Autumn pet care tips

With the arrival of fall and the cool breeze, pets can finally get rid of the embarrassing situation of "spending the summer in fur", and it can be said that fall is the most comfortable season for them.

During this season, owners will see more activity than in the summer, the dog's metabolism is strong, and the appetite is greatly increased. This often makes owners feel that their pets are perfectly healthy, thus neglecting to take care of them during this season, when some of their pets' health problems arise.

Autumn Pet care tips

1- Prepare food with high nutritional value for pets

Autumn is the season when the dog's metabolism is the most vigorous, in order to increase the body fat reserves and prepare for the winter, the dog's food quantity increases greatly, and also becomes active.
Therefore, foods with high nutritional value should be given in the fall, such as nutritional creams with good protein content, air-dried beef, wet food, boiled chicken breast, dairy products, etc. to eliminate summer fatigue and prepare for winter.

2 - Focus on the care of your pet's fur
Due to the cooler temperatures, this is also the dog off summer hair, long winter hair season, the owner should pay attention to its combing and cleaning in a timely manner, on the one hand, to promote the growth of winter hair, on the other hand, to avoid the dog's new hair, the old hair tangled into a ball, the specific method of operation should be diligent with a professional comb comb combing fur.

3 - Pay attention to observe the pet's emotional changes

As with spring, fall is also the season of dog's estrus, mating and breeding. At this time, the dog's temperament becomes irritable and very unstable, and it is easy to have incidents of injury.
Expert Tip: In this season, people with pet dogs should pay attention to the dog's mood changes, try not to tease, touch the dog, so as not to be bitten by it.
Female dogs running around, irritable, chewing objects, attempting to escape, etc., so the female dog should be watched over, not allowed to go out to mate, especially good breeds, in order to prevent the degradation of the breed; male dogs often fight for their mates, easy to get hurt.

4- Prevention and control of skin diseases
Into the fall, after the summer mosquito bites brought about by the heartworm is also gradually become worms, in the fall and winter season will begin to affect the health of pets.
Daily observation should be strengthened, such as found in the morning and evening walks in the cold air when there is a violent persistent cough, coughing after salivation, eating although more and more thin, you should seek medical attention in a timely manner.
Fall is even the season for wall lice to breed. May cause dermatitis, hair loss and other symptoms in pets, often go out or contact with turf pets, to do a good job in advance to prevent fleas, wall lice treatment.

5- keep your pet warm.

The temperature difference between morning and evening is the characteristics of autumn, some respiratory, heart disease and diabetes and other chronic diseases are very easy to attack in this season, for pets that have a history of these diseases, owners should pay special attention to this season, once found that there are abnormalities in the body should be timely to take the dog to the veterinary hospital to find a professional physician for diagnosis and treatment.
Owners should prepare a kennel with blankets for their pets, so that when the dog feels cold, it will have a "shelter" from the cold.


6 - Puppies
If the dog was born in the fall, due to the birth of a short period of time, resistance is poor, coupled with the temperature changes, the chances of getting sick will be higher, so we need to take care of it.
Nursing methods are as follows:
1, breeding environment
Puppies need an environmental temperature of 32 degrees Celsius, especially the puppies under three weeks can not control their own body temperature, especially in the cold windy fall, to provide a heat source for the puppies is to ensure the basis of survival.
Electric heaters and electric blankets can be used.
You can turn the electric blanket to a low temperature and put a towel on top of it. The puppy will crawl toward the heat source if it feels cold and crawl away if it feels hot.
2. Breastfeeding
Puppies try to ensure that breastfeeding, general dog mother will take good care of her baby, try not to interfere with feeding.
Because the puppy's hearing and vision is basically equal to zero, all rely on instinct to eat breast milk. If the puppy is unable to eat on its own, it will need the assistance of the pooper scooper to guide it.
3、Vaccination and deworming
Puppies can be vaccinated from 6 to 8 weeks.
In vivo deworming can be used after 45 days.