It is highly recommended to always have a first aid kit on hand so you will be able to take care of your ferret should the situation arise.

Below is a list of required items to keep on hand;

1. Emergency phone numbers; make sure you have the vet information easily accessible and any other contact needed.
2. Ferret photos/vaccination records; it is also a good option to have photos of each ferret and records of vaccination on hand.
3. List of all medications your ferret is currently taking.

Emergency food ideas;

4. Jars of meat baby food-chicken with broth or chicken cooked/ground down in food processor/frozen in butter tubs/plastic containers (see Duck Soup)
5. Light Karo syrup or honey (for quick calorie boost)
6. Pedialyte or gatoraid (for de-hydrated ferret or just to keep system flowing)
7. Can of Royal Canin Recovery canned wet food (you get this from your vet) easily digested food for the sick monsters
8. A probiotic such as Marshalls probiotic
9. Canola or olive oil (something to help move bad indigested stuff through)
10. Petromalt or plain Vaseline  for hairballs use for everyday or every other day

Cleaning, Lotion or bandages;

1. Calamine Lotion for balding ferrets, (relieves itchy skin and minor irritations from scratching)
2. Hydrogen Peroxide (for cleaning cuts)
3. Ear cleanser
4. Eye wash/rinse
5. Gauze pads Gauze wraps
6. Washcloths
7. Adhesive bandage tape (cloth tape holds the best)
8. Styptic Powder or flour (for bleeding nails)
9. Antibiotic ointment such as neosporin (for soothing and protecting cuts and scrapes)
10. Bene-bac (for replacing beneficial bacteria in the digestive tract after illness or diarrhea) – can be purchased com
11. Desitin (for rash and burn relief) or Any Diaper Rash Ointment 

Petroleum Jelly (to help move a blockage through and for easing in the thermometer)
12. Kaopectate/pepto bismol/pesid/tagament (for diarrhea and soothing the tummy)
13. Immodium liquid (for diarrhea)
14. Baby wipes (for general cleanup)
15. Pediatric Liquid Benadryl ( for counteracting allergic reactions)
16. Heating Pad ( to help maintain body temperature in a young or sick ferret)