Pets
If you have pets
The reason people refuse to leave a flooding house, every single time.
The honest version
Decide in advance and the decision stops being agonising.
Carrier, lead, and a photo of you together
The photo is the bit people miss. It is how you prove ownership at a shelter or a vet when there is no paperwork.
Three days of food and water for them too
Pet food is the first thing to vanish from a small shop and the last thing anyone thinks to buy.
Find out now which places take animals
Rest centres often cannot. Find the two friends or the one boarding kennel who could, and ask them today, on an ordinary day.
Microchip details
Check the registered phone number is one you still use. A huge proportion are years out of date and it makes the chip useless.