JaxnJaime Professional Pet Care

26/07/2025

Different province but the standards remain the same.

Know the questions every pet guardian should ask businesses like daycare, boarding, walking, or grooming.

26/07/2025

Supervise your animals when outdoors.
There's nothing 'cute' about a 'cute'rebra. Our animal companions, dogs, domestic rabbits and notably cats, are accidental hosts of these larvae, coming into contact with botfly eggs while outdoors hunting for food, exploring near rodent burrows and grooming while being outdoors. The eggs attach to their fur, hatch in response to their body heat, and enter their bodies through their mouths or nose while grooming or through an open wound. From there they migrate under the skin, create a small wound through the skin and incubate, typically in the head and neck area. This may be mistaken for a puncture wound or abscess because there is often a visible hole in the skin that allows them to breathe. These require Veterinary removal, a thorough cleaning and antibiotics.
If your furry companions have swelling beneath the skin, upper respiratory symptoms, open wound, lethargy, fever etc. this may be the cause. There is always the life-threatening risk that botfly larvae can migrate into the brain causing head tilt, seizures, circling, etc. Sadly many stray cats and kittens born outdoors, along with barn cats and those allowed to roam are infected and suffer with these larvae.

24/07/2025

Here we are again☀️🌡️
We will continue to post and share this throughout the summer as well as other heat-related safety posts. Stay cool friends! 😎💦

Temperatures are soaring into the 30s, humidex feeling like between 35 and 40° 😎🌡️
Prevention is always the safest way to protect our pets from heatstroke, heat exhaustion, paw pad burns and dehydration.

Know the signs 🏥☠️
*Excessive panting
*Increased heart rate
*Confusion or disorientation
*Vomiting or diarrhea
*Bright red gums
*Paw lifting
*Body temperature higher than 104° F
*Collapse, seizure, or coma
**Keep them cool and hydrated 🌬️⛲
**Limit their time outside in extreme heat ☀️ 🌡️
**Use FDA Approved Pet Safe Sunscreen (baby safe is not PetSafe) for white coats, short fur, thin fur, and vulnerable areas👃👂
**Your cats are safest indoors🏡
**No dog has ever died from missing a daily walk but dogs have died from walks and exercise in extreme heat🐕
**Hot pavement, hot sand, hot artificial grass and even regular grass in direct sun are at temperatures that will cause burns to paw pads 🐾
**Do not leave them in any vehicle alone for any length of time even with the A/C on 🚗 A/C does not keep the car cool unless it is moving.
** Provide fresh cool water and frozen treats. Spend as much time as possible in air conditioning. Keep exercise and activities low-key. Moisture-Rich foods are very important at this time of year. Please limit the amount of kibble you are feeding, adding or switching completely to wet food diets. Dehydration risks are higher than normal during these weather extremes.

21/07/2025

Yes we do know this and in our line of work, we've sadly seen the outcomes. This is why we advocate for cats to be kept indoors; we promote indoor enrichment; love our Catio and hope that others will build Catios for their cats as well and why we have made it part of our business plan that we require that cats be kept indoors for the entirety of our services. It all comes down to Best Care Practices and Safety. The reasons we have put this in place is that if the cat(s) feel nervous at all with there being someone other than "people" there to let them in, they may not come in to eat, sleep and get out of weather elements. Additionally, they may not be there to come in during our scheduled visits which leaves them outside between visits with no way to get in. We also need to be able to monitor their health at each visit. We want to make sure the animals in our care are safe, happy and well cared for while families are away from home - we can't do that if the cats are outside roaming and we have no idea where or what condition they are in.

18/07/2025

Be aware of this new development of acute tick borne disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, in our area affecting not only our dogs, cats, rabbits and small animals, but us as well

17/07/2025

Please secure your precious cargo 🐾

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15/07/2025

Frozen Greek yogurt & organic blueberries 💙
Hot day = Cool treats
There's a few missing, dogs and cats are eating them, definitely tried one myself, honestly so good!

15/07/2025

On National Pet Fire Safety Day, we encourage all pet owners to review their fire preparation plans. In addition to these four tips, the AVMA has compiled these resources to help protect your pets in case of a fire or natural disasters: https://bit.ly/4kXJqOG

14/07/2025

Does your cat require daily medication? It's not easy, we've done the leg work! Cooked and cut up chicken hearts; Greenies Pill Pockets; Catit Creamy Lickable treats; cooked white chicken breast pieces; cheese; cream cheese; wet cat food; we've tried them. While each has worked we find rotating them works best. We are also going to add some of these options linked here to our rotation. The more stress free the better ☮️
We're open to healthy ideas that work so we don't have to resort to a pill popper, happy to hear what's worked for you.

Looking for the best cat food to hide pills in? After extensive research and testing, we've chosen these products as the best you can buy.

12/07/2025

Temperatures are soaring into the 30s, humidex feeling like between 35 and 40° 😎🌡️
Prevention is always the safest way to protect our pets from heatstroke, heat exhaustion, paw pad burns and dehydration.

Know the signs 🏥☠️
*Excessive panting
*Increased heart rate
*Confusion or disorientation
*Vomiting or diarrhea
*Bright red gums
*Paw lifting
*Body temperature higher than 104° F
*Collapse, seizure, or coma
**Keep them cool and hydrated 🌬️⛲
**Limit their time outside in extreme heat ☀️ 🌡️
**Use FDA Approved Pet Safe Sunscreen (baby safe is not PetSafe) for white coats, short fur, thin fur, and vulnerable areas👃👂
**Your cats are safest indoors🏡
**No dog has ever died from missing a daily walk but dogs have died from walks and exercise in extreme heat🐕
**Hot pavement, hot sand, hot artificial grass and even regular grass in direct sun are at temperatures that will cause burns to paw pads 🐾
**Do not leave them in any vehicle alone for any length of time even with the A/C on 🚗 A/C does not keep the car cool unless it is moving.
** Provide fresh cool water and frozen treats. Spend as much time as possible in air conditioning. Keep exercise and activities low-key. Moisture-Rich foods are very important at this time of year. Please limit the amount of kibble you are feeding, adding or switching completely to wet food diets. Dehydration risks are higher than normal during these weather extremes.