Jan 30 2009
Pet Safe Valentine’s Day
I received an email from the ASPCA talking about making Valentines Day safe for pets. From their information: “Two common holiday hazards to stay alert to are chocolate and lilies, warn our poison control experts. In the week prior to Valentine’s Day 2008, cases involving chocolate ingestion increased by 74%—a number comparable only to cases seen during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays. And bouquet senders and receivers alike are often unaware of the dangers of lilies.”
I was aware of the dangers of chocolate but not of lilies. How about you all? Other dangers are rose thorns, open flames in fire places, some sweeteners in candy, ribbons, etc. Do you know of any other dangers we should be worried about for Valentine’s Day with pets? If so, please comment and let everyone know.
Visit the ASPCA’s website at http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/pet-care-tips/valentines-day-tips.html for more tips for a safe Valentine’s Day for your pets.
I always worry about the candles at those candlelight dinners. I had a cat once that seemed to have no clue that her tail was attached to her body. She seemed to love swishing her long, flowing tail over flames.
Much to my dismay, my cat Kinki has set her fur on fire once because she decided to stand over the candle flame.