TIPS
SUMMER
HEAT
HEAT
Keep pets in airconditioning if at all possible in the heat of summer. If pets are to be kept outside, provide shade. A baby pool in the shade is a welcome
sight to those dogs that love water, like labs. Water bottles that have been frozen are coolants for the beds
Don't forget to refresh water daily, as water can become quite hot in the sun.
Watch for heat exhaustion: heavy panting with lathered saliva; bright red gums, colapse and coma. Revive with cool water all over body from 15 min -
1 hour, especially on chest and head. Transport to vet when body temperature reaches below 104 and animal is revived. Normal temperature should
read 100.4-102.4. Do not feed dog until fully recovered.
Remember that dogs sweat from their mouth, so if it is necessary to use a muzzle, dogs cannot sweat.
A good way to tell if the weather is too hot for your pets, is when it is too hot for you.
sight to those dogs that love water, like labs. Water bottles that have been frozen are coolants for the beds
Don't forget to refresh water daily, as water can become quite hot in the sun.
Watch for heat exhaustion: heavy panting with lathered saliva; bright red gums, colapse and coma. Revive with cool water all over body from 15 min -
1 hour, especially on chest and head. Transport to vet when body temperature reaches below 104 and animal is revived. Normal temperature should
read 100.4-102.4. Do not feed dog until fully recovered.
Remember that dogs sweat from their mouth, so if it is necessary to use a muzzle, dogs cannot sweat.
A good way to tell if the weather is too hot for your pets, is when it is too hot for you.
WINTER WEATHER
In temperatures below zero, please bring your pets inside. If this is impossible a nice dog house, shed, barn or some kind of shelter is adequate. Provide
pets with hay for warmth and it is also a great wind breaker.
Don't forget their water. Small buckets freeze fast. Pour hot water in buckets to melt ice and to provide warmer water than ice cold. This is also true for
ranch animals, such as horses and cows, etc.
pets with hay for warmth and it is also a great wind breaker.
Don't forget their water. Small buckets freeze fast. Pour hot water in buckets to melt ice and to provide warmer water than ice cold. This is also true for
ranch animals, such as horses and cows, etc.
TO TAKE TEMPERATURE
1. Wipe thermometer clean with alcohol.
2. Shake the mercury down as far as you're able.
3. Coat the end of thermometer with Vaseline to ease insertion.
4. Insert the termometer one inch into the rectum for one minute.
2. Shake the mercury down as far as you're able.
3. Coat the end of thermometer with Vaseline to ease insertion.
4. Insert the termometer one inch into the rectum for one minute.
NORMAL TEMPERATURE, PULSE AND RESP. RATES FOR DOMESTIC ANIMALS
DOG CAT HORSE COW SHEEP
TEMPERATURE 99.5-102.2 100.5-102.5 99-101 100-102 101-104
PULSE per min 110-120 130-140 60-80 100-150 80-120 (young)
60-120 100-120 30-50 40-60 70-80 (adult)
RESPIRATION 20-25 20-30 14-15 30-60 12-20 (young)
per minute 14-16 20-40 9-10 12-16 15-40 (adult)
TEMPERATURE 99.5-102.2 100.5-102.5 99-101 100-102 101-104
PULSE per min 110-120 130-140 60-80 100-150 80-120 (young)
60-120 100-120 30-50 40-60 70-80 (adult)
RESPIRATION 20-25 20-30 14-15 30-60 12-20 (young)
per minute 14-16 20-40 9-10 12-16 15-40 (adult)
TAKE PULSE
For small animals - at the femoral artery on inside of thigh (inside leg where leg meets body - middle.
Large animals - Facial artery where it crosses the jawbone near the neck.
For small animals - at the femoral artery on inside of thigh (inside leg where leg meets body - middle.
Large animals - Facial artery where it crosses the jawbone near the neck.
| RESPIRATION RATE A breath or full respiration is one inhalation, one exhalation. Count the animals breaths by watching its chest wall move in and out. |
POISONS
Anti-freeze is commonly drunk by animals because of its sweet taste.
Within one to two hours of ingesting a toxic dose, the animal will show gastrointestinal and central nervous signs. Animal becomes dull or depressed or may
act drunk, staggering. It will often vomit. See vet immediately - antidote should be given - Ethanol or 4-Methylprazole.
Rat Poison (Warfarin being active ingredient) Animal will have a decreased ability to form a blood clot, causing serious bleeding in skin, muscles, lungs, chest
cavity and abdomen. Induce vomiting (using Hydogen peroxide, 3% solution at a dosage of 1-2 mls per kilogram of body weight. Dosage may be repeated
if vomiting hasn't occurred after 10 minutes.), and administer activated charcoal. You will see blue-green vomitus. Call vet.
Poisons plants: Autumn crocus, castor bean, daffodil, daphne, dumb cane, English ivy, Foxglove, Golden chain, Larkspur, Lily of the Valley, Oleander,
Philodendron, Poinsettia, Privet, Rhododendron, Tobacco.
Chocolate: Dogs may show signs of toxity after eating chocolate. Ingestion of toxic amounts of choc. causes excessive stimulation of the both the cardiac
and central nervous system. Theobromine is the toxic ingredient.
SPIDERS: Severe reactions are limited to two spiders (black/red widow and brown recluse). Black/red widow's neurotoxin is destructive to nerve tissue.
Bite of black widow is highly poisons. Toxin spreads to entire body causing muscle spasms, excessive salivation, convulsion, paralysis. Obtain antivenom
quickly. Brown recluse causes necrosis of skin.
Scorpions: Scorpions are very poisons. Use cold packs to slow progress of poison - call vet.
Anti-freeze is commonly drunk by animals because of its sweet taste.
Within one to two hours of ingesting a toxic dose, the animal will show gastrointestinal and central nervous signs. Animal becomes dull or depressed or may
act drunk, staggering. It will often vomit. See vet immediately - antidote should be given - Ethanol or 4-Methylprazole.
Rat Poison (Warfarin being active ingredient) Animal will have a decreased ability to form a blood clot, causing serious bleeding in skin, muscles, lungs, chest
cavity and abdomen. Induce vomiting (using Hydogen peroxide, 3% solution at a dosage of 1-2 mls per kilogram of body weight. Dosage may be repeated
if vomiting hasn't occurred after 10 minutes.), and administer activated charcoal. You will see blue-green vomitus. Call vet.
Poisons plants: Autumn crocus, castor bean, daffodil, daphne, dumb cane, English ivy, Foxglove, Golden chain, Larkspur, Lily of the Valley, Oleander,
Philodendron, Poinsettia, Privet, Rhododendron, Tobacco.
Chocolate: Dogs may show signs of toxity after eating chocolate. Ingestion of toxic amounts of choc. causes excessive stimulation of the both the cardiac
and central nervous system. Theobromine is the toxic ingredient.
SPIDERS: Severe reactions are limited to two spiders (black/red widow and brown recluse). Black/red widow's neurotoxin is destructive to nerve tissue.
Bite of black widow is highly poisons. Toxin spreads to entire body causing muscle spasms, excessive salivation, convulsion, paralysis. Obtain antivenom
quickly. Brown recluse causes necrosis of skin.
Scorpions: Scorpions are very poisons. Use cold packs to slow progress of poison - call vet.