Winter is finally here! In recent days, outdoor temperatures have dropped sharply, and the minimum temperature in many cities has dropped to freezing point. For cats who love sunshine and yearn for warmth, winter may be their most annoying season. A...
Winter is finally here! In recent days, outdoor temperatures have dropped sharply, and the minimum temperature in many cities has dropped to freezing point.
For cats who love sunshine and yearn for warmth, winter may be their most annoying season.
As a poop scraper, you should also pay more attention to your cats in the face of the increasingly cold winter. Then take out your little notebook and record together the three things that pet owners must pay attention to in winter!
The first thing is to keep warm and prevent cats from catching colds
People are also very susceptible to colds in winter, and so are cats. When the indoor temperature is low, bacteria and viruses in the air will become particularly active. Cats will also have reduced immunity due to the cold, making them very susceptible to viral infections and then catching colds.
The symptoms of cat colds are similar to those of humans. Once a cat develops symptoms such as listlessness, sneezing, runny nose, cough, etc., the owner needs to take the cat to the doctor in time.
For healthy cats, cat owners should pay more attention to keeping the cat warm, try to reduce the cat’s going out in winter, and control the indoor temperature between 24 and 26 degrees. Food supplements can also be used to enhance the cat’s immunity.
The second thing is to control the cat's weight and prevent the cat from getting fat.
Winter is the season for gaining weight. Cats will also accumulate fat in their bodies in winter to resist the cold outside. Cats' fur will also be thicker in winter than in summer. Therefore, cats in winter are fatter in appearance than in other periods.
Cats don’t like to go out in winter. Some cats start to sleep after eating food and have almost no exercise throughout the day. Once the calories consumed exceed the calories burned, the cat will start to gain weight.
Many owners don’t take it seriously when cats get fat, and they think fat cats look cute.
However, obesity is the culprit of many diseases! Such as diabetes, arthritis, heart disease! These diseases are very dangerous for cats and can be fatal.
It is very difficult to get a fat cat to exercise, but the owner must also ensure that it gets enough exercise every day and play with the cat for an hour every day to make it move.
In addition, feed the cat regularly and quantitatively every day, and eat more food rich in dietary fiber, so that the cat can lose weight healthily.
The third thing is to use a two-pronged approach to prevent cats from running around.
Cats running around are a headache for many poop scrapers. Sometimes if you are not careful, cats will escape through open doors or even cracks in windows.
The cold winter makes this problem even more serious. Once the cat accidentally runs out and cannot find its way home, the low temperature outside will make accidents more likely to occur.
The reason most cats go out is because they want to find the opposite sex, and a spay/neuter surgery can solve this problem.
But what should I do if my cat still likes to run around? At this time, you need to start from the outside world and the cat itself, and take a two-pronged approach to solve the problem.
Nip the opportunity for your cat to go out in the bud. Sealing windows is the responsibility of every pet owner. The door can be equipped with an "automatic door closer", so that even if you forget to close the door, the door will close automatically, greatly reducing the probability of cats escaping.
The cat may want to go out out of curiosity about the outside world, in order to prevent it from having extra energy to pay attention to the outside world. Owners can purchase some cat toys and cat climbing frames for their cats, so that when the cats are bored, they will have ways to entertain themselves and will naturally stop focusing on the outside.
The above three things that cat owners must pay attention to in winter may seem like a lot of content, but in fact they are not complicated at all. As long as the cat owner pays a little attention, cats can survive this cold winter safely.
