Tools
Pet Emergency Tools, Calculators & Printables
15 free tools that do the planning work for you, built on the same sourced guidance as the rest of the site. No sign-up wall and no invented numbers: where a figure comes from a published source, that source is named next to the result, and where no neutral source publishes one, the tool says so rather than filling the gap.
They are grouped by what you get back. A calculator turns what you enter into a number, a date, or a size. A lookup hands you something that already exists, like your own state's official shelter page, without putting our summary in front of it. Aprintable is meant to end up on paper: in a wallet, on a window, or in somebody else's hand. More of all three are on the way.
New here? Start with the pet emergency kit builder. It asks what animals you have and what your region actually does to you, then sends you to whichever of these tools your answers call for.
Calculators and planners
You enter your own animals, dates, or equipment, and the tool works out the answer: how much water, how many days of food, which date to reorder, which carrier size fits, where the money should go first. Where a figure comes from a published source, that source is named next to the result; where the answer is arithmetic on numbers you typed yourself, it is only as good as what you entered; and where no neutral source publishes a figure at all, the tool says so instead of inventing one.
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Pet Emergency Kit Builder
Tell it your pets and your biggest regional hazard and it builds a tailored, checkable, printable kit list, sourced to Ready.gov, the ASPCA, and the AVMA, that routes each item to the right calculator or template.
Build your kit →Pet Emergency Supply Calculator
Enter your dogs and cats and get sourced water, food, medication, and litter totals for a 72-hour, 7-day, or 2-week supply, plus a printable shopping list. Every figure traces to a published ASPCA, AVMA, CDC, or vet-reviewed source.
Open the calculator →Pet Medication Refill Calculator
Enter the last refill date, how long a fill lasts, and the buffer you want to keep, and get the exact date to reorder so a storm or an evacuation never leaves your pet low on medication. Pure date math, no dosing advice.
Open the calculator →Pet Carrier Fit Finder
Enter your dog or cat's weight and get the carrier type that fits, sized to the maker's published weight rating where one exists and to the carrier's interior dimensions where it does not, with the changes for senior, injured, or anxious pets flagged.
Open the finder →Pet Emergency Kit Budget Planner
Tick what you still need to buy and get the part that actually decides the bill: which categories are worth spending up on, which are fine cheap, and which you can skip. No invented totals, because an honest one does not exist.
Open the planner →Pet Emergency Fund Planner
Answer five questions and see which cost categories your household actually has to cover, which dominate, and which ones neither your budget nor your insurance policy is looking at. No figures, because no neutral source publishes one, and the insurance-versus-savings tradeoff stated the way the regulators describe it.
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Lookups and finders
A lookup calculates nothing. It hands you something that already exists and is hard to find under pressure: the page your own state emergency-management agency publishes about pets. What you read beside each link is either a verbatim quote from that state page or a plain description of what the page contains, never this site reading state policy for you, and where a state publishes nothing the entry says so rather than substituting a link that merely looks like an answer.
State Pet Shelter Policy Finder
Pick your state and get the official emergency-management links for pet sheltering, plus what that state page itself says about whether public shelters take pets. A directory of primary sources, with the federal PETS Act stated once and the six states that publish nothing shown as gaps rather than papered over.
Find your state →
Printables and templates
Documents whose whole point is to leave the screen, because the person who needs them is a firefighter at your door, a sitter in your kitchen, or a shelter clerk with a clipboard, and none of them are going to browse a website. Fill each one in on screen and print it, or print it blank and write on it.
Printable Pet Emergency Wallet Card
The card you carry for when you're the emergency: it tells responders your pets are home alone and who to call, with the two poison-control numbers pre-filled. Fill it in, print at credit-card size, cut, and laminate.
Open the wallet cardPet Rescue Alert Sticker (Pets Inside)
A window or door notice for when a fire starts while you're out: it tells responders how many pets are inside, where they hide, and your vet's number. Fill it in and print it today instead of waiting for the ASPCA to mail one.
Open the stickerPrintable Pet Emergency Plan
The one-page action plan Ready.gov and the ASPCA tell owners to make: evacuation destinations, an out-of-area contact, a backup caregiver, your vets, and where your supplies are staged. Fill it in on screen or print it blank.
Open the planPet Guardian Directive
Names a primary and a backup caregiver for your animals and hands them day one: medications and schedule, feeding, vet and microchip, behaviour warnings, and where your records live. It says plainly that it binds nobody, and points you at the will or pet trust that does.
Open the directivePet Sitter Emergency Instructions
The handoff sheet a vacation note skips: which ER vet to use, who can approve treatment and up to how much if you're unreachable, feeding and meds, behavior warnings, and what to do if a disaster hits while the sitter's in charge. Fill it in or print it blank.
Open the sheetPet Travel & Relocation Document Organizer
Traveling or moving with a pet: one sheet for the health-certificate and rabies dates, microchip, destination vet, lodging pet policy, and a pre-trip checklist, with each rule pointed back to the authority that sets it. Fill it in or print it blank.
Open the organizerPrintable Pet Go-Bag Checklist
The complete go-bag list on one print-friendly page, mapped to Ready.gov and ASPCA guidance with per-animal quantities. Tape one copy inside your supply bin and keep one in the car.
Download the PDFPet Emergency Binder Templates
Fill-in pages for the records a shelter or a sitter actually asks for: vet and microchip details, medications, feeding notes, and emergency contacts, ready to print and keep with your kit.
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Prefer to read the reasoning first? Every tool page links back to the sourced guide it is built on. Start frommulti-pet emergency planning or theevacuation kits hub for the full picture, or openthe full guide index, which lists these tools alongside every article on the site.