12/13/2024
❤️💚Long but important post.💚❤️
Holidays are here and company is over. 🎄
Please keep people food away from pets, and instruct everyone else to do the same.
If you want to share holiday treats with your pets, make or buy treats formulated just for them.
✅ The following people foods are especially dangerous for pets:
🚨 Chocolate is an essential part of holidays for many people, but it is toxic to dogs and cats. It's safest to consider all chocolate off limits for pets, even though the harm it can cause varies based on the type of chocolate, the size of your pet, and the amount eaten.
🚨 Other sweets and baked goods also should be kept out of reach. Not only are they often too rich for pets; they may contain the artificial sweetener xylitol, which has been linked to liver failure and death in dogs.
🚨Table scraps – including gravy, sauces, dressing, and meat or poultry fat or skin – should be kept away from pets.
During the holidays, when our own diets tend toward extra-rich foods, table scraps can be especially hard for pets to digest and can cause pancreatitis.
🚨Bones can cause choking or intestinal blockage.
🚨Plus, many foods that are healthy for people are poisonous to pets, including onions, raisins, and grapes.
🚨Unbaked yeast dough can cause problems for pets, including painful gas and potentially dangerous bloating.
☎️ Quick action can save lives!
Signs that your pet may have eaten something they shouldn't include sudden behavior changes, depression, pain, loss of appetite, vomiting, or diarrhea.
🥼🩺If your pet has any of these signs, call your veterinarian or nearest veterinary emergency clinic immediately.
You may also want to call the ASPCA Poison Control Center (888-426-4435) or the Pet Poison Helpline (855-764-7661); note that a fee may apply.