Os Fireworks common on New Year’s Eve can cause stress and anxiety in animals, especially in dogs and cats. Due to the noise of fireworks, many animals suffer on New Year’s Eve and cause great concern to their owners. In view of this, owners can take some actions to alleviate animal suffering.
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The discomfort occurs because pets’ hearing is more sensitive than that of humans. While humans perceive sounds between 20 and 20 thousand hertz, dogs can hear between 40 and 60 thousand hertz. Cats, on the other hand, hear everything that happens between 48 and 85 thousand hertz. However, although they are more sensitive than dogs, cats show fewer signs of discomfort.
However, the use of hearing protectors in animals is not recommended by veterinarians. Instead, one technique is to insert small pieces of cotton into the animal’s outer ear, reducing the perception of sound. However, you need to be careful when wearing it and don’t forget to take it off later, because it can cause problems for animals.
How to reduce animal suffering due to fireworks?
The ideal way to ensure animal comfort during fireworks is to keep the environment as safe as possible. To do this, it is recommended to remove objects against which the animal could bump and fall, remove low tables and furniture on which the animal could injure itself, as well as leave the animal in an environment to which it is already accustomed.
Another point is to leave the animal in padded environments during fireworks, such as your own homes or in transport boxes. In this way the animal can feel safer because it has no external stimuli coming from the sides or behind. Closing windows can also be a solution, as it reduces the intensity of outside noise.
Therefore, leaving the animal in a place that is already familiar to it, reducing the sounds coming from outside and staying close to it are attitudes that reduce the animal’s anxiety and stress.
2023-12-30 00:28:00
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