The dangers of lilies to cats | Pat Kenny Show
Kidney failure is common in cats, and one of the lesser well known causes is Lily poisoning.
Kidney failure is common in cats, and one of the lesser well known causes is Lily poisoning.
On this week's podcast, Pete discussed the dangers of chocolate for dogs and lilies for cats.
This week on the Pat Kenny Show, we discussed chocolate poisoning in dogs, and then we took the usual queries from listeners.
Christmas is a time when humans enjoy food, but there are some seasonal human foods that can cause problems for our pets. Foodstuffs that can poison petsChocolate contains the stimulant theobromine.
Kiko after she'd been given an injection to make her sickLast week, one of my own dogs, Kiko, needed emergency veterinary care after she greedily devoured a Christmas pudding that she'd stolen.
Ella is my daughter, and Kiko is my own dog. The stimilant in chocolate is highly toxic to dogs, and every year, vets see dogs dying after eating too much chocolate, especially at Easter time.
Do you want to know more about chocolate toxicity in dogs? Watch the Video. I filmed the video with the friendly HouseMyDog team.
Patches was a normal, healthy, young adult cat. Nobody could have guessed that within a few days, she’d be in intensive care, fighting for her life.
“Death by chocolate” may be a popular name for sumptuous desserts in restaurants, but to my knowledge, a human has never died after eating too much of the stuff.