Ways to protect your loving pets in this heat wave in Pakistan

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Hi everyone, it’s been in the news that Sindh, especially Karachi is facing extreme heat wave in this summers. Karachi that was known for its pleasant weather is now giving impression of hell. More than 1000 people have died yet in this heat wave. This is really sad indeed but today I wanted to highlighted those creatures that feels the weather same as human do sometime even greater than humans. They live with us but they cannot speak they cannot tell us their situations. They cannot tell us what they want to prevent themselves in this hot weather.

Last evening, when I went on my roof top to feed my pigeons, I saw a pair of wild pigeons was chasing me. They were running behind my steps just to get some water as i was holding a bottle of water. Then I pour some water in a pot and they immediately start drinking. Would you believe wild pigeons that don't even stay if you come in their premises? Therefore, I decided to share some very useful techniques to save your loving pets as well as stray animals.
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    Cage Direction

First plz try to understand what direction of cages are suitable for birds in Karachi. As you know there are two basic wind flow directions in Karachi. In summers wind flows east to west and in winters it goes west to east. So the best direction for cage setup is in the direction of air flow. Mean cages should not face air flow direction. Cage should face should be at north side and it should be built at south. In this way cage it prevents direct air flow and get required amount of sunlight.  If air hits in winters, it increases the temperature of body and if it hits in summers it can cause brain hemorrhage in any animal. So first your cage should be at correct direction, air flow should not enter directly in the cage in morning as well as in the evening. Cover the both sides of the cage to prevent from excessive air flow.
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     Cage material

As whether changing, concrete is is getting as dangerous as it was considered the best heat protector. Now what happening, temperature has arisen higher. Sun arise with hotter temperature mean day is starting from 33 C to 34 C and it goes till 44 C to 47 C  in evening. It means that sun start warming up concrete early in the morning and do the same with higher rate till evening. Last week was totally surprise as my Mobile phone was showing temperature 40C at midnight. So would you believe 40C at midnight and again day starts from 34 to 36C. It means sun is not giving time to concrete to become normal in whole day. It is resulting into further rise in temperature. So avoid making solid concrete cage. If it is concrete then it should have air gapes at top of the walls like ventilator or small window for air crossing.
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           Use water to maintain cage temperature.
Wash your cages many times in the day. If it is concrete then it is very important. This is the best way to cool down the temperature.
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     Protect your cage with Green sheet or net,

Use green shade over the roofs of your cages. Height of the shade should be higher than cage roof. It is necessary to keep some air gap in order to keep them 

Use your garden or make your roof top garden.    

In consideration of massive whether change in Karachi I would suggest you guys to make cages inside or nearby your gardens, because plants and trees are best source of heat protection. If you do not have big garden then make artificial garden at your roof top. It will not only protect your pets but it will also protect your roof top from excessive heat.

·        Diet plan for pets

Make some changes in diet plan for your pets. For instance, use cool vegetables, seeds etc. If you are keeping exotic birds like Finches, parrots, cockatails, doves etc. eliminate all sorts of hot items like sun flower seeds; reduce quantity of kangni and bajra. Use jawar, bhang k beej etc.
For pigeons, the best way is to reduce chana, sarsu, wheat. Use more bread.
For animals like dogs, use no/less chicken pieces. Use more dog food milk or chapati. Give food in evening or night. Food should be served once in a day.

Water setup and some useful things

This is very important for fancier to give maximum water to each bird. Water should be in the cage all the time. Use plastic pots to have good water storage, even if you are not available at home. If you have big size sand pots then that is better because sand do not get hot quickly. Use multi vitamins, especially O.R.S for completion of body electrolytes. Use glucose to regenerate their energy.

I am also sharing with you some of the best herbals and domestic ways to overcome heat. The best thing for birds and animals and even for human is green cardamom (choti illaichi). Take out its seeds and boil it in one litter of water for around 15 minutes on low fire. Cool it and use this water for your birds even for yourself. Moreover, you can also use syrup of soanf and mint.

These liquids don’t only control danger of heat stock but it also refreshes the animal.

·        Prevention for stray animals

I believe that all the readers of my blog, love animals from bottom of their hearts. It doesn’t matter whether we keep them at home or they are just free. We have authority to protect them. I am sharing you our program that we started in our area.
We have started a waste management program. In which we have instruct our area members to plz pack cereal and rice waste separately and waste related to meat items pack separately. We have collected big drums from area and we are using them as a water tank. Our members asked families who can voluntarily donate his/her roof top to keep a water tank a small and a big tank along with two pots one with vegetable and other with rice and other things. We received amazing response from our area and we have now at least three roof tops at every lane that can feed birds’ whole day.
For cats and dogs we are utilizing free land in our area. We have made 5 plots 3 for cats and two for dogs (as dogs are less in our area) We have made a water tank and multiple bath tubs in a plot and multiple food tanks in each plot. Each plot is serving 50 dogs a day and 120 approx cats a day and birds are countless. 
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