IMSS provides recommendations to care for pets during national holidays

National holidays begin to dress fireworks activity that is dangerous to humans, but it also means a risk for pets; why the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) provides a series of recommendations for care for the animals. 

The borough coordinator of Nutrition and Dietetics IMSS Rosa Iselda Yáñez Neru said that with infants, pets also have significant risks, especially when they are left on roofs or other external sites housing where they can easily fall remains of fires artificial or heard more directly. 


In Technical Guide Health Promotion IMSS said, a section on the responsibility to be taken for the pet, in many cases, are pets, especially in the extremes of life is spent, ie in children and older adults. 


"The bursting of rockets you hurt the ears and scares pets and therefore react by trying to escape or shelter in a safe place, they do not understand what is happening and this makes them vulnerable to falls, to be run over or lost "he stressed the interviewee. 

He said that sometimes dogs get stressed both rockets may have vomiting or diarrhea, hence it is advisable to take them to an enclosed area where the noise does not affect them "with a bait or toy to entertain as well as not leave them alone, talking quietly and pet to feel protected and make sure the doors are closed tightly as not to keep the windows and on the roofs. "

It is advisable to place them pets a nameplate engraved with your name and phone number of the owner. He said another risk to animals in these circumstances, respiratory status is "due to the amount of powder that is in the air these days, many pets tend to get sick of the airways." 

If your pet suffers a burn, it is advisable to cool the wound, placing a wet cloth, but be careful at the time because "the animal is in pain and suffering, and therefore can attack or bite whoever is attending even its owner, so it is worth putting on a muzzle. "

0 comments:

Post a Comment