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5 Steps to Keep Your Pets Pest-Free

Reviews · July 23, 2020

Having a pet is generally a rewarding experience. They can be loyal companions and affectionate friends, that even applies to the apparently independent cat.

But, a pet also means responsibilities. The most obvious is to feed and water them, but you also need to be aware of health issues, especially those that commonly affect pets;

The Most Common Issues

If you have a pet you’re going to deal with fleas at some point. Fleas are everywhere in the warmer weather and most take a liking to your dog and cat. They multiple quickly and can become a real nuisance.

Ticks are also a nuisance and can carry an array of diseases that can harm you as well as your pet. Other pests for pets include mosquitoes, botflies, and mites.

You need to know the 5 steps to keep your pets pest-free.

Regular Inspections

The first thing you need to do is inspect your pet for any sign of an infestation. You can expect to find the odd cut or scratch, that’s normal for a pet. But, if there are a lot of them or signs of a flea infestation you now it’s time to take action.

Regular inspection and combing of their fur is an effective way to bond with your pet and check their overall health.

Professional Inspection

You should speak to your local exterminators to have your home and yard checked for pests. The professionals will be able to tell you which pests you have and which you are likely to get as they can gain entry to your home. With a little help, you’ll be able to eliminate entry points before they allow pests in.

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Wash Their Bedding

This is a fundamental principle of taking care of any et but it is also something that is easily overlooked. Washing their bedding on a hot wash will kill any bacteria and other pests that have made it to their beds.

This prevents them from multiplying and reduces any possible infestation before it starts. Try to do it at least once a week.

Flea & Tick Prevention

The good news is that many pests can be stopped before they get started. All you have to do is adhere to a regular maintenance schedule for your pet. This means making sure they have tick and flea treatment regularly. The medication gets into the first layer of the pet’s skin and is absorbed by anything biting the dog, killing the flea or other pests.

Nutrition

Choosing the right pet food and ensuring they have balanced meals helps to keep your pet in peak physical condition. This may not prevent pests from attacking them but it will ensure they are in the best possible condition to deal with any issue.

All you have to do is choose a pet food that is well-recommended and has a reputation as a reliable manufacturer and supplier.

Foods That Are Poisonous To Cats

Pets, Reviews · February 19, 2020

Cats are curious creatures, as any cat owner already knows. If you’re in the middle of doing something that looks important, they’ll come and sit right in front of you to find out what it is. If you go somewhere, they’ll often walk by your side for a while and find out if you’re going anywhere interesting. If you’re eating, chances are they want to eat a bit of it and find out whether or not they like it. Because cats are such expert and shameless beggars, more often than not we give in and share a little bit of our food with them – but we could be making a big mistake.

The feline digestive system is very, very different from the human digestive system. What might be good for you isn’t necessarily good for your cat. If we were designed to eat the same things, there would be no such thing as cat food! The thought of eating cat food likely turns your stomach, but cats aren’t so savvy when it comes to knowing what to eat and what not to. If you put something in front of them, there’s a strong chance they’re going to chow it down.

Because cats are more-or-less omnivores, it’s good practice to know which common foodstuffs in your house are poisonous to them. If you don’t, you’re basically playing online slots with their health every time you feed them anything other than cat food. The theory is very similar – most of the time you give your cat food nothing will happen, just as most of the times you spin the reels of a game on an online slots website nothing will happen. Every once in a while, though, without seemingly any rhyme or reason, something happens. That’s good news in UK Online Slots, because it means you’ll have won something. With your cat, it would be bad news. You’re about to have a pile of fresh vomit to clean up – and that’s a best-case scenario.

None of us would ever make our pets ill on purpose, and we’d be horrified by the idea of doing so by accident. To make sure it never happens to you, make sure you keep all of the foods we’re about to mention out of reach of your pet feline.

Chocolate

We know what most of you are thinking – who feeds chocolate to their cat? It’s not a product that a cat would ever go looking for on their own, and yet apparently there are enough cats out there eating it and getting ill that highly reputable websites have had to issue guidance on the problem. We’ll save you having to read that guidance by condensing it down into this one sentence:- Don’t give your cat chocolate under any circumstances. You might think you’re giving them a treat, but you could actually be killing them with kindness. Chocolate contains theobromine, a stimulant that’s been proven to cause heart failure in cats of all ages. The darker the chocolate, the more theobromine it contains. Keep your chocolate for yourself!

Raw Fish

We expect that seeing fish mentioned is a surprise to most of you. Cats famously love fish, although the precise details of how and why they developed a taste for it are a little mysterious. Famously, most cats hate water and swimming. It’s likely that their love of fish has developed post-domestication. How can they love something so much if it’s bad for them? The answer is that not all fish is bad for them – but almost all raw fish is. Yes, even tuna! If your cat’s favorite store-bought cat food contains fish, that fish has been cooked and processed. Raw fish hasn’t been processed for feline consumption, and severely depletes your cat’s thiamine levels. In extreme situations, that can cause a seizure. Raw tuna us the worst offender of all, as it contains more mercury than your cat’s body can deal with.

