Sentences with phrase «ingested as they groom»

It does the same thing when cats ingest it as they groom themselves after using the litter box.

If your ferret is losing his hair, he could be ingesting it as he grooms himself.

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Fiber ensures optimal motility (movement) of the rabbit's digestive tract, which helps prevent problems such as cecal impaction (entrapment of digestive tract contents in the cecum) and hairballs (obstruction of the digestive tract by hair ingested while grooming).

A cat that walks through a garden of lilies, then ingests the pollen as it grooms its fur, can develop severe kidney problems.

It is even more important for animals as they groom and ingest what is on their fur.

All cats groom themselves meticulously and, as they lick themselves, they ingest small amounts of fur.

«The reason we see it in cats in particular especially kittens is that they're small so they're compromised, they don't groom themselves as well so they're not going to get rid of it, they might ingest it,» said Dr. Elizabeth Farrington, a veterinarian with the Nebraska Humane Society.

Hairballs, as their name implies, are disgusting globs of hair that cats hork up after ingesting the hair while they groom themselves.

As your kitty performs its daily grooming ritual, strands of fur are ingested and stay inside the tummy.

As bunnies will ingest their fur while they groom themselves, this can cause problems and can clog up their insides causing a condition known as gastro intestinal stasiAs bunnies will ingest their fur while they groom themselves, this can cause problems and can clog up their insides causing a condition known as gastro intestinal stasias gastro intestinal stasis.

Most of these parasites are spread by fecal - oral contamination - stepping on another animal's stool, then grooming the paws and ingesting it, such as sharing a litterbox, or by eating grass that some animal has defecated on up to 2 years earlier, because that is how long some eggs can exist in the environment.

Cats that ingest as few as one or two leaves, or even a small amount of pollen while grooming their fur, can suffer severe kidney failure.»

That's important because your cat could end up ingesting some of the product as he grooms himself.

Since cats are meticulous groomers, they can easily ingest these harmful substances as they lick their fur.

During grooming sessions, cats often ingest fleas that could be serving as the tapeworm's host.

Cats become intoxicated if they ingest (consume) an excessive dose of permethrin, but they do not have adverse reactions to living with a treated dog, even if they like to groom the dog, as long as the product is allowed to dry on the dog.

A source of grass is essential for the house cat to act as a natural way to clear hair from the gut that has been ingested during grooming; some cats may vomit after eating grass but this is perfectly normal.

For example garlic is toxic to dogs, as is tea tree oil when ingested as your pet grooms.

As felines are fastidious groomers, their rough tongues act as natural brushes while they lick themselves clean, allowing hairballs to form as ingested fur accumulates in the GI tracAs felines are fastidious groomers, their rough tongues act as natural brushes while they lick themselves clean, allowing hairballs to form as ingested fur accumulates in the GI tracas natural brushes while they lick themselves clean, allowing hairballs to form as ingested fur accumulates in the GI tracas ingested fur accumulates in the GI tract.

Danger: Rabbits groom as cats do, thereby ingesting hair, especially when they are molting.

If it identifies the target as a cat, the trap will spray it with a toxic gel that the cat will ingest when grooming.

If your has groomed contaminants from its fur it may have burnt its mouth or throat - it needs urgent medical treatment as it may also have ingested poison.