1) Chocolate According to our case volume, chocolate is the perfect treat for any holiday – Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and oh my, Christmas make this toxin number one! Unfortunately, the darker the chocolate, the more stimulants (theobromine and caffeine) it contains. We don’t usually eat enough to notice, but our dogs absolutely will if…
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The time to start making New Year’s resolutions is just around the corner. Our journeys to better ourselves would not be complete without our furry companions. While we make choices to live healthier lifestyles, these choices can lead to toxin exposure for our pets! Here are a few things to keep in mind when looking…
Click here to download and share the infographic! While many of your favorite activities decreased or stopped during the COVID 19 pandemic, some people used the downtime to learn or enhance a skill, like baking, artwork or home improvement. This increase in the number of people doing new things came with a corresponding increase in…
Many people are cutting back on sugar, which has led to an enormous increase in the number of products that contain xylitol, a lower-calorie sugar substitute with a low glycemic index that is found naturally in berries, plums, corn, oats, mushrooms, lettuce, trees and some other fruits. Now it is being used to sweeten everything…
Jen Steckline, CVT Veterinary Information Specialist Pet Poison Helpline® There are many easy snack foods for kids which are also toxic to pets. Raisins and grapes are some of the most common food calls we get at the Pet Poison Helpline®. Raisins and grapes cause kidney failure in dogs and cats and unfortunately, there is…
By Ahna Brutlag, DVM, MS, DABT, DABVT Director, Veterinary Services & Senior Veterinary Toxicologist at Pet Poison Helpline® June 20, 2019 Pet exposure to rodenticides (mouse and rat poisons) always ranks amongst the top 5 cases managed by Pet Poison Helpline® and right now is no exception. Refresh your memory and learn about what’s new…
Audra Stillabower, CVT Veterinary Information Specialist Pet Poison Helpline® Since I started working at Pet Poison Helpline®, I’ve often had questions from people who want to know what are the worst toxins that we get calls on. While there is a huge list of medications, plants and products that can be very toxic depending on…
Audra Stillabower, CVT Veterinary Information Specialist Guinea Pigs were thought to originate from New Guinea because of their name, but in fact guinea pigs are from South America in the Andes region. Guinea pigs were used as food and were also domesticated. The Spanish then introduced guinea pigs into Europe where they became pets. Spanish…
Kia Benson, DVM Associate Veterinarian, Clinical Toxicology The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a warning on Friday, January 25th 2019 regarding a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella bacteria. Eleven people across Missouri, Minnesota, Colorado, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, Texas and Wyoming have been infected since October 2018, and one person needed to be hospitalized. Of those…
Kia Benson, DVM Associate Veterinarian, Clinical Toxicology As our own Candi Amundson, CVT and Senior Veterinary Information Specialist mentioned in her June blog, sunburn can be a big problem for animals as well as humans. Let’s take an in-depth look at this medical issue that often flies under our radars until a problem develops. Sunburn…
