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While you spend the holiday with your sweetheart, make sure your other love—your pet!—is safe.
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While you spend the holiday with your sweetheart, make sure your other love—your pet!—is safe.
- Hide that heart-shaped box of chocolates! Because it contains caffeine and theobromine, chocolate can cause vomiting, diarrhea, seizures and even death when pets ingest it.
- Pets love stuffed toys, so make sure the big teddy bear you receive from your love doesn’t have any small parts—like plastic eyes or noses—that pets could remove and swallow.
- If you live with cats, don’t bring home any lilies! Lilies contain a toxin that causes rapid kidney failure in cats. Also, those long-stemmed roses may look romantic, but their thorns can scratch nosy paws and faces, so it’s best to keep all vases up high.
- Alcohol can cause blood sugar and blood pressure to drop to dangerously low levels. Keep wine glasses and beer bottles out of reach at all times
- Do
n’t leave candles burning unattended around your pets. Not only can candles singe tails, pets can also easily knock them over and cause even bigger fiery problems.