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26 Household Items Poisonous to Cats & Dogs
Shine from Yahoo! ^ | 3/19/13 | vetstreet.com

Posted on 03/19/2013 8:28:22 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows

It can happen to even the best pet owners. You turn around for one second and the dog is into the chocolate that was sitting on the counter, or the cat has discovered the Easter lily you thought was safely out of the way.

"We just don't realize how determined our pets are to eat the things they shouldn't," says Dr. Tina Wismer, DVM, medical director for the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center.

See Also: 6 Human Foods to NEVER Feed Your Pet

Of the more than 180,000 cases that the organization handled in 2012, most of them involved pets who'd ingested human prescriptions. "Many children with ADHD don't want to take their medications, so they leave pills on their plates, where pets can get at them," Dr. Wismer says. "Even nonprescription medications, such as ibuprofen, can be a problem because many brands have a sweet coating, so it's like candy for dogs."

As part of National Poison Prevention Week (March 17-23), Vetstreet has compiled an A to Z list of some common pet poisons that should be on your radar. This list is not all-inclusive, so for more information on these and many other toxins, check out the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center website and talk with your vet.

(Excerpt) Read more at shine.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: catpoisons; doggieping; dogpoisons; kittyping
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1 posted on 03/19/2013 8:28:22 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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To: Joe 6-pack; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ..

2 posted on 03/19/2013 8:29:04 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
My house is a live Darwin test. If you don't make it... you didn't meet specifications. Nothing personal.

Grandchildren are required to be at least 12 and have both firearms and knife badges before entering.

/johnny

3 posted on 03/19/2013 8:30:50 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

My dogs eat pretty much everything with no problems.


4 posted on 03/19/2013 8:32:07 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Squirrels have clobbered both my seed feeder and suet feeder two days in a row now.

Thanks for this list. Hopefully I’ll have some dead squirrels by tomorrow.


5 posted on 03/19/2013 8:32:13 AM PDT by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Do you really want your cats to evolve?


6 posted on 03/19/2013 8:34:11 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: cripplecreek

Lets let them give my MIL cooking a try


7 posted on 03/19/2013 8:40:17 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: mbarker12474

Where is this information in the article?


8 posted on 03/19/2013 8:40:37 AM PDT by Vision (Obama is king of the "Takers." Don't be a "Taker.")
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To: Slings and Arrows

Our late, greatly missed Golden Retriever, Prior Lake Jake somehow got into a full bag of Hershey’s Kisses and consumed nearly the entire bag.
Although chocolate is supposedly poisonous to dogs, this meal didn’t seem to bother Jake.
There was quite a bit of tinfoil in his kennel, tho...


9 posted on 03/19/2013 8:41:43 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Jake got lucky. Please keep in mind a smaller dog would do the same thing, and get a much larger dose in proportion to body mass. </pontificating>
10 posted on 03/19/2013 8:45:11 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

That’s what our vet said.
Jake hit 115 pounds at 18 months. He nearly tipped over our boat jumping for a duck north of the Twin Cities. The other duck hunters nicknamed him lard a**...

The vet suggested cutting his ration a tad. He looked better at 95 pounds but was still a big dog.


11 posted on 03/19/2013 8:50:32 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

My dogs get a fair amount of onions with their food and it doesn’t bother them.


12 posted on 03/19/2013 9:00:28 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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13 posted on 03/19/2013 9:02:46 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Sounds like he was a good dog. RIP.


14 posted on 03/19/2013 9:12:37 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Google ‘Cravendale’ and ‘Opposible thumbs’.


15 posted on 03/19/2013 9:20:12 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

My late Golden, Terra, did this when she was being boarded over Thanksgiving one year. The kennel was over full, and the owner liked my dog and allowed her to have the run of the office during the day. She went into the owner’s house over night. Terra discovered the owner’s stash of Hershey’s kisses under the desk and ate the whole bag. No harm, thank goodness.

I’m told that it didn’t bother her because it was milk chocolate, and she was an 85 lb dog. Had it been dark chocolate and she was a 45 lb dog, the results might have been different.

This article makes me sad, however, because I’d developed the habit of removing (and eating myself) all raisins (and dried cranberries for good measure) from anything I’m eating and giving the remainder to our precious Golden, Max. He died last month from Pancreatic cancer, and we miss him so much.


16 posted on 03/19/2013 9:31:29 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Milk chocolate has very little theobromine compared to dark chocolate. I Jake had gotten into that much dark chocolate, you’d likely have a sadder story to tell.


17 posted on 03/19/2013 9:36:28 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Watch out for raw rising bread dough. My street rat rescue Anna ate a loaf of rising bread dough and nearly died from alcohol poisoning as the yeast continued to grow in her stomach. She had to be hospitalized and have her stomach pumped. That was a $500 loaf of bread.


18 posted on 03/19/2013 9:40:16 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: Joe 6-pack

You’re right on—but that doesn’t solve the “problem”.

Perhaps the Republicans should start trying to woo the legals already here—that’s a large bloc of people. If that would happen, perhaps they, too would be against the illegal invasion, and try to persuade their countrymen to stay home. Not very likely, but might be a start.

I would also propose a work visa for those who could come across the border, do a day’s work, and return home every night. Don’t know if that would help the situation in the long run, but it might help in the short term. I wouldn’t even be opposed to giving them work visas and letting them live here as long as they had to report to some authority at the end of every week.

The old saying that they are doing the jobs Americans won’t do is pretty darned close to true. I see them doing backbreaking work in the Texas heat, and doing a good job of whatever it is they are doing—from digging trenches to tree trimming, to picking fruits and vegetables, cleaning houses, paving roads and so on. It is true that Americans by and large will not do these jobs.

We can only imagine how the cost of food would rise if they all stayed home.

They may not pay taxes on their wages, since they are paid under the table—but every dime they spend on American goods and services is taxed.

I’ve lived in this state for most of my long life, and I know what I’m talking about.


19 posted on 03/19/2013 9:43:52 AM PDT by basil (basil, 2ASisters.org)
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To: basil

Good grief! Somehow, I got this on the wrong thread. Don’t know how, but I can do some pretty weird things.

Pardon the interruption...


20 posted on 03/19/2013 9:45:25 AM PDT by basil (basil, 2ASisters.org)
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