As Halloween rolls around this year, the people at DSPCA (Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) have compiled a helpful list of dos and don'ts for keeping your pets safe this year. 

DON’T

…keep small pets outdoors during Halloween and the weeks running up to it as people start letting off fireworks earlier than Halloween night and ensure that they have a safe, quiet place inside where they aren’t frightened by all of the noise and excitement and where they cannot escape through the constantly open door. A quiet, inner room where they can’t hear much of the noise from fireworks and loud bangs can help. Putting a radio or television on in the room can also be effective. When children are coming to the door to trick and treat, cats can quickly slip out the front door, and dogs sometimes try to bite unsuspecting kids, thinking that they’re intruders.


… leave small animals in a room with lit candles or pumpkins. Make sure that lighted candles are kept where they cannot be knocked over by a wagging tail or by a curious cat. Not only could your pet start a fire, but they could severely burn themselves in the process.


… dress animals up in costumes as many pets find this uncomfortable and stressful.


… take pets trick-or-treating. Dogs can become very distressed and confused by all the noise and activity with strange smells, costumes and loud bangs from fireworks.


… let animals near bonfires, candles or other dangerous items.


… ignore animals in need. Report animal abuse and neglect immediately to An Gardai Siochana or contact the DSPCA at 01-499 4700

DO

… to keep small animals inside a bedroom or family room, away from all the commotion for everyone’s safety


… talk to your vet if your pet gets very scared from fireworks as there is a variety of treatments and medications that can help.  Don’t wait until the fireworks are going off to talk to your vet as some products need time to work, ie they take a week for the pet to feel the effects. 


… make sure that rabbits and other caged animals are safely secured in a garage or outbuilding, away from the sight and sound of fireworks. As an alternative, the cage can be covered with thick fabric to muffle the sound, making sure there is sufficient ventilation. Horses should be securely stabled or moved to a different location during fireworks displays in the area.


… keep pets away from Halloween decorations and tell children not to share any sweets and chocolate with their pets.  Chocolate is very bad for pets.

At www.boomerang.ie we have plenty of items instore and online to help animals feel calm during this season. Check them out below!

 TopSpec Calmer

Halloween and Keeping Animals Safe

For a more laid-back approach to life, Top Spec Calmer is designed to be fed to horses and ponies with anxious temperaments, particularly those that cannot cope with stressful situations such as showing, travelling and competing.

Not all horses are anxious for the same reason so Top Spec Calmer has been developed with much more than a ‘single ingredient’ approach. It contains a pure protected yeast, MOS, B vitamins, magnesium, tryptophan and sepiolite clay, which all act in different ways to help calm and relax responsive horses.

TopSpec Calmer is a palatable, caramel-flavoured, additive to be mixed into the feed daily. TopSpec Calmer can improve performance by improving focus and reducing the effects of stress. Some ingredients start to work within two hours but maximum effect will be seen within three weeks. Conforms to the BETA UFAS NOPS code for HRA/competition use.

Vetrocalm 

Halloween and Keeping Animals Safe

 

Vetrocalm Healthy is scientifically formulated to create a synergistic effect for general behavioral support in horses. Contains key sources of high quality bio-available magnesium together with important B vitamins and minerals. With natural peppermint known for its effect to settle the gut and enhance palatability.+

Vetrocalm Healthy offers supporting ingredients that help replenish levels of magnesium that may have been lost due to stress, fear or anxiousness. In horses that are highly strung, nervous or stressy on a daily basis, Vetrocalm Healthy can help support the body’s physical responses to day-to-day life challenges and encourage a calm attitude in training, handling and when performance matters.

  • Contains concentrated bioavailable magnesium at specific ratios shown to support calming and behaviour.
  • Easily digested, even during periods of stress.
  • Assists the equine when dealing with stressful situations such as competitions, travelling or training.
  • Helps manage behaviour issues such as anticipation, nervousness, spookiness, aggression and tension to improve performance.
  • Free from banned substances making it ideal for competition use.
  • Assists in supporting overall health and wellbeing.
  • Nothing compares with Vetrocalm, works like Vetrocalm or delivers results like Vetrocalm.

Feed Vetrocalm Healthy every day, to horses that can be highly-strung, tense and nervous. Vetrocalm Healthy provides the optimum levels of magnesium in a blend designed to promote calm behaviour and reduced stress levels in all horses. For particularly challenging situations, such as during travelling, competition or changes of environment offer Vetrocalm Intense INSTANT as a boost.

 Vetrocalm Instant

Halloween and Keeping Animals Safe

Vetrocalm Intense INSTANT provides horse owners with fast acting targeted nutrition to support a calm and relaxed outlook in horses prone to tension, nerves, excitement or anxiety. Vetrocalm Intense INSTANT is scientifically formulated using an enhancement of the oxygen technology first used in Equine Oxyhsot and is free from banned substances making it particularly useful when equines are faced with intense circumstances such as competition days, new situations and traveling.

VetSpec Calm & Focused Formula 

Halloween and Keeping Animals Safe

Vet Spec Calm & Focused Formula is the very effective Calm & Focused Supplement and VetSpec Healthy Dog Adult formula combined to make one unique Veterinary Specification, CEREAL-GRAIN-FREE Super Premium dog food. Vet Spec Calm & Focused formula is ideal for all dogs that get anxious and over-excitable, suffer from separation anxiety or fear loud noises like fireworks. It is also very helpful when training young dogs to improve focus and obedience. Its formulation includes Tryptophan, Prebiotics and Magnesium.

Now for a limited time get €3 off ever 2kg Bag and €6 off every 12kg bag at www.boomerang.ie. Instore and online!

 For more information about animal safety and welfare visit https://www.dspca.ie/

 

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