{"id":2105,"date":"2022-12-23T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=2105"},"modified":"2023-01-02T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T21:05:42","slug":"care-and-common-sense-for-pets-and-livestock-during-the-cold-snap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/agriculture\/care-and-common-sense-for-pets-and-livestock-during-the-cold-snap\/","title":{"rendered":"Care and Common Sense for Pets and Livestock During the Cold Snap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s officially winter, and the cold is coming on strong in many parts of the country. This year, meteorologists are predicting the coldest Christmas in decades \u2013 a chill deep enough to threaten pets, livestock, and wildlife<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For livestock, this means making sure their housing is dry and insulated, that they have plenty of food and water \u2013  and that their water isn\u2019t frozen. With animals that require heat lamps or heaters, care must be taken to make sure to avoid fire hazards, too \u2013 make sure the cure isn\u2019t worse than the disease!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to our pets, care is simultaneously simpler and more complicated \u2013 use our eyes, knowledge of our companions, and a healthy dose of common sense. Don\u2019t deny a young and healthy Alaskan Malamute a chance to rollick in the snow for a bit. That\u2019s literally what they are made for! On the other hand, an older, short-haired pet might only be comfortable going outside for a minute or two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take a wild guess which one of these dogs is more comfortable running through snow.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Also, make sure to keep their feet clean and dry (this is especially important if you live where deicers are used). Our pets all have different needs and preferences; being aware of them and employing common sense will go a long way toward keeping them comfortable and safe during this cold snap!<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Resources<\/strong>
\u2605     Resources to protect animals during upcoming cold weather<\/a>
\u2605     Southern US cold snap could have iguanas falling from trees in Florida<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s officially winter, and the cold is coming on strong in many parts of the country. This year, meteorologists are predicting the coldest Christmas in decades \u2013 a chill deep enough to threaten pets, livestock, and wildlife. For livestock, this means making sure their housing is dry and insulated, that they have plenty of food […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2107,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2105\/revisions\/2107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}