Several Vegetables

It’s increasingly common for human beings to be vegetarian or vegan, and that’s cool. We should all eat whatever we want to eat, and feel happy with the choices we make about our diets. Some of the vegetarians and vegans out there are, however, trying to feed vegetarian diets to their cats, and that needs to stop. Whatever you’d like to believe about your furry friend, it’s a carnivore, and it needs meat. Not only does it need meat, but there are some vegetable and vegetarian products it can’t cope with. Green tomatoes and potatoes are both potentially deadly to cats because they contain solanine, and too much solanine will shut down the feline gastrointestinal system.

Dog Food

This is a common mistake in households that have dogs and cats living together. Cat food and dog food looks similar and smells similar, and so you might think that it’s OK to feed both of your beloved pets with the same product. That would be a mistake. If a cat eats dog food, it won’t get all of the nutrients that it needs to stay healthy. Don’t get us wrong – it will happily and gratefully eat the dog food, and might even appear to like it- but the nutritional facts don’t change! The biggest difference is that dog food doesn’t contain taurine, because dogs produce taurine naturally. Cats don’t produce taurine but still need it. Cat food and dog food are sold separately for a reason – keep it that way!

Garlic and Onions

We don’t really think that there’s anyone out there feeding garlic or onions to their cat (and if you are, please stop it at once). This is more a reminder to keep both types of food away from your cat at all times and don’t leave them in a place where a curious kitty could find them and eat them. Onions and garlic both contain sulfides that can seriously mess with a cat’s health. They’ll attack your cat’s red blood cells, and could consequently lead to anemia, intestinal issues, and even death. In short, it’s all bad news. On top of that, a cat’s breath smells bad enough already. Why would anyone want to make that problem worse by feeding them garlic and onions?

These are just five common household food items that could make your cat seriously ill – so now you know about them, take the appropriate action, and ensure that your kitchen and food stores are curious-kitty proof. They may not understand why you’re not giving them raw fish treats anymore, but we promise they’ll forgive you for it in the long run!

5 Things You Didn’t Know Your Cat Was Allergic To

Pets, Reviews · December 17, 2019

Cats are the most delightful of all household pets. Sorry, dog lovers, but it’s true. They show you love and affection, they instinctively seem to know when you’re sick and offer themselves up to you like a comfort blanket, and they don’t need to be taken for a walk. They even clean up after themselves when they use the toilet. From a convenience point of view, they have dogs comfortably beaten!

For all that’s cute and cuddly about them, cats have one very unfortunate trait. They’re prodigious producers of vomit. They make that distinctive hacking sound, and then there’s an unpleasant mess on your floor and carpet to clean up. In practice, they can be a bit like online slots games, only they give out sick instead of cash. The process they seem to follow is the same as the one followed by any good online slots game – you put something into them, and then when you least expect it, something comes out in return. In both cases, it can be more than you put in. Unfortunately, only on slots website like Rose Slots will you be happy with your prize – nobody likes cleaning up after a sick cat!

We tend to write these sudden bouts of sickness off as feline quirks or put them down to furballs. In practice, though, cats can be allergic to a variety of substances and items that they encounter every day. If you can reduce their exposure to these substances, you might find that you do not have to deal with the problem as often as you have in the past – so read on, cat owners, and save yourself a lot of scrubbing!

Milk

One of the biggest stereotypes about cats is a total fabrication. The image of a purring cat lapping happily at a saucer of milk is as old as time, but it’s based on a misunderstanding. A cat will happily drink milk whenever it’s presented to them – and might even like the taste – but that doesn’t mean it’s doing them any good. Amazingly, almost all cats are completely lactose intolerant.

When cats are very young, they feed on their mother’s milk. As soon as they’re past the point of being kittens, they lose the ability to process lactose and become intolerant to it. That can lead to a whole host of digestive issues, and vomiting is one of the more pleasant ones. If you regularly feed your adult cat milk, stop doing so immediately, even if they seem to like it. There are no benefits, and no good can come of it.

Pollen

This seems almost as absurd as the milk issue, but yes, cats really can suffer from hay fever, just like their owners can. It happens for the same reason, too. An allergy to pollen causes irritation and can further lead to itching, sneezing, coughing, discharge from the eyes, and vomit. The latter tends to happen when a cat allergic to grass pollen eats grass.

A feline can be allergic to any kind of pollen, including tree pollen and weed pollen, in addition to the grass pollen mentioned above. That seems ridiculous for an animal that will go outside and literally roll around in the grass, but it’s probably above a cat’s field of comprehension to understand the concept of an allergy. They need your help to protect them – and that’s why feline antihistamines exist.

Cat Food

This really does happen, and it’s always unfortunate. Although cat food is carefully formulated to be tolerated by all cats, it’s impossible to create a formula that totally excludes anything that a cat might be allergic to – and allergic reactions in some cats may be more severe than they are in others. Trial and error are important in identifying a food allergy, but if you’ve recently changed your cat’s brand of cat food, look for differences in the ingredients.

If your cat has a particularly acute series of allergies, you’ll be able to buy them specially-adapted hypoallergenic food. At this stage, you’ll want to take your cat to a vet for a formal diagnosis, and also advice on which type or types of cat food might be best for the poor kitty.

