It's great to get home in winter and feel the warmth of home, especially if the heat is on! Our pets also need to be taken care of from the cold, but sometimes the heating affects pets, especially if it is excessively high.
How heating affects pets
As we well know, there are dogs that are more vulnerable to the cold than others. In those cases, having a pleasant temperature at home when it's very cold on the street will make them feel better.
The problem comes when we have spent regulating the interior temperature and in our living room we seem to be in full heat!
When we return from walking our pet, a strong contrast between the temperature of the street and that of the house can cause in your hairy colds, pharyngitis or other breathing problems, coming to suffer, in the most severe cases, bronchitis or pneumonia.
When we say that heating affects pets we also mean cats.
You're probably wondering how it affects felines, especially because they love to get on top of the radiators and enjoy a warmth that we would possibly not stand.
In your case, your fur may be affected, specifically by altering the mounting of the hair. We know that one of the times cats move their hair is when the heat starts, in the spring. Well, although the hours of sunlight let them know that we are in winter, that artificial heat "deceives" their body, believing it is time for mounting.
In addition, a problem arising from this are the hairballs that end up swallowing our gates and that we must control to avoid stomach problems.
Birds are other pets that are affected by heating if it is too high. The environment can become very dry and the lack of moisture is bad for the health of birds, as they can be dehydrated easily.
How to prevent heating from affecting pets
It is very easy to prevent heating from affecting the health of pets. It is as simple as regulating the degrees well so that there is a pleasant temperature in the home without being excessive. This will not only help animals, but also protect us from some typical winter diseases, such as colds.
In addition, in those small dog, without hair or with little hair or old, it is best to put a coat on them when we go to remove them, so that the contrast is even less.
In the case of birds, just put a cup of hot water near your cage or put your cage in the bathroom while we shower so that they receive steam from the shower. This will help them not to dehydrate, in addition, to check that they always have clean water from time in their drinking water at their disposal.
Remember that there are pets that suffer the most in winter, and that this is just one of the cares you should offer to your dog, your cat or your bird when the cold arrives.