From a cat telling time to hydrating a rabbit – your pet queries answered

HE is on a mission to assist our pets  . . . and is right here to reply YOUR questions.

Sean, who’s the top vet at tailor-made pet meals agency tails.com, has helped with homeowners’ queries for ten years.

4

4

He says: “In case your pet is performing humorous or is beneath the climate, otherwise you wish to find out about vitamin or train, simply ask. I may also help maintain pets pleased and wholesome.”

Q) I HAVE seen individuals taking cats for walks on leads.

My moggy, Marmalade, would by no means tolerate it, however what are your ideas?

Is it a good suggestion?

Sarah Smith, Maidstone, Kent

A) This can be a little bit of a pet hate of mine. I’ve seen it go flawed on a couple of events. It’s harmful and most cats don’t take pleasure in it.

They want train and stimulation, but in addition have to really feel they’ll escape from hazard, perceived or in any other case.

If a canine comes alongside, for instance, a cat on a lead is prone to get tangled across the proprietor and, consider me, you’re going to get bitten and scraped as they panic.

Cats like roaming and exploring their speedy territory. Bringing them out on a result in unfamiliar environments provides quite a lot of over- stimulation and stress.

You might even see on social media cats who appear to take it of their stride, however they’re the exception.

Q) MY rabbit, Dan, at all times goes potty when the solar is out.

I ensure that he has shade and loads of water — however what causes it?

Ann Dougherty, Edinburgh

A) The fun of life? Maybe he’s a solar worshipper?

I’ve seen wild rabbits on sunny evenings come out of their burrows seemingly filled with excessive jinks, leaping round and enjoying with each other, so possibly they are surely simply in love with the solar.

Chances are you’ll be shocked to study rabbits should not native to the wet UK,

however to the Iberian Peninsula — principally the Spanish and Portuguese shoreline — so it might make sense.

It’s dry and heat there, with gentle, sandy, gravelly soils to burrow in.

Perhaps their frolics are because of their ancestry, reminding them of residence.

Q) OUR cat appears to know when my hubby’s coming residence.

5 minutes earlier than he walks by the door, Freckles sits like a canine ready for him.

Have they got an inner clock? How does she know?

Julie Grey, Plymstock, Devon

A) They do have an internal physique clock and are remarkably good at telling the time.

Similar to us, they may take cues from the setting, which could be pure (degree of daylight) or unnatural (when Corrie comes on the telly).

It might be that Freckles is aware of that a few hours after you’ve had your lunch, you go to the fridge and pull out some objects to arrange dinner every night.

About 45 minutes later, your neighbour will get residence from work. As soon as that occurs, it’s solely going to be a matter of time earlier than your husband arrives. Bingo!

Q) OUR Jack Russell Delcie, 9, has had scans and steroids for tummy issues.

She’s lately began waking to pee at 2am.

I’ve tried strolling her final thing at evening, and even feeding her earlier, nevertheless it persists. What extra can I do?

Julie Dowling, Crayford, Kent

A) Wow, there are quite a lot of unknowns right here, for me to work out what’s happening — or if any of this stuff are even linked.

Steroids can enhance the extent of thirst and ingesting. As what goes in should come out, that can result in elevated urination.

You don’t point out whether or not Delcie remains to be on steroids. If that’s the case, it is likely to be value speaking to your vet about these uncomfortable side effects being tough to handle, and whether or not it is likely to be value making an attempt to cut back them over time.

No matter you do, don’t scale back steroids or ever cease them abruptly with out your vet’s recommendation as this could trigger much more severe uncomfortable side effects.

The opposite resolution is giving her entry to the backyard by a flap.

Star of the week

AUTUMN the information canine is about to hold up her harness and retire after a fun-filled eight years of guiding her proprietor.

Laura Bradley, 43, from Glasgow, was born with an eye fixed situation referred to as retinitis pigmentosa, which worsened in 2006, leaving her nearly utterly blind.

4

She mentioned: “Autumn has completely deserved her retirement, after giving me my independence again and saving my life.

“She’s going to stay with me as a pet.

“Information Canine UK has given me my life again, and given me this stunning woman. It’s such a tremendous charity that basically adjustments individuals’s lives. I’m proof of that.”

Information Canine UK depends on volunteers to present its companies.

See guidedogs.org.uk/volunteer.

Transfer over Larry, there is a new prince

PET consultants are predicting Prince will grow to be one in every of Britain’s favorite cat names – after a brand new kitten entered Downing Avenue.

Sir Keir Starmer’s newest addition is a Siberian cat, which has been topped with the moniker – and consequently, the identify is predicted to enter the highest ten moggy names for 2025.

4

The present feline king of Downing Avenue is aged Larry who has been chief mouser to the Cupboard Workplace since 2011.

The 17-year-old mog was branded “just a little s**t” by Scottish Secretary Ian Murray final week who declared he was “probably the most depressing animal you’ll ever meet”.

There may be even, reportedly, an official plan in place to announce his dying when the time comes.

Prince is seen by many as Larry’s inheritor obvious.

The Starmer household additionally has a 3rd, rescue cat referred to as Jojo.

A Pets At Dwelling spokesperson mentioned: “It’s no secret that cats are the royalty of our households, with names akin to Simba (the prince of the jungle) and Loki (the trickster god), retaining their standing within the prime ten hottest cat names this 12 months.

“It stays to be seen if we see an upward development in regal names going into 2025.”