I want you to discover some of the misadventures that may occur during the warm summer season to your favorite pets. Do not worry! There will be no surperstitions or black cats or ladders ... Only real mishaps that do happen to some of our pets during the summer season!
There is always more emergencies at the vet during the summer. It's a classic. Here are some of the problems that are present more commonly with the weather.
Heat strokes
Heat strokes are life or death emergencies. Dogs, cats and several other exotic pets are vulnerables, simply because they produce almost no sweat. In fact, they sweat just at the footpads. So these animals have more difficulty than we have to cool off their bodies during hot days when the humidity is oppressive. When their body temperature reached 42 degree C, all the proteins that form the organs literally cook. Medical complications are numerous and deaths are frequent. This kind of events generally occurs when an animal is left in a parked car, even if only for a few minutes. This can also occur if the animal is brought to do prolonged strenuous exercises. It is therefore very important to have some restrain on the exercises and, most importantly, do not leave your pets in a parked car during hot weather.
Road accidents
Ask any emergency room veterinarian and he will tell you without hesitation that in the majority of cases of animals struck by a car occurred during the fine weather. There are simply more opportunities for a dog without a leash to run across the street unaware of cars and to get struck: We and our dogs are more often outside during the summer season, we frequently go to the park with our dogs, house doors are opened and fences as well ... Accidents are numerous, they arrive quickly. The follow up history is generally not easy, nor for the purse nor the emotions. So you have to be on your guard!
Bites, scratches and abscesses
Cats and dogs generally spend more time on the outside during good weather. Therefore contacts between animals are more frequents, whether in the streets or in parks. Hormones are also often (at their highest level) during the summer. So, some encounters between animals many times result in a fight often involving bites and scratches. The injuries inflicted can be severe and even when they seem slight, they often have the bad habit of becoming infected and even make abscess. Veterinarians care and antibiotics are required to fix their (war wounds)!
The famous hot spot
The hot spot is actually a painful and intense inflammation of the skin. Limited at first to a small area of skin, it grows rapidly if left untreated. The skin area is red, irritated, wet and very uncomfortable and it increases more and more at the same time as the pain and discomfort. The hot spot can be caused by many things such as insect bites, contact allergies, seasonal allergies and parasites, but it remains that swimming is one of the most frequent causes, because such problems often develops when an area of skin becomes moist and hot, and not ventilated.
Otitis among swimming dogs?
In general ear infections are more frequent among dogs with long droopy ears, ear inflammations occurs more often as a result of swimming. All this because of humidity, which creates a comfortable zone for the development of bacterias or fungus. Like for children otitis the disease requires treatment for several days and medications should be prescribed by a veterinarian. A good way to prevent this problem? After swimming, use a good dog ear cleaner with the power to also dry the inside of the ears. Ask for the advice of a veterinarian.
Many cats and dogs are allergic to pollens
A lot of people, are allergic to certain pollens during the spring season and also around the beginning of august develop hay fever, they sneeze and have running noses. Just like us, a many cats and dogs are allergic to various seasonal pollens. However, their allergic symptoms are manifested differently. Cats and dogs suffer from allergic cutaneous itching. They scratch, bite or rub themselves all over the body, or sometimes only at targeted locations, such as legs, nose or ears. Furthermore, it is not uncommon to find pets that are allergic to various insect bites or even to flea bites. Again, the first symptoms are intense itching and scratching of the skin.
