Get Frost Winter! 4 Steps to Caring For Pets During the Icy Season
If you’re lucky enough not to know from personal experience, the colder months bring along dry and flaky skin as their plus one. While there are countless blogs, products and old wives’ tales to combat winter skin issues in humas – our furry friends often get forgotten about. Besides, they have a warm, thick coat to protect them, right? Wrong! The skin irritations are still there, hidden under their luscious coats.
Help out your fur-vourite fur-child with these top tips for maintaining their skin health during the cold winter months!
1. It's time for a skin analysis.
Take a look! Part the fur in sections and closely examine the skin. This doesn’t have to take long, just a quick scan around. After all, you won’t be able to hold them down for long! If the skin is flaky, red or tender to touch, your furry friend needs your help! The Dr Zoo Scratch Cream for itch relief is a paw-some all rounder. Simply apply a liberal amount to the affected area and re apply as required.2. You are what you eat.
During the winter months, the morning smoothies slow down and hearty big breakies become the talk of the town. It’s important that pets have hearty meals with enough nutrition and fiber to keep them fuller for longer, just like humans. Pets burn a lot more energy regulating their body temperature to keep themselves warm in winter. Whether you switch up their diet or beef up their serving size is up to you, you’re doing amazing sweetie! If you want to be the dog Mum/Dad/Grandparent of the year, add in some Omega 3,6 and 9 to really help rebuild the skin surface. You’ll really start to see a difference in not only their skin but their fur too.
3. When it comes to keeping those parasites at bay, consistency is key
Thought fleas only prey on the pooch over summer? Think again. Skipping your preventative parasite control over winter is a big no no. If you drop off parasite your preventative, they’ll continue to make a home in your pets fur and your poor pooch will be in the thick of it come summer. Keep up the good work and reap the rewards!
Did you know - Some pets are allergic to the saliva from flea bites? Reactions can even last weeks, causing pets to scratch that itch, causing more irritation to the skin.
4. Here's a handy hack to help skip bath time.
No one likes a cold bath, especially in winter. And that includes your pets too! If it's a little too frosty out there and you're feeling a little too cruel to make your pet wash outside, you need a Dry Shampoo. A secret hack to help push out fur-wash day.
In between washes, a natural Dry Shampoo for pets will be a treat sent from heaven. Give ours a go, it's talc-free and instead made with Tapioca Starch, Corn Starch and Rice Bran Powder - all things you can find in the kitchen cupboard!
Simply shake the bottle over your cat or dog, and let the Dry Shampoo soak up all those excess odours and oils. After 10-15 minutes, simply brush out any remaining powder with the Dr Zoo Bamboo Grooming Brush.