This goes beyond surface petting to feeling
the skin under the fur.
Not exact matches
Background If you were an animal with a thick layer of fat
under your
skin and a heavy coat of
fur, such as a polar bear, would you live in a tropical forest?
Under the
fur and the
skins was razor - sharp tailoring, or totally transparent lace, deliberately racy.
They are harder to treat on cats thanks to the protective forest of
fur, but they are still very aggravating when they get
under your
skin.
In a
skin test, we will shave an area of
fur on your pet and inject small amounts of the various allergens
under your animal's
skin to test for reactions.
The literal, physiological transformation — which occurs
under both
skin and
fur during human - canine interactions (with virtually all dogs, not only therapy dogs)-- includes lowered blood pressure, slowed heart rate, decreased feelings of isolation, anxiety, depression and loneliness, and increased output of the «bliss chemicals», Oxycontin, dopamine, and serotonin.
If the
fur knots around the belly and
under the arms and legs, it can pull at their tender
skin.
Ticks are parasites that may come into contact with your pet's
fur and bury their mouth parts
under its
skin.
Under your puppy's
fur is a little environment or microworld of friendly bacteria that help to maintain your puppy's
skin at exactly the right level of acidity.
To Touch he is quite cold so we've put a hot waterbottle
under the cage, also her poop has been getting stuck around her bum
skin /
fur.
A major reason why Joey can be comfortable and warm in my cold room overnight is that dogs have muscles
under their
skin that allow them to raise their
fur.
A lipoma is a mass
under the
skin, which you may notice because the lipoma causes the
fur to stick up funny, or you run into the lump when you are petting your dog.
Because they're covered in
fur, feathers or scales, we have a tendency to forget that there is
skin (just like ours)
under there.
Of course you won't be able to see their
skin tone
under all that
fur but you will be able to observe their eyes.
The polar bear is perfectly suited to its frigid, icy habitat: They have two layers of
fur — glossy, waterproof «guard» hairs and dense
under -
fur — and a thick layer of fat — 2 to 4 inches (5 to 10 centimeters)-- beneath their
skin that helps keep them warm.
Re the tiger, I was somewhat surprised to learn that
under the
fur the
skin of the tiger is also striped.