This must be the worst part of the year for our little critters. Please, ERA, make sure your cat and/or dog has somewhere safe to hide from all the noise next week :-(
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Assholes are lighting fireworks outside already and my cat is under my bed scared :-(
- Thread starter El Bombastico
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Never had a problem with them with any of our pets, but our youngest cat has inexplicably developed a fear of thunder and loud noises over the last winter. I think she's going to rough 4th this year.😔
Usually my wife's closet is off limits, but I open it up when there's thunder and let her hide in there. lol she's also learned how to sneak herself in if she really wants it.
Usually my wife's closet is off limits, but I open it up when there's thunder and let her hide in there. lol she's also learned how to sneak herself in if she really wants it.
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At least it's just fireworks. I never know when my neighbors are going to randomly start shooting their guns. They've been out at 11:00pm shooting before. I don't know what kind of guns they have, but they've got something that's semi-automatic. They'll go through what sounds like 30 or 40 rounds in just a few seconds.
It's only going to get worse next week unfortunately (assuming you live in the US). Year after year even moving from one spot to another it's almost inevitable unless you live in apartment.
Fireworks "Season" is like a 3-week period around the 4th now. I heard people lighting off fireworks here in the OC a few nights ago, and expect it to last until the week after the 4th.
Which is especially bad since this is also the place where we have Fire Season.
Which is especially bad since this is also the place where we have Fire Season.
Depends on the area. They set them off at mine often. Luckily my dog doesn't care but I️ can't stand em
It's only going to get worse next week unfortunately (assuming you live in the US). Year after year even moving from one spot to another it's almost inevitable unless you live in apartment.
im so sorry, OP :( im fortunate nothing been going on in my area, but that will probably change soon once it's closer to the 4th.
Put on a very loud HD YouTube video of people duck hunting. Dogs will mix the gunshots from the tv with the fireworks outside. Try at your own risk, smart dogs can tell the difference probably.
Where I live, the entirety of May through the middle of June is fireworks going off EVERY SINGLE DAY, multiple times a day and I have a little chihuahua who is terrified of them. Have to sedate her when they go a little too crazy with them, because you can't do anything around the house with her scared like that, she only wants to climb on top of me and burrow her head in my chest. Fucking hate these assholes and their fireworks
They were made illegal here last year, which reigned in some of the nonsense at least. Except July 4 when people still went hog wild with them.
Our older cat hides behind the toilet in my bathroom when they're going off.
Our older cat hides behind the toilet in my bathroom when they're going off.
I adopted my cat last November and was dreading when this time of year rolled around because my last cat was absolutely terrified of fireworks.
My new cat doesn't give a FUCK. I'm in shock. She was just sitting in the window watching them. Yet she's terrified of my Mac startup sound. Go figure.
Anyway, don't be an asshole and light off shells in your neighborhoods. Get some quiet fountains or something.
My new cat doesn't give a FUCK. I'm in shock. She was just sitting in the window watching them. Yet she's terrified of my Mac startup sound. Go figure.
Anyway, don't be an asshole and light off shells in your neighborhoods. Get some quiet fountains or something.
My dog loves fireworks he just thinks they're a super huge game made for him and he gets so excited. Now the sound of a pick up truck being started, that might as well be Satan coming after him himself.
Fireworks are generally amusing. Right next to rock and roll music and nachos
Can't wait for mass shooters to start slaughtering people during july 4th because of the chaos it would cause combined with fireworks exploding everywhere. Would be the most perfect celebration of this garbage fucking place.
Edit: ok maybe that was a morbid reply. Hope your pets are ok op.
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I hate July 4th even more now. It would be fine if assholes kept the fireworks to this one day, but around my neighborhood they have been shooting fireworks since Labor Day. At least two or three times a week.
OP, go to the vet and ask for Trazodone. It is a sedative and helps to calm them down. She still goes underneath the bed but it has helped my dog out.
OP, go to the vet and ask for Trazodone. It is a sedative and helps to calm them down. She still goes underneath the bed but it has helped my dog out.
Exactly.
I hate fireworks and hate how it affects pets. Hope they're all okay over these coming days. 😢
That's the beautiful sound of freedom!
Seriously though I hear so many stories of pets running from their home to get away from the sound. Make sure your pets can't escape this time of year in the U.S..
Seriously though I hear so many stories of pets running from their home to get away from the sound. Make sure your pets can't escape this time of year in the U.S..
They've been illegal where I'm at forever and they just seem to be getting worse. The cops clearly don't care. They can't possibly be registered events cause there's fireworks going off on random nights until like September every year, often in different locations.
Yeah this time of the year and New Year's are the worse time for pets. Even myself I hate waking up in the middle of the night just to realize someone is setting off fireworks in the nearby field.
I was just talking to my daughters about this the other night when the neighbor was having at it at 9:45. It's rough for pets and little kids at bedtime.
My youngest had a hell of tough time the past two years.
It usually starts 2 weeks prior and stragglers up to a month after in this area. Luckily after 10pm the cops put a stop to it after complaints start on weeknights. Save for the 4th, then it's crazy even after 2am.
My youngest had a hell of tough time the past two years.
It usually starts 2 weeks prior and stragglers up to a month after in this area. Luckily after 10pm the cops put a stop to it after complaints start on weeknights. Save for the 4th, then it's crazy even after 2am.
In Texas it's been so hot and dry for weeks the grass is so brittle and probably hella flammable.
I'm really hoping dumbasses dont start a fire.
My dog though sleeps through booming thunder surprisingly. Even last night there were what sounded like 4 gunshots in the distance (yay) and neither dog bat an eye. I don't think fireworks have bothered him at New Years and so on either.
I'm really hoping dumbasses dont start a fire.
My dog though sleeps through booming thunder surprisingly. Even last night there were what sounded like 4 gunshots in the distance (yay) and neither dog bat an eye. I don't think fireworks have bothered him at New Years and so on either.
Oh it started over a month ago here. It lasts the entire time it's warm out. Not massive ones or anything but just a few random explosions every once and a while at night. Thankfully my cats don't freak out over it.
Also people speeding by with super loud motorcycles or dirtbikes.
Also people speeding by with super loud motorcycles or dirtbikes.