May 20, 2025

PetMeds® holiday health and wellness dangers in pets

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Each year around the holidays there is frequently an increased spike of veterinary emergency as well as examination gos to for animals that indiscriminately ingest or chew on inappropriate products or are fed extreme fatty holiday meal leftovers. With the latter issue, some pets may experience digestive upset from moderate self limiting diarrhea/vomiting or appetite loss, or more serious conditions like acute pancreatitis.

While little bits of lean white meat turkey or beef may not damage most animals, one should always keep in mind their pet’s medical history or dietary sensitivities, or if in question inspect with their veterinarians.  Of program extreme as well as inappropriate treats like chocolate ingestion can lead to both digestive upset, as well as in serious situations neurological problems, including seizures. It is likewise extremely cautious not to let dogs as well as cats go unsupervised around holiday presents, whose wrapping paper as well as ribbon frequently make a nice target for chewing as well as ingestion by specific curious dogs or cats.  Christmas tree ornaments, including tinsel are likewise targets in which pets need to be monitored so they do not chew on or ingest such materials.