Remember Remember Your Pets This November!!

November 5th is fast approaching, every year thousands of animals will suffer as a result of fireworks being let off. The country sees a marked rise in pets requiring medication during such stressful times. Animals have very acute hearing, loud bangs and whistles may cause them actual pain in their ears. But by following these simple guidelines your pet need not suffer.

• Ensure your pet is safely inside and secure doors, windows and cat flaps
• Allow your dog or cat to hide in a bolthole where they feel safe. You can further increase this feeling of security by using a plug-in diffuser which releases canine (D.A.P.®) or feline (Feliway®) pheromones
• Make sure your dog or cat is tattooed, microchipped or wearing a collar and tag. If they do escape, frightened animals can easily get lost
• In the run up to firework season, ensure dogs are used to being taken for walks early in the evening and cats are provided with litter trays
• Draw curtains, play music and/or have the TV on to help mask the noise of fireworks
• Ignore any fearful behaviour and do not try to comfort your pet. A dog may pick up anxiety and this can make the problem worse. Cats prefer to be left to cope on their own.
• Do not punish your pet. This only confirms that there is something to be afraid of
• Try not to go out while fireworks are going off. Seeing you acting normally will help your pets feel more settled

As recommended by Vets, Zylkene for dogs and cats is easy to administer and is safe and effective. Use Zylkene in combination with one or two of the products below for best results to help reduce stress and restore wellbeing in stressful situations.

Zylkene

Zylkene is a novel product, which is proven to help manage stress in dogs and cats. There are many common causes of stress for dogs and cats, as for their owners! Many animals (especially cats) find change difficult to deal with and Zylkene can help facilitate adaptation to change. Uses;
Stressful periods such as Environmental changes – e.g. new pet, new baby or house move, Multicat households, Cattery or kennel stay, Fireworks, Home Alone or Travel.

Petmeds are doing all they can to help stressed pets, and until 5th November 2009 they are offering you 5% off all Pet destressing products. Just enter FIRE5 at the checkout.