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Summer tips

Tips for summer

Overheating
Blauwalg
Cooling
Botulism
Dog in car
Grasaar
Litter
Schaap op rug

Overheating

Dogs

Dogs do not sweat like humans and have fur that acts as an insulator. When warm, they pant and lose heat through the tongue and soles of their feet. Normal body temperature is between 38 and 39 degrees. When overheating, it goes over 40 degrees. At a body temperature of 42°C, blood becomes viscous and can no longer be pumped around properly. Organs are damaged and the dog may die.

What to do in case of overheating:

Cool the pads, groin and neck with a wet cloth. Dampen the cloth again and again, as a wet cloth left on the dog quickly takes on the animal's temperature and thus prevents cooling. Give small bits of water to drink. Never pour ice-cold water over your overheated animal, this can cause cardiac arrest.

Possible symptoms:

  • Pant
  • Red mucous membranes
  • Drooling, drowsiness and possible vomiting

Cycling: above 15 degrees, no dog next to the bike.
Walking: Take your walks in the morning and evening. Avoid long afternoon walks. Asphalt temperatures can rise above 60 degrees at 30 degrees.

Rabbits
 
Rabbits can overheat and even die. Some symptoms:

  • A temp. of 40 degrees or higher;
  • The ears are warmer than usual;
  • Breathing with mouth open.

Cooling

For wildlife such as hedgehogs and birds, low water bowls in your garden, on the balcony or on the pavement are nice.

Your rabbit or guinea pig may benefit from a plastic bottle from the freezer with a cloth wrapped around it.
Think heat:

  • Water;
  • Shadow;
  • Closed curtains;
  • Mist spray/ shower/bath;
  • Cooling elements;
  • Air conditioning;
  • Nutrition with moisture.

Dog in car

Don't. As an owner, you may first go to the police station for a police report and then to us to pay the fare and pick up your dog. Chances are your dog has died. 

Leaving the window open makes no sense. In short: no dogs alone in cars and while driving: aircon on.
Note:
 
  • From 15 degrees outside, it is already dangerous;
  • At 20 degrees, it becomes 40 degrees in the car.

Litter

Fish wires, plastic and other rubbish; we cannot stress often enough how much this bothers the animals.
We regularly pick up animals with fishhooks through their beaks, a piece of plastic around their necks or dangling from a piece of wire in a tree. For the animals that hung upside down on a piece of wire for days and those that could not eat for days because of a piece of plastic around the beak, it was often a suffering death.
Tips

  • Don't leave litter lying around;
  • Clean up your BBQ. Dogs can bite into a skewer or hot cabbage;
  • Don't leave your fishing gear in the wild.

Blauwalg

Blauwalgen zijn bacteriën die erg giftig kunnen zijn voor honden en de lever en het zenuwstelsel beschadigen. Blauwalg is voornamelijk te vinden in stilstaand water boven de 20 graden.

Het ziet eruit als een groene, roodbruine of bruingroene laag bovenop het water. Een hond kan het water opdrinken of tijdens het zwemmen binnenkrijgen. Ook onder andere vissen, katten en paarden kunnen hier ziek van worden. 

Mogelijke symptomen o.a.:

  • Sluggishness;
  • Braken en diarree;
  • Trillen;
  • Blauwe slijmvliezen en geelzucht.
What can you do: 

Vermoed je dat jouw dier blauwalg heeft binnengekregen? Bel je dierenarts.
We can provide transport.

Botulism

Botulism is a disease caused by the toxin (poisonous substance) of the botulism bacterium Clostridium Botulinum. The bacterium grows particularly in low and stagnant water with little or no oxygen. Waterfowl (and fish) are very susceptible to botulism. The disease causes paralysis, with all its consequences. The poison causes signals from nerves to not get through to muscles, or to get through with difficulty. As a result, muscle paralysis occurs. The bird dies by drowning in the water, again causing water pollution. Or the sick bird is already attacked alive by birds of prey because it can no longer defend itself and/or flee.

Possible symptoms, including:

  • Paralysis symptoms; 
  • No longer able to fly or walk;
  • Often make no sound anymore. 

What can you do?

Calling us. By collecting sick birds, we not only increase the chances of survival, but also ensure that the water does not become (further) polluted, thus minimising further contamination. As soon as we find a botulism patient, we flush it on the spot and repeat this every half hour until arrival at the bird shelter. If we are on time, the bird's chance of survival is high.

Grasaar

De grasaar is een harde pluim aan het uiteinde van een lange grasspriet die gevaarlijk kan zijn voor honden (en katten). Door weerhaakjes ‘kruipen’ de aren steeds dieper het lijf in. Ze komen er niet vanzelf uit en dit kan voor pijn, ontstekingen of erger zorgen. We komen ze onder andere in de neus, oren of tussen de tenen tegen.

Vermijd zoveel mogelijk velden met grasaren, controleer na een wandeling op grasaren en maai op tijd jouw eigen tuin. Als je er heel snel bij bent kun je de grasaar soms zelf nog verwijderen. In andere gevallen zul je zo snel mogelijk naar een dierenarts moeten gaan.

Mogelijke symptomen o.a.:

  • Schudden met hoofd en/ of oren;
  • Niezen;
  • Mank lopen;
  • Zwelling en/ of wond;
  • Kokhalzen.

What can you do: 

Vermoed je dat jouw dier een grasaar heeft binnengekregen? Bel je dierenarts.
We can provide transport.

Schaap op rug

Het is gevaarlijk als een schaap op haar rug ligt. Door opstapeling van gas verdrukken de longen en kan ze stikken. Je kunt een omgevallen schaap niet zomaar omrollen, hierdoor kan een maagkanteling optreden met een mogelijke dood tot gevolg. Laat het schaap daarom eerst 30 seconden tegen jou aanleunen, zo gaat zuurstof naar de spieren en krijgen organen ruimte. Kantel een schaap nooit via haar zij. Blijf er even bij tot ze stopt met 'dronken' lopen. Ze moet binnen 10 minuten gaan grazen. Een schaap wat direct plast na het keren, heeft er lang gelegen. 

What can you do: 

  • Je mag ons altijd bellen voor hulp;
  • Ga op je knieën zitten en leg de kop van het schaap op je schoot;
  • Pak de voorpoten vast en trek het schaap langzaam langs je lichaam omhoog tot ze op haar kont in ‘zithouding’ tegen jou aanzit (haar rug tegen jouw buik);
  • Hou haar in deze positie 30 seconden stevig vast;
  • Geef dan een zacht zetje naar voren.

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