiced evacuee, my pet cat had never had to evacuate from New Orleans until the past weekend with Hurricane Gustav. He yowled in his cage for the first 4 hours, soiling his cage with fright. Once we figured out that he did better out of the cage and felt safer in a dark small space up front near me, lying on the floor of the passenger seat, he calmed down. (I also left the litter box open for his use in the backseat.)

On the way back, I heard no meows of complaint once he got the routine down.

I also suggest bringing pet treats along...

After the China earthquake a few months ago, I put together earthquake kits for the dogs (in addition to a separate one for me). It has dog first aid items, spare dog food and water, boots for walking through debris, and a toy. I feel better knowing I'm prepared for them too.

this must be a joke.
this article is a joke, right?

i guess the joke is on me for believing this website is about apartments and the design of their interiors.

my bad.

but seriously... enough with the pets

Headzo...its "pet month" so you're gonna see a lot of pet-related posts until October...and this site has always been much farther reaching than just the "design of [apartments'] interiors"

Maybe you should read another design blog for the month of September, Headzo.

Hi! I actually just bought my own pet kit from this website

www.firstaidlive.com

it was soo affordable, and it is filled wth everything! i keep it in my trunk with my other kit i got from this site

If you and your pets evacuate to a shelter, make sure you take a crate or some other way to confine them. I volunteered at a Red Cross shelter during Hurricane Rita; it accepted pets, but only if they had their own crates/cages. They were kept in a loading area away from the main sleeping quarters for evacuees. Without crates/cages they had to stay in the car or their owners had to find some other place for them. It was far from ideal, and many people didn't realize it beforehand. They just showed up with their pets on leashes or in their arms. You also need to bring your own pet food since that isn't provided. The post says the shelters don't take pets, but some do accept them if they get help from the city, volunteers or the local Humane Society/ASPCA. Don't rely on it, though.

Another thing people don't realize is that sometimes shelters do not provide any kind of cots/air mattresses/bedding so you should take your own just in case.

Palindrome -- You're right, some shelters DO have partnerships in place. Here in Portland, the Red Cross works with some of the county animal control offices to keep pets nearby -- but not inside -- shelters. But, as you also said, this is an exception and not always available...definitely don't plan for that to be the case.

Headzo -- As others mentioned, it's pet month on AT. And if people have pets in their homes, they need to be prepared for what to do in case of an emergency. Part of creating a nice place to live -- for people or pets -- is also making it safe.

Thank you for that website danieeee. Just what I need for my two cats.

seriously, im getting really pissed off at the nincompoops who aren't reading. On almost every post, theres some d/b complaining "why you talkin' bout pets so much a der der der?" Last month, people were complaining about ice cream. How about actually absorbing what you're reading, damnit.

How very very sad I would be if I had to leave this dog and cat for whatever reason. Just look at that dogs face and tell be you couold walk away during a emergency.
The sad part of all this, is my cat runs behind the washer and dryer if the fire alarm goes off and there is no getting her out during a fire. I need to figure out how to block her from doing that. Be ready for the worst ahead of time!!!

I'm really surprised at all the anti pet post. Did food/cooking or child related create such a response before Kitchn and OhDeeDoh were created?

I find this very helpful. I have three cats and am concerned about their safety. I'm in Texas and we get tornadoes and wind storms.

Thanks for all this information, I really appreciate it.

the people bitching about the animal related posts need to stop reading if they are so immature they can't deal with it. it's ONE month. there are still plenty of non-animal related posts going on. if you can't get SOMETHING worthy out out of reading this month, then don't read again until october and let the rest of us enjoy the site. stop making jerky comments about it like spoiled brats. not all posts can appeal to everyone. when i see something that doesn't relate to my taste, my interest, and i don't think i can take anything from it, i simply skip over them till i see the ones that do. it's REALLY easy.

ps. i find in especially offensive someone would complain on a post about how to save pets lives in a time of emergency. it's insensitive and uncalled for.

pss. PLEASE POST MANY MANY MORE POSTS ABOUT ANIMALS!

Then don't click on Pet stuff if you don't like it Headzo. I'm tired of people being stoupid.