Really Hot!
Filed under: General
Hot again today, but to be honest with a few fans I can put up with the heat. However, my pets are really not fond of it. I can completely understand that, because it would really suck to have to wear a fur coat every day, even in really hot weather. People tend to forget about the coat their pets are wearing all the time. You see on the news a lot, about pets dying because they were left in hot cars or hot houses. I guess you can’t really be too surprised about it, though. Some people are just stupid, and when you hear regularly about children dying after being left in a hot car it makes it so much easier to understand how people can forget about their pets.
On really hot days and during the really hot summer times, what do you do with your pet. I can think of a couple of things, depending on what kind of pet you have. The first thing I can think of is something you should do for yourself as well. Air conditioning. That will make a huge difference in their comfort and in yours. It doesn’t help much if you don’t have it, though. Guess what. Yep, I don’t have it. Normally I wake up early and open the windows to air the place out and let some of the cooler morning air in to replace the stale air from the evening. I usually open things up in the evening as well when the temperature drops. Then close the windows before I go to sleep, although sometimes I leave them open during the night, just depends how hot it is inside. Besides trying to keep the place cool you can also use frozen water bottles for your pets. Maybe wrap it in a towel and set it someplace where they can lay beside it, of course that only works if you have small pets. Strategically placed fans are another good thing to do. I like to put cold water in front or behind the fans, that helps cool things down inside a bit. Speaking of which, think I will go do that before I melt away.
Tags: hot, Pet, summer and pets