With summer temperatures in Flagstaff soaring into the 90s, it is crucial to make sure that your pet is cool and comfortable. Your pet’s temperature can rise very quickly in hot weather and heat exhaustion becomes a danger. Once the process of heat exhaustion begins, it progresses rapidly toward heat stroke, which can result in coma and death, unless measures are taken immediately to reverse the rise in body temperature. The normal body temperature of your pet is between 100ºF and 102.5ºF. Once … [Read more...] about Preventing Heat Exhaustion in Pets
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Knowing When Your Pet is in Pain
The International Association for the Study of Pain states that “the inability to communicate verbally does not negate the possibility that an individual is experiencing pain.” In other words, your pet is often unable to tell you that he or she is hurting in a language humans can easily understand. Instead, dogs and cats communicate suffering in their own nonverbal ways, and it is important to recognize the signs. Some of these signs include: Limping Decrease in … [Read more...] about Knowing When Your Pet is in Pain
