Posts Tagged ‘pets health’
Hints and Tips to Care your Dogs
The first day that you take a dog that does not yet know and he knows you, the owner or client must accompany the animal to get used to you and not feel strange.
The dog can not be dissolved at any time, unless you are trained. You pick up the droppings, this is mandatory. We want the dog feel comfortable with us that, despite be tied, let you go anywhere, you feel free as possible.
You should not ever take more than three dogs, one is no compatibility between male and female, this is a security measure. Read the rest of this entry »
Tips for Bathing Your Dog
Many veterinary experts agree that it is not advisable to bathe the animals, because the smell is your means of identity and communication. However, in the case of pets, this process is essential to maintain hygiene in the home and prevent people from getting certain infections.
In addition, when dogs are at home is nicer to be clean and smell good. However, it should follow a few tips to make this not detrimental to their health.
Restrooms should be regularly given to dogs but not very continuous, since this can reduce the defenses which the animal has on the skin, the organism saprophytic and hair grease provides lubrication, smoothness and prevents drying of the skin and therefore dandruff.
It is also harmful to bathe the dog too often because moisture remains in the animal for two or three days, although it has dried carefully. This increases the chances that the dog suffered breathing difficulties in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
Pet Care: Tips for Managing Endocrine Diseases
Although there is no cure for endocrine diseases, there are several things you can do to relieve some symptoms:
* Feed your dog a healthy diet, natural, no preservatives, colorings or additives, it will also prevent allergy symptoms.
* Always provide fresh, cool water that is easily accessible for your pet
* Make sure you provide additional padding and soft pet bed with pain and discomfort Read the rest of this entry »
Tips for Caring for Pets
In the newspaper La Gaceta (Argentina) published an article detailing the characteristics, care tips and advice from the 4 main animals that are purchased as pets: dogs, cats, fish and poultry. The article aims to provide a synthesized information needed to give our pets the best care.
Obviously in such a short space can not synthesize all the information that is important to know, especially considering that within each species, each breed requires special care, but the article is very good and served in some form as “introduction” .
The cat
Food: Use your tongue like a spoon to drink. The movement is so fast that almost no one can see the shape of the tongue at first sight. Need daily until 1 / 4 kilo of food. Males eat more than females. A neutered cats should not be giving too much food because they are prone to accumulate fat. A pregnant female cats they must distribute food four times a day. The most common food is raw meat. It is not advisable to give them frozen chicken giblets, because of the danger of disease transmission.
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Benefits of Neutering
Spaying and neutering relate to surgical sterilization of a animal. In other words, spaying and neutering ensures that your pet can not reproduce.
Pets are usually spayed or neutered when they are between 4 and 6 months of age, although the procedure can be done from 8 weeks of age to adulthood. It is best to have this surgery before your pet reaches sexual maturity. Females should be spayed before their first heat.
We all have a responsibility to prevent unwanted animals are killed simply because there are no homes for them. But aside from this responsibility, there are also significant benefits for the health of your pet.
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How Much Do You Spend for Your Pets
How much does a pet? EURO 1,500
According to El Diario de Terragona, a pet owner 1500 euros per year spent in caring for your pet.
According to a study presented at the fair Propet, each family has an average annual expenditure of around the 1,500 euros. A low amount compared with other European countries where there is greater awareness in this area.
Food costs take the largest portion of this amount, although it is a very difficult parameter to estimate because “it is difficult to know if the food is home or purchase, Read the rest of this entry »
Pets Care: Preventing Fleas on Dogs and Cats
Happy Pets free of Fleas and Ticks
There are about 2,000 species of fleas, although the most common are parasites that live as pets and animals.
Fleas are small insects, very difficult to see without wings and six legs, big jumps are the strength of his hind legs, and so they move, from animal to animal, jumping.
Fleas can be found anywhere in the body of your pet, and reproduce very rapidly, increasing the flea population and therefore scratching and grooming become desperate for the animal.
In addition to the itching that can cause the animal, these bugs are related to various diseases, both for him and for people. In the case of pets, flea bites can cause allergic dermatitis, which occurs when the affected animal is allergic to the flea bite. Read the rest of this entry »
Caring for Pets of Pyrotechnics
Fireworks and pets do not get along. The holidays can become an ordeal for our animals. But we can help.
protect pet fireworks
Pets are not always celebrated on the holiday of the year. The pyrotechnics makes these dates are not the best for them.
Is that animals have the sense of hearing more sensitive than the human being. The typical noise resembling a firecracker, for them, a thunder storm early.
Thus, pets think the sound of fireworks is the beginning of a storm that did not foresee environmentally. And therefore, puts them in a situation of vulnerability and insecurity.
How to help
The conduct referred to care for pets this holiday season is different for dogs or cats. Cats must have a safe place to wait out the time of the fireworks. Read the rest of this entry »