Sentences with phrase «ingested while grooming»

Some of these products may be toxic to your pet if they are ingested while grooming or cleaning of the wound.

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).

Fecal flotation may be used to identify mites or eggs that cats have ingested while grooming.

In rabbits, a lack of fiber in the diet can also result in the formation of hairballs from the fur they ingest while grooming, which can cause blockages.

Lice are external parasites, but cats and dogs can inadvertently ingest them while grooming or biting at itching skin.

What you can do, however, is brush your cat regularly to remove dead and loose hairs from his coat to minimize the amount of hair he ingests while grooming himself.

The parasite is spread through a fecal to oral transmission route, so cats who share litter boxes can pick up the organisms on their feet and ingest them while grooming.

You can decrease the amount of fur that your cat ingests while grooming himself or herself by brushing your cat regularly.

So brushing your cat will reduce the amount of fur your cat ingests while grooming, which can minimize hairballs.

If a flea is infected with the tapeworm parasite, and your cat ingests it while grooming, your cat has just been infected with tapeworms.

Rabbits, in particular, need fiber to help sweep the fur they ingest while grooming through their system.

In rabbits, a low - fiber diet can also contribute to the formation of hairballs from the fur they ingest while grooming, which can cause blockages.

Not exact matches

However, while grooming themselves, they can ingest large quantities of fur, resulting in hairballs in their stomach.

Cats often ingest fleas while grooming, which can cause a tapeworm infection.

Cats ingest such contaminants while grooming.

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

Humans don't tend to lick themselves when grooming, while dogs do, so we must be aware that some things can be toxic when ingested.

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 stasis.

Fleas can also contain the eggs of the harmful tapeworm parasite, which can spread when a cat ingests a flea while grooming.

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.»

All cats will ingest a small amount of any type of litter while grooming (possibly excepting pearls).

All cats will ingest a small amount of any type of litter while grooming (except pearls).

It's not like a shampoo bath that you rinse off your cat - it's a concentrated, potent chemical product that you apply on your cat and leave on, which increases the likelihood of your cat licking and ingesting the pesticides while grooming herself.

A cat might walk across spilled detergent, liquid or powder, that was not cleaned up immediately and then ingest it later while grooming.

This helps remove the dead hair from his coat so he doesn't ingest it while self - grooming.

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 tract.

And topical products should be non-toxic, in case some of the product is ingested while the cat self - grooms.