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12 Christmas Pet Hazards
🚨🎄 12 PET HAZARDS OF CHRISTMAS 🎄🚨
Christmas is nearly here and WQVH would like to make sure your pet stays happy and healthy this silly season so here's a list of twelve potential pet hazards you need to watch out for this Christmas:
1️⃣ Christmas dinner 🍽 and leftovers are too rich for our pets and can cause nasty tummy upsets and even pancreatitis. Stick to 'pet approved' treats.
2️⃣ Macadamia nuts 🌰 are popular at Christmas and can be toxic for dogs leading to muscle weakness, vomiting and tremors.
3️⃣ Sultanas and raisins 🍇 can cause kidney failure in dogs.
4️⃣ BBQ 🍢🍡skewers can be catastrophic for pets so take care to ensure your pet doesn't accidentally ingest a skewer (which falls on the ground for example) and never feed your pet cooked bones - both can lead to the need for emergency intestinal surgery.
5️⃣ Chocolate 🍫 - dogs can't metabolise the theobromine in chocolate and ingestion can lead to an increased heart rate, tremors, seizures and even death. The darker the chocolate the more toxic and the size of the dog and amount ingested also plays a part in the severity of the symptoms.
6️⃣ Decorations such as tinsel and fairy lights🎄 are very attractive to pets but can lead to a gastric obstruction if eaten.
7️⃣ Ribbons 🎀 from presents 🎁 are super attractive to cats and if ingested can lead to a nasty gastric obstruction requiring emergency surgery.
8️⃣ The Christmas tree 🎄 might be an attractive indoor 'pee tree' but can also be a falling hazard.
9️⃣ Lots of guests 👩👩👦👦👨👨👧👧👩👦👦 can cause your pet to become stressed and even lead to them trying to escape - make sure they have a safe and quiet place to retreat to.
🔟 Christmas lilies 🌺 can cause kidney failure in cats. The stamen, leaves and stems are all potentially toxic as is the water they are stored in so it's best not to have them in the first place.
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