14/01/2024
Each year, we receive a large number of enquiries related to animals who have helped themselves to packages delivered through the letterbox. A major risk in such cases is the ingestion of medications and/or supplements.
A common example, especially in these winter months, is Vitamin D. These products - especially prescribed preparations - pose great risk to pets, who are very sensitive to some compounds of vitamin D. Certain varieties (found mainly in psoriasis creams) only require very small quantities to be ingested to cause significant toxicity in dogs.
If there is a dog in the house (or a very mischievous cat!), we would advise using a cage on the letterbox to prevent pets from accessing postal deliveries📮