How to keep pets safe in Florida’s scorching heat
Tampa Bay Times advises on how to keep pets safe in Florida’s scorching heat wave. “As a general guideline, if the outside temperature is too hot for you to comfortably place your hand on the asphalt for several seconds, it is likely too hot for your pet’s paws as well,” said Dr. Alejandro Caos, a veterinarian with The Vets, a national mobile veterinary service that provides service in the Miami and Tampa areas. The American Animal Hospital Association says heat-related illnesses, which can be fatal, occur in dogs and cats when their body temperature rises above the normal range of 100 to 102.2 degrees. “Dogs and cats have few sweat glands and cannot cool off by sweating like humans, so they overheat more easily,” the hospital association says.
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