Christmas can be a dangerous period for your pet(s) Here are a few tips to help your pet have a good Christmas:
Be empathic to your pet
– consider them when planning Christmas celebrations
– will it be noisey – are there places to go and be quiet?
– if away who will look after them
– make certain it is a responsible person
If hosting a party remember your pet who might be frightened or stressed by the noise. Find your pet(s) a quiet place, put on the radio or TV to drown the sound.
Decorations are beautiful but can be dangerous. Make sure fairy lights and electric wires are ‘chew-proof’ from inquisitive puppies, kittens and even rabbits too. Christmas plants like holly, poinsettia, ivy and mistletoe eating any of them can cause lots of internal problems. Secure any fragile glass decorations and keep them out of reach to your pets.
We love Christmas foodstuffs but most are intolerable by animals. Things like chocolate is extremely poisonous to both dogs and cats (rule: the darker the more deadly), and any suspect ingestion should be reported to your veterinarian immediately.
Symptoms of chocolate poisoning can include vomiting, diarrhoea and increased urination, progressing to seizures and sometimes even death.
Turkey bones can cause choking, constipation, as well as seriously damaging internal organs.
Something that most people forget is that anti-freeze is very dangerous to animals; extremely palatable to cats, it will cause irreversible kidney failure if your cat even just licks his paws after walking through a puddle of the stuff, so be warned and check all outside areas and garages today.
Never give pets as presents, but if you are seriously thinking about getting your own furry friend, then please visit your local rescue shelter in January, where sadly there’ll be plenty of healthy but confused new in-mates to choose from and adopt.
Thanks to ThePet.Net.
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