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Keeping your pets happy & healthy during the festive season
The festive season is upon us, and many of us will include our pets in these festivities. As you gear up for Christmas, it is important to your pet’s wellbeing in mind. Help your pet have a healthy and happy Christmas by following these tips. Food Keep people...
Keeping your pets happy and heralthy during hot weather
During times of hot weather and heatwaves it is important your pets have have somewhere cool to retreat to. Unless owners take the necessary precautions, pets can rapidly suffer from heat stroke and even die on very hot days. It is also important to remember that...
Keeping your pets safe on halloween
Halloween is a fun time for people, but for pets it can be a nightmare, and it is a time to exercise caution. To ensure that both you and your pets enjoy a fun and safe Halloween, we recommend you follow these tips: Don’t feed your pets Halloween lollies,...
Protect your pet during tick season
Every year the paralysis tick will cause illness in over 100,000 companion animals on the east coast of Australia. Paralysis ticks are external parasites that suck the blood from their host animal. Their salivary glands produce a toxin that affects the nervous system...
Risk factors and managing obesity in pets
How can you resist those adoring eyes your pet gives you when you’re eating something, surely a small amount won’t hurt? Although it may be hard to resist giving your pet an extra treat or a little bit more food when they show off their puppy dog eyes,...
Preparing your pets for bushfire season
With recent severe bushfires resulting in an early start to the season, and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) expecting it will go later as well, Animal Welfare League Queensland (AWLQ) is urging pet owners to ensure they are prepared for the bushfire...
Ensure your pet is well cared for when the unexpected happens
Your dog might be your closest friend giving unconditional love, and your cat, your TV couch companion, but unfortunately they can’t fend for themselves should something happen and you aren’t able to be there for them. Because pets usually have shorter...
Keeping Your Pets Happy And Healthy In Winter
It’s easy to assume that because our pets have a coat of fur, they can tolerate the cold better than humans. Just like us, our pets feel the effects of winter, so it is important we make sure they are kept happy and healthy throughout the cool season. Outdoor...
Pets Can’t Add But They Do Multiply
In 2018, more than 1,700 kittens and nearly 500 puppies came into Animal Welfare League Queensland’s (AWLQ) care across our four Centres in South East Queensland. Many more don’t make it to shelters, rescue groups or pounds, and are abandoned to live and...
Keeping your pets happy and healthy in winter
It’s easy to assume that because our pets have a coat of fur, they can tolerate the cold better than humans. Just like us, our pets feel the effects of winter, so it is important we make sure they are kept happy and healthy throughout the cool season. Outdoor...