Pet Health Education: Pet toxins in the holiday kitchen November
18, 2009 Over the next month, not only will we be enjoying
cooler weather, but we will also be celebrating one favorite
holiday, Thanksgiving. Before everyone becomes busy with
seasonal preparations, we’d like to offer a few reminders about
some unexpected dangers our pets may face in the most unlikely
of places; “The Holiday Kitchen.” As we are all aware there are
obvious toxins located in the home such as pesticides, cleaning
products and rodent poisons, however, there are many items for
humconsumption that can be toxic-even deadly-to dogs and cats.
Not only does Thanksgiving food pose the threat of Pancreatitis,
which results in severe vomiting, diarrhea, and intense
abdominal pain, but many human safe foods can be toxic to pets.
Not many people realize foods such as onions, garlic, trail mix
and yeast dough can pose life-threatening problems when consumed
by pets. Onions and garlic, even when powdered, can cause severe
gastrointestinal probl