Food Bowls

With very few exceptions, food bowls for cats come in two types – metal or plastic. If you’re presented with both options, always go for the metal option if the price doesn’t prevent you from doing so. You won’t ever encounter an issue with a metal cat bowl. With a plastic bowl, you run the risk of finding out that your cat is allergic to it.

The allergy that’s associated with plastic food bowls is particularly unpleasant. In manifests as a condition called feline chin acne, which causes solid, pus-filled bumps around the chin and mouth. A cat eating while suffering from chin acne can spread the condition into their mouth, which causes – you guessed it – vomiting. Stay safe and choose steel, and remember it clean the bowl regularly, too.

Your Perfume

There will be some smells you just can’t stand. There are also probably some perfumes and odors you don’t like either. Think of the smell of your least favorite perfume, and then imagine how much you’d hate it if your sense of smell was many times more acute and sensitive than it is. That’s what your cat experiences every time it comes into contact with a bad smell. No wonder they’re allergic to some of them.

A cat can be allergic to your perfume, your chosen room odorizer, your carpet powder, or any cleaning product you use. Once you have a cat in your home, the safest option is to stick to the brands and products you were using when they moved in with you. If they don’t show signs of allergies at the time, they won’t develop them at a later stage. If they suddenly start displaying signs of allergy inside the house, retrace your steps and work out what you’re buying now that you weren’t buying before. The answer will be in there somewhere.

Your cat wants to be healthy and happy and live with you for as long as possible. Give them the best chance of doing that. Throw away your plastic bowls, and keep the milk out of the reach of grasping paws. They’ll thank you for it in the end!

Smart Leash For Dogs #Review #HGG19 @PetInnov

2019 Holiday Gift Guide, Reviews · November 1, 2019

I Received The Below Mentioned Complimentary Product Either For Free Or A Discounted Price For The Purpose Of This Post. All Opinions And Thoughts Are 100% My Own.

In my opinion walking your dog can be a disaster if you do not have the right dog leash. I have noticed that some dog walkers use a small lease for a big dogs and a large leash for a small dogs. I just don’t get it. With you being able to take your pets into the pet stores these days, I am sure the employees on the floor are more than willing to steer you in the right direction. I was thrilled when the opportunity can about to review the Smart Leash For Medium Dogs from Pet Product Innovations LLC.

About Smart Leash For Dogs~

How It Works
SmartLeash is a retractable dog leash that protects you and your pet. When your dog tries to unexpectedly run or bolt from you, SmartLeash quickly, safely and automatically locks the leash. SmartLeash then stays locked until your dog releases tension on the leash, providing both you and your dog a worry-free walk once again.
SmartLeash solves the problem with all other retractable leads – The suddenly running dog. The world’s first and only retractable leash with an automatic brake.
Your dog should never be allowed to run away from you on a retractable leash. With SmartLeash, he can’t.
1 Year Unconditional with 30 Day Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee

My Review/Thoughts~

Well, It does not get any better than the Smart Leash For Dogs. My golden lab is good on a leash but sometimes she loves to race ahead of me and for that reason I love the automatic brake on this leash. I love everything about this leash. It is made of high quality materials. I love how the lead is more of a ribbon than a rope. It also comes in 3 colors- black, blue and red. I think I can say for sure that I might have trained Zeus myself or the SmartLeash did. She knows to walk with me and not to race ahead of me as The SmartLeash For Dogs will remind her not to.

I think the SmartLeash For Dogs is awesome. I give it my seal of approval and my thumbs up.

Loving Pets Dog & Cat Toys #Review @LovingPetsCorp

Pets, Reviews · April 17, 2019

I received the below mentioned complimentary products either for free or a discounted price for the purpose of this post. All thoughts and opinions are 100% my own.

My pets are my family and because they are my family I treat them like family. I make sure they have the perfect food, The perfect treats and of course the perfect toys to play with. I was beyond thrilled when I received a box of assorted Dog and Cat toys from Loving Pets. I was so very pleased to receive an under table scratching post and a Dizzy Thing that is motion activated. I also received 2 different Dog Ropes with a plastic covering some of the rope to make it more durable.

The Cat Toys~

The picture on the left is of Dizzy Things cat toy that is motioned activated and twirls its feathers enticing the cats to play. The picture on the left is a picture of a scratching post that is perfect for under the table. Not only is it perfect for the cats to scratch on but it has feathers for them to pay with.

The Dog Toys~

The reason I had to take this video from the ground is that every time I tried to take a video of them at close range or in the same room, They thought I was the toy…..

If you ever thought about getting your puppy/Dog a rope product toy, I highly suggest any thing from GoDog as they are durable and highly interactive. I have not found a toy that my Dogs did not love. I cannot beleive how much seeing them play with toys just pulls at my heart strings. They really are comical.

This is where dogs and cats differ. My cats need whirly twirly toys which grab their attention. They stop dead in their tracks when they see a feather fly thru the air. Like I said before, My pets are part of my family and I treat them as such. Your pets will love any Loving Pet toy. I support this statement.