Keeping your cat away from the Christmas Tree
Does your cat love the Christmas tree?
Flashing lights and dangling balls are too much temptation for cats to resist. I know that Massimo loves to lay on the presents and play with the ornaments. When he was a kitten, he often tried to climb in the tree.
When training cats to stay off the kitchen counter, the couch, and in December, the Christmas tree, people often think of using a water bottle and spraying the cat. While an effective method, I would not recommend spraying your cat while in or around a tree wrapped in lights.
A more effective deterrent for the cat is the SSSCat Cat Training Device. It is a humane way to keep cats away from off-limit areas. Your cat’s movement will activate the motion sensor, a beeping tone is heard and then the spray is released. The scentless spray is stainless, ozone friendly and has no side effects.
Enjoy your Christmas tree worry free. Enjoy the holiday season and enjoy your pets.
Tell us about your favorite cat Christmas tree disaster.
13 Foods That Could Kill Your Pet
This holiday season with all of the food going around make sure you keep your pets in mind because the food that your family may eat this time of year could actually kill your dog or cat. Make sure you keep them safe, and protect your furry friends this Holiday season. Play a role in keeping pets around the world safe, and bookmark this post so that others can find it.
13 Foods That Could Kill Your Pet
1. Grapes and Raisins: Causes kidney failure and death for dogs. Even a small single serving can kill a dog.
2. Onions: They kill red blood cells which causes anemia in your pet.
3. Chocolate: Seizures, coma, and death can result from your dog consuming chocolate. More concentrated chocolate such as chocolate used for baking is the most lethal to your pets. Even milk chocolate is still dangerous.
4. Coffee, Coffee grounds, tea and tea bags: Drinks/foods with caffeine in them cause similar symptoms to what chocolate causes.
5. Macadamia Nuts and Walnuts: Muscle tremor, paralysis, and weakness are a result of the consumption of macadamia nuts and walnuts. Bladder stones also come about from other types of nuts as well, so avoid feeding your pet nuts. Peanut Butter seems to be the exception to the rule. Make sure to use organic (salt/sugar free) peanut butter. Regular peanut butter contains toxins, and is full of pesticides.
6. Animal fat and fried foods: Pancreatitis can result from too much animal fat or fried foods, so avoid feeding things like fried chicken, too much red meat, etc. It can also lead to obesity as well if too much is eaten, which can lead to diabetes.
7. Bones: They can splinter, and if swallowed lead to damaging of internal organs.
8. Tomatoes: Heart arrythmias and tremors may result from your pet consuming tomatoes.
9. Avocados: Found in guacamole this fruit is very toxic to your pet. It causes difficulty breathing and leads to fluid accumulation in the chest, abdomen and heart.
10. Nutmeg: If consumed it can lead to tremors, seizures and death.
11. Pits and Seeds of Apples, Cherries, Peaches, etc are extremely poisonous to both dogs and humans. The fruit itself is great, but dogs will not stop eating once they reach the core/pit. Dogs have reported being dead within 24 hours of consumption.
12. Raw eggs: Just like in humans if too much is eaten they could cause your pet to get samonella poisoning.
13. Salt: Large amounts of salt can lead to kidney issues for your dog or cat.
This is a not a complete list of harmful items, but please talk to your vet if you have any questions about harmful items to feed your pet. Try to stick with regular dog or cat food, and for the best results you can control how much your pet eats with an automatic pet feeder.
Play a role in keeping pets around the world safe, and bookmark this post so that others can find it. Have a great day!
Dogs and Cats Living Together?
Cats and dogs are notoriously famous for being thought of as arch enemies. From cartoons to movies, they are always being depicted as two animals that are always at each other’s throats. This makes it easy to assume that they are not meant to get along. However, there is a way for these two seemingly opposite pets to be friends and live under the same roof in peace.
The key to success when building a relationship between a cat and a dog has a lot to do with the individual traits possessed by each animal. It is generally easier to build this relationship by starting off by introducing a young kitten to a dog that is a bit older. Kittens are still a little bit more easy to mold than adult cats and while most cats will not eagerly run up to a dog to make friends, with a little bit of time an adjustment, it can be done.
Expect some hissing and spitting from your kitten. When you bring home a new kitten and you begin initiating contact between your feline friend and your adult dog, you must be present at all times and expect the cat to display some fear by hissing and possibly spitting. This is just the way that cats express their fear as well as make an attempt to scare off a potential enemy. In order to prevent your dog from reacting back towards this behavior, just grab your kitten when you see the hissing reaction taking place and then place her back down again to associate with the dog.
You might also try the method of “exposed isolation” to help them get to know each other. Exposed isolation means just what it says: you want to isolate the cat in one area and the dog in another, yet have them both exposed so that they can see and stiff at each other. When they get curious they will simply come closer to the gate and sniff each other out, slowly making friends.
These methods can help your pets get to know each other and become friends. It just takes a little time and patience. What stories do you have about pet integration?
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