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Picking up Stray Animals

February 17, 2012 · Filed under Animals · Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

Should you pick up stray animals?

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The question is, can your family afford to take care of the stray while you search for a possible owner. It would be nice if the animal had a chip, or had a collar with the information needed to get the stray back to an owner.

If there is no chip or any information about the stray, making flyers about where you found the animal and placing them near the spot, so if there is an owner, they can contact you about the animal and you can return it to them.

If no one calls about the animal, you must make the choice to keep the animal and take care of it if you can, or to call your local animal control to come and pick up the animal. This choice must be a family decision, if you choose to keep the stray, than it is up to you to care for that animal.

Taking care of a stray means taking the animal to a vet for a health check, shots, medication, or anything the stray may need after the vet gives it a .

If the stray is healthy, it is up to you to care for the animal if it needs food, water, playtime, exercise, a place to sleep, maybe even a fenced yard. It all depends on the stray.

You don’t want more animals than the regulations allow for where you live, but if you do decide to keep the animal because you can’t find an owner, remember that there is a lot to do when you’re caring for any animal.

You also want to introduce the new pet slowly to make sure that it gets along with any other pets in the house. Do this by letting them meet outside somewhere away from the backyard, or any place that the pet you have feels is theirs.

Watch for any signs that the new animal and any you may have are comfortable with each other, which may take a few days.

Enjoy pets because they will teach you many things.

Robert Medak

Freelance Writer/Editor/Reviewer/Marketer

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How to Control Diabetes

February 6, 2012 · Filed under Children · Tagged , , , , , , ,

Whether you’ve been diagnosed with either Type I or Type II diabetes, it is an individual and a family affair.

As a child everyone wants to be just like all of the other kids at school, and you may think that because, you have diabetes that you are not normal any more. This is not true; with the rise of obesity, more children will receive a diagnosis of diabetes.

What to do about diabetes

As a child, you may be required to take pills or shots. With the improvements in delivery systems for insulin, you may not need a bottle and syringes as in years past. You will however, need to listen to your doctor and your parents about monitoring your blood sugar to help maintain a healthy A1c (A blood test that tells how well diabetes is controlled. Usually a 3-month test.), which your doctor should do. From this test, your doctor can adjust your medication to the right level for you.

Your family can be sure that you get a proper diet and exercise to help control both weight and the amount of exercise to help you control your diabetes. The better the control of your diabetes equals the possibility of fewer problems in the future.

Some of the effects of less than good control of diabetes are things like neuropathy (loss of feeling due to nerve damage), cataract (a problem with the lens of the eye), retinopathy (a problem with the inner eye), kidney problems, and more. This isn’t meant to scare you, but to tell you what might happen, not what will happen. It all depends on how well the diabetes is controlled, and that is up to each individual and no one else.

Your parents can help, but it is finally up to the person diagnosed with diabetes to care for themselves. No one can make you take care of your blood sugar control, they can only help you learn how and to make sure that you test your sugar level.

On days when you are sick, your blood sugar can go up and steps need to be taken to monitor it more closely, because if it goes too high or goes too low, there can be problems and a doctor may need to be called.

This is why you need to test your blood sugar on a regular basis. It will help establish a normal range for you so that if it goes outside your normal range, you can take steps to regulate your blood sugar. You should also learn the signs of low and high blood sugar. Also, be sure to drink plenty of water to keep hydrated.

Robert Medak

Freelance Writer/Editor/Reviewer

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