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Cannabis Edibles Are Everywhere — And They’re More Dangerous for Cats Than Anyone’s Saying
Marion Nestle — the food-politics expert I respect enormously — wrote a post on her Food Politics blog about dogs and cannabis edibles (“Weekend warning: pets and cannabis edibles,”). It was a good, thorough piece. I noticed that it never mentioned the real danger THC poses to cats specifically — something I thought was extremely important for her to know.…
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How to keep your pet’s holiday ‘Ho-ho-ho!’ from turning into a ‘Holy shit!’ this Christmas
The irresistible lure of tinsel and ribbons, those tantalizing decorations that prove impossible for your cat to resist, because they look like easy-to-catch wiggly prey to her. The fun soon stops when kitty swallows a long length of the material — the result is what is known as a ‘linear foreign body’ — which can be a very dangerous situation.…
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Xylitol, the Deadly Sweetener Capable of Killing Your Dog Within 24 Hours, is Lurking in Stuff You Probably Didn’t Know About
Sickeningly Sweet Within 15 minutes, it can cause a dangerous drop in blood sugar; within 30 minutes, it can cause seizures; within 24 hours, it can cause severe liver damage. Without emergency veterinary care, irreversible brain trauma occurs, and the patient dies, so deadly a couple of sticks can kill a small dog. What is this deadly poison? Gum. Not…
