Snowy and cold weather, information about the health of dogs and cats

Snowy and cold weather, information about the health of dogs and cats:.

The two most important for your dog lives outside in cold weather precautions to take:
1) Your dog should not be connected to the cold weather conditions and NEVER NEVER. Dengeliyebilmelidir body temperature by acting as he wishes.
2) Enter your pet in your garden easily at any time in cold weather, in fact, in a secluded part of the shelter should be.

If you are having your dog OUT
Hut outside the home, fed the dogs need not be very large. Appropriate size of the shed, the dog lying and standing comfortably in the occupied much can rotate 360 ​​degrees around their area. Does not keep you warm enough, especially if the club was too big dog ears, tail and toes due to severe cold may freeze. Very cold weather hut sytrofoam foam insulation helps to place it on. Into the hut to sleep with the dog in a warm mat, bed, cardboard, and a lot of old, read newspapers can be added.
Living in the garden cats / dogs will need more calories in cold weather. For this reason, for example, your dog's temperature drops below zero, it would be more than 30 per cent of the average energy requirement of a formula taking into account the high energy feed, or daily food in the increase during this period.
Your dog / cat outside and constantly vibrates excessively, this may be a sign of hypothermia. In such a case, taking her home - slowly heated.
Living in the garden cat / dog should change the water is frozen. Metal or steel water containers, water freezes quickly, need to be careful not to use during the winter months.
When you remove your dog OUT
Is used as de-icing roads salt, such as magnesium or calcium chloride dog paw substances may cause irritation, such as the toxicity of these substances may cause digestion. Do not remove your dog walk areas of salt thrown. If you believe that your dog come into contact with such a substance, your feet clean by wiping thoroughly with a wet towel. Clear the accumulated profits on a regular basis between toes while walking your dog.
Dog over the frozen puddles, lakes and rivers, protect. Kırılmalarla where the ice is thin, your dog may experience life-threatening.
Elderly, sick, in need of care your pet as much as possible, keep out the winter months. Accidents occur as a result of slipping on ice and joint diseases, especially for older dogs can be very harmful.
FROST
Freezing weather events, especially in very cold or very short haired dogs will be left immobile, depending on the dogs and kittens in the garden is the result of hosting. As long as the dogs are moving body heat koruyabileceklerdir free. Extreme cold and snowy weather usually end organs (ears, toes, tail tip, of the penis, vulva, .. etc.). Freezing is observed more frequently. Dogs or cats are exposed to extreme cold, extreme body temperature falls, the interest in the environment is reduced and eliminated, tongue and gums begin to bruising, hardened, and the patient immobile joints, it is still slumbers. In such patients, especially in the ear tips, tail tip, feet, organs such as the nose and the first hardware places.
Sudden temperature changes can cause shock, taking the body temperature gradually increases the patient must provide an environment WARM. For this purpose useful to accelerate the circulation of massage treatments. Just get near a heat source, and that a sudden increase in body temperature may cause circulatory disorders Depending an objectionable.

The first talking to your doctor if these actions immediately after the veterinary clinic if you need to take with your pet should provide information about the overall situation.

Very interesting and informative; thank you

Thank you for the info - its always good as reminder for the welfare of our dogs/cats in cold weather.