22/10/2023
🐱Fireworks and Fearful Felines!🐱
🎆Fireworks can be great fun for people. But for cats both the noise and the flashes can be terrifying.
🎆 Sadly when fireworks are set off unexpectedly cats can also bolt into roads causing both human and animal hazards from road traffic accidents!
➡️We need to be prepared for firework season but we also need to ensure we are not randomly setting off fireworks.
➡️If you intend to have a display please tell your neighbours in plenty of advance so they can ensure their cats are safe inside.
⬇️Here is some advice on keeping you feline friend as content as possible during firework season.
✅ Ensure your cat is safely inside before dark. If this isn't their usual routine it may be difficult. You may need to help persuade them with food or treats and then spend plenty of time playing with them to keep them entertained.
✅ Ensure windows and doors are closed and that you ensure you check for your cat before opening a outside door so they don't bolt if there is an unexpected firework
✅ Ensure their microchip details are up to date
✅Provide a safe place for your cat. All cats a different, some prefer an igloo or cat tree, others will like to be somewhere up high or even under the bed. Keep it calm, comfortable and quiet
✅Your cat may benefit from calming aids such as Feliway spray, a synthetic pheromone to relax them ( see the picture of hansom Bruce and his Feliway)
Although great fun for us humans, fireworks and Halloween celebrations can be both stressful and dangerous for our cats.
