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Keeping your pet hydrated 💧
Keeping your pets hydrated is as crucial as providing them with a nutritious diet. This simple aspect of pet care is pivotal in ensuring your furry friends lead happy, active, and healthy lives. From moisturising the air in their lungs and regulating body temperature to supporting nervous system function, hydration performs countless functions for pets’ bodies.
Dehydration is common during hot weather, and it can quickly turn deadly. Keeping your pet’s bowl filled with cool, clean water is a crucial step in warding off this problem. As a pet parent, it’s up to you to keep your four-legged family member well-hydrated and to recognise the early warning signs of dehydration.
Signs of dehydration 🥵
Here are some techniques and symptoms of how to tell if your pet is dehydrated. One technique, called the ‘skin turgor test’, is to gently pinch and lift the skin between your dog or cat’s shoulder blades and then release it – if they are well hydrated, the skin will quickly return to its normal position but in a dehydrated animal, it will remain ‘tented’.
Another is to look at your pet’s gums – they should be shiny and feel moist when you touch them with your finger. In animals who are dehydrated, the gums appear dry and will be sticky to touch.
- Loss of energy
- Weakness
- Reduced appetite or refusal to eat
- Dry, sticky gums
- Panting
- Loss of skin elasticity
- Sunken eyes
- Depression
Keeping your pet hydrated 💧
It’s important to keep your pet hydrated all year round, especially during the warmer months. The Furrboost hydration drink gives your pet all the goodness they need to stay hydrated. Made with human-grade ingredients, using the best quality meat, veg, fruit, added oils and vitamins. The grab & go cartons are pawfect for all of your adventures where your Fur Baby is by your side. Take it on your walk, drizzle over their favourite food, freeze it to make pupsicles or make a tasty puppuccino after a ruff day. https://www.farmandpetplace.co.uk/shop/products/pet/dog/dog-medication-and-health/health-and-supplements/furr-boost-vegan-plant-based-400ml-hydration-drink.html
When the seasons change and the weather heats up, it’s not the only thing the weather has an effect on. The water in your pet’s bowl also warms up making it undesirable to drink and often left untouched all day. But, all is not lost. Add a piece of Rock Sulphur, about the size of a brazil nut, to your pet’s drinking water and, hey presto, delicious, cool drinking water.
Not only will this magic little rock cool down water, it is packed with natural salts and minerals and will have a cooling effect on your pet’s blood making the heat of the summer more bearable. https://www.farmandpetplace.co.uk/shop/products/pet/dog/dog-summer/rock-sulphur.html
Cooling treats 🍦
Petplace has a range of cooling treats available to keep your pet cool all summer long. Woof & Brew Paw Pops are back in stock and here to stay all summer long. These cooling ice pops are perfect for keeping dogs cool in the summer heat. Developed with veterinary and nutritional experts these pops are packed with 100% natural herbs to support health and wellbeing.
Additionally, Frozzy’s are on the menu this summer for your furry friend. Frozzys is a healthy frozen yoghourt treat for your dog. It’s cooling and soothing, lactose free and low-calorie. Frozzy’s is gentle on your pets sensitive digestive system yet so tasty they’ll be panting for more! Available online & in store to take home or in the dog park. https://www.farmandpetplace.co.uk/shop/search-results.html?searchvalue=frozzy
Alternatively, you can make your own frozen treats at home with a kong or a lickmatt. Just stuff the kong/matt with all your pets favourite fruits and veggies like cucumber & dog safe peanut butter. Place in the freezer until frozen. Then let your pet lick away. This is also a brilliant boredom buster at family events like barbecues. It will keep your pup busy for hours! Check out petplace’s range of Kong and lickmatt toys here.
Lickimatt- https://www.farmandpetplace.co.uk/shop/search-results.html?searchvalue=lickimats
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