🐾 Fireworks Safe Space Checklist 🐾

Written By Linsay McPhail

Fireworks may be fun for us, but they can be terrifying for our pet companions who are highly sensitive to loud bangs and bright flashes! Here’s our 2025 Safe Space Checklist, to help your pets feel calm and secure this fireworks season.

📋 Safe Space Checklist

Preparing a Safe Space

  • Quiet, secure room away from windows

  • Escape-proof setup (secure doors, hutches, windows)

  • Covered den, tunnel, or hide box

Comfort Items

  • Extra bedding or hay for burrowing

  • Familiar toys and used bedding for scent

  • Cardboard boxes with two exits (rabbits & guinea pigs)

Reducing Noise & Light

  • Close curtains/blinds

  • Low-level TV or radio for background noise

  • Move hutches indoors or cover outdoor enclosures with heavy blankets (ventilated)

Food & Water

  • Constant access to fresh food and water

  • Scatter feeding or chew toys for distraction

Health & Safety

  • Microchip details up to date

  • Limit unnecessary movement/transport

  • Ask your vet about calming supplements or pheromone sprays

Our friendly team is here to help – if you’d like advice tailored to your pet, book a consultation with us today via PetsApp or by phone.

Linsay McPhail
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