Overview
- Dogs and cats perceive blasts as far louder due to wider hearing ranges, triggering panic, tachycardia, vomiting, disorientation, and escape attempts.
- Owners are urged to build a quiet indoor refuge stocked with familiar bedding, water, ventilation, and background sound, with doors and windows secured.
- Preparation should start now with steady routines, a long walk or play before festivities, gradual noise desensitization, and food‑dispensing games for focus.
- Veterinarians recommend pheromones or tryptophan‑based supplements trialed days in advance and warn against using anesthetics or unsupervised sedatives.
- Animal groups and some municipalities are running awareness drives and encouraging low‑noise fireworks, while public‑health experts remind families to keep deworming, flea/tick control, and vaccinations current if pets share beds.