15/04/2025

Spring Changes In Animals

Spring, the time when hummingbirds return to their breeding grounds, leaving behind the warm places of winter. The squirrels wake up from long months of reverie and begin to search for seeds that they will eat and disperse, sowing the richness of the forest. The bees together with the butterflies begin pollination, generating new fruits and seeds to serve the earth.

Does all this flurry of emotions in motion affect our furry companions in the city?

Of course it is!

Spring changes in city animals

In the spring the streets are transformed. The flowers on the balconies shine in an infinite number of colors. New birds arrive at our windows, the sounds of the morning change and those of the night take longer to arrive. Our animals become more nocturnal and exploratory.

Dogs perceive new smells, the humidity of the environment increases and with it the olfactory particles spread. It is the time of reproduction and everything is intensified in their powerful nose. The males will try to pee more and more loudly, the females to better mark their spaces, their times, their cycles.

The stress of the city, the human emotions that flutter in our abdomen, together with the weakness of the immune system accustomed to the cold of winter, causes the appearance of latent allergies or intolerances. In this transition period it is always recommended to offer them a daily Omega 3 supplement, natural prebiotics such as potato, banana or fermented foods such as sauerkraut or kefir. Although dogs and cats can synthesize their own vitamin C in the liver, at certain times or stages you can give them a supplement, black currant has more Vitamin C than orange and is also rich in B vitamins. Always depending on the specific needs of each animal, consult your trusted animal nutritionist.

Everything intensifies in the spring

The previously unpopulated streets are filled with festivals, folklore, terraces with trays of food traveling from one table to another… humans, pigeons, blackbirds and city sparrows are also looking to fall in love in spring. Spaying or neutering does not desensitize our animals to all this stimulation, and they can also be more active, more sociable or have a special sparkle in their eyes if they are allowed to interact.

The coat changes and we can enhance this change with a little phytotherapy: with green nettle that for its richness in minerals strengthens hair growth, burdock that regulates the health of the skin from the inside or rosemary that promotes shine through capillary stimulation.

It is also the time of awakening of projects, of dreams, when it is not yet too hot or too cold. The animals are on the move, looking for mates and food, the whole countryside is moving and the behaviors of tracking, scouting, collecting, hunting or searching are intensified.

It is also a great time to explore the environment, create new mental maps and find safe places to spend the next winter. Our dogs are not yet as nocturnal as in summer, but they are starting to balance their circadian rhythms.

Let’s remember that “our” animals live in captivity and it is the routines of the herd that mark their awakening, their eating, going out, resting hours… It is time to reset what they have been doing for months. It is a time of great changes for them.

There are animals that are more sensitive and may be more affected by changes in routine. It is important animal communication, mutual respect and to achieve the perfect symbiosis in the multi-species family and strengthen our bond with them at every change.

Our whole organism changes. Our emotions, our nutrition, our physical body, the hormones we generate, what we think, what we do and from where we do it, changes when the sun shines brighter in the sky.

Let us be sincere lovers of our animals and listen to them with empathy and devotion every day that we accompany each other.

Maria de Seres Maestros. Soulmates.

A special thank you.

I want to thank Maria from Seres Maestros, for allowing me to share her article on spring changes in animals.

I invite you to visit her blog, where I talk about how to manage extra energy, stress and seasonal allergies in spring.

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I’ve always had two great passions: traveling and dogs. My first choice was traveling, and that experience led me to live and work in different cities around the world, where I learned to adapt to various cultures and gained a unique perspective.
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