Pootje

27/07/2022

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🚽 Cats need a safe place to toilet and providing cat friendly litter facilities can help prevent issues like conflict between cats, cystitis and house soiling.

📍 Location 📍
Cats like to toilet in private areas. Ensure litter trays are placed in various locations around the home, away from busy areas, noise and strong smells.

📏 Size 📏
Litter trays should be 1.5 times the length of a cat from its nose to the base of its tail. Cats need to turn around and dig comfortably whilst using their tray. Hooded trays restrict movement more than open trays.

🔢 Number 🔢
Cats like to urinate and defecate in different areas, so there should be at least one litter tray per cat plus one extra.

🐈 Type 🐈
Open trays are more suitable than covered trays for multi-cat households as increased visibility reduces the likelihood of ambushing by other cats.

Self-cleaning litter trays are not recommended as they are generally too small, can make sudden noises and movements that startle cats and are difficult to deep clean.

🐾 Litter choice 🐾
Consider soft, granular/sand-like clumping litter. This is comfortable on a cat’s pads and makes removing soiled matter easy - however, each cat has its own preference.

Scented litter or fresheners should be avoided as they can smell offensive to cats.

Tray liners can get caught in a cat’s claws and lead aversions of using the litter tray.

✨ Cleaning ✨
Litter trays containing clumping litter should have soiled material scooped out daily and completely emptied, cleaned and refilled weekly. However, litter trays containing non-clumping litter need to go through the same empty, clean and refill process every 2-3 days.

🐈‍⬛ What preferences does your cat have? 🐈‍⬛

Here are our top litter tray recommendations 👉 https://icatcare.org/advice/litter-trays/

28/06/2022

Keep your dogs and cats hydrated! 🤗 Don’t forget to bring some water during your walk.

21/06/2022

Did you know?

A dog’s greeting stretch takes place the dog's front legs are lowered together and stretched out in front of the dog, but the elbows typically remain off the ground.

The dog's nose and eyes are oriented towards the person the dog is greeting. The rump is in the air.

In some cases, the greeting stretch is followed by a rear leg stretch where the dog may stretc
h and perhaps even drag the rear legs behind him.

The greeting stretch is performed while approaching and looking at the person at the receiving end.

If you are that "special person" consider yourself lucky as dogs dedicate greeting stretches only to people the dog likes and feels comfortable being with.

For this good reason, Brenda Aloff nicknames the greeting stretch the "I love you stretch."

Discover more about the greeting stretch in dogs: https://dogdiscoveries.com/glossary/dog-greeting-stretch

08/06/2022

Did You Know: Dogs Listen to Not Only What You Say, But How You Say It 🐶

A study found that when dogs are praised in a neutral tone, their reward centers don’t light up. So if you want to tell them they’re a “good boy” or a “good girl,” make sure to say it in an joyful way. 💕



Read today’s free article to learn more about the findings of the study: https://bit.ly/3MmFNiV

08/04/2022

EAT & FEED BLUEBERRIES!

In a study conducted on sled dogs, blueberry supplementation elicited significantly elevated antioxidant status in the dogs.

This suggests that dogs fed blueberries should be better protected against oxidative damage. -

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16520073

Aside from being classified as antiangiogenic aka anti-cancer, blueberries contain a compound called pterostilbene, a derivative of resveratrol.

These little blue powerhouses are good antioxidants because they contain phenolics that preferentially react with free radicals.

So, offering your furry companion blueberries can help protect them against cancer!

- Rodney Habib