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A free printable pet hazard check: a walk round the home, garden and garage for plants, chemicals, food, cords and escape gaps, and what was done about each.
One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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Find what could poison, injure or lose a pet at home or in the garden, and deal with it. Each find gets an action and a date, so the walk-round leads somewhere.
Households with pets, owners getting ready for a new dog, cat or rabbit, and anyone moving home with animals.
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: A walk round the home, the garden and the garage or shed, looking for what could poison, injure or lose a pet, with what was found on each line and what was done about it.
Check it, do not guess. No poison list is printed: what harms one species may not harm another, and no list is complete. Check anything you are unsure of with your vet or an animal poison service, and if a pet may have eaten something, phone your vet.
Write-on lines: Home · Pets in the home (species) · Checked by · Date
Table, 0 rows: Look at · Found? · What and where · Which pet · Checked with · Action taken · Done on
Also printed: INDOORS · Houseplants and cut flowers · Cleaning products, laundry pods · Medicines, supplements, vapes · Food, bins and bags in reach · Cables, cords and small objects · Windows, balconies and doors · Hiding gaps, appliances, recliners · GARDEN · Garden plants, bulbs and trees · Fences, hedges, gates and gaps · Ponds, pools and water butts · Slug pellets, weedkiller, feed · GARAGE, SHED AND SEASONAL · Antifreeze, paint, fuel, rat bait · Compost, mulch, barbecue, bonfire · Seasonal decorations and food
Write-on lines: Still to do: anything to buy, fix or move · Next check due
Because what harms one species may not harm another, the lists that exist are long and never complete, and a short printed list could make an unlisted hazard look safe. The sheet points you at the places to look and asks you to check each find against a list your vet trusts.
Phone your vet or an animal poison helpline straight away, with the packet, label or a piece of the plant to hand if you can. This sheet is for prevention, not for deciding what to do in an emergency.
Put everything a neighbour, a sitter or an emergency responder would need onto one page and leave it where a stranger would look. It answers the questions that get asked when you are not there to be asked.
Get every animal in the house onto one page, so a sitter, a new vet or an insurer can be handed a single sheet instead of a folder. It also carries the feeding and medication detail that stops the wrong bowl going to the wrong animal.
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