Haze And Your Pet. While We Are Busy Protecting Ou..

Haze and Your Pet

While we are busy protecting ourselves from the haze, don’t forget that the pets in our house are also breathing in the same polluted, smokey air.

As animals have an increased sensitivity to foreign particles, the constant exposure to a polluted and smoky environment may irrefutably put them in a position to develop medical conditions.

Smoke haze can cause your pets to have:

- An irritated nose and throat,

- An increased mucus production,

- A tendency to cough,

- Eye irritations (e.g. redness and discharge),

- Skin irritations (e.g. rashes and allergies),

- Lung problems if severe (e.g. bronchitis and asthma)

Which pets are more at risk?

* younger animals

* breeds that are flat-faced or have shorter snouts

* animals with a history of heart, lung, kidney and eye problems.

Tips on how to protect your pets from the haze:

1. Play With Your Pet! It is important to understand that even with the haze, you shouldn’t deprive your pets from important stimulation – they would still need their daily exercise.

2. The haze may cause your pets to have dry, hacking coughs. To minimize their distress, you could try giving them some honey. One or half a teaspoon of honey, three to four times a day can do wonders in soothing their throat and ease inflammation symptoms. Plus, your pets will definitely enjoy the honey’s sweet taste!

3. You should be careful of your furry companion’s food and water bowl – make sure that the contents are clean and free from any dust particles or pollutants. Change water bowls frequently.

4. Eye drops and artificial tears can help flush away any possible irritants, thus preventing any eye issues. Use it 2 to 3 times a day to flush away any eye irritants.

4. Wipe your pets down with a damp cloth or baby wipes after walks. Here’s a good concoction for a daily wipe-down: Add two to three drops of high grade lavender oil and eucalyptus oil to a basin of water, soaking a cloth in it and using the cloth to wipe the dogs.

5. Take your dogs out for quick toilet walks and avoid taking them out for walks entirely if the reading goes above 200.

Monitor your pets for redness in the eye, abnormal eye discharge, excessive sneezing or coughing.

While animal lovers might want to protect their pets with makeshift masks such as these, it is dangerous for the pets. Such masks obscure their mouths, not allowing them to dispel heat, which might lead to a heatstroke.

Stay safe!

Source: https://www.facebook.com/SarawakSPCA/photos/a.10151839329759..

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The Sarawak Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals believes that animals, as living creatures, have value beyond economic measurement, and are entitled to legal, moral and ethical consideration and protection. The Sarawak SPCA's mission is to act as an advocate on behalf of animals and as an enforcer of their rights; to provide for the well-being of the animals of the State of Sarawak who are abandoned, injured, subjected to unfair or cruel treatment, or otherwise in need; to cultivate in the people of our community an awareness of the animals whose world we share; to promote a bond of mutual assistance between people and animals; and to instill respect for and appreciation of all living things.

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