Easter is a very fun time of your for children and adults alike, but there are some dangers that the pastel holiday poses to our pets. Ask a vet and they are certain to agree that the following items are off limits.
Chocolate is toxic for dogs and cats as well.
Foods containing the artificial sweetener xylitol (think candy, gum, many baked goods and even toothpaste) which can cause a fatal drop in blood pressure and death.
Easter basket grass can cause intestinal obstruction in cats and smaller dogs and may lead to emergency surgery.
Easter lilies are highly toxic to cats and can cause kidney failure and even death.
Also posing a risk are candy wrappers, sticks and plastic eggs.
If your Easter dinner contains any atypical holiday foods, here are some friendly reminders for foods that are toxic to dogs and cats:
Grapes and raisins (this includes cinnamon breads with raisins or fruit cakes)
Avocado
Coffee, tea or other caffeinated substances
Alcohol
Onions and garlic
Macademia nuts (often overlooked in white chocolate chip macademia cookies, a double toxic whammy)
Fat trimmings and bone scraps
Peaches, plums and persimmons
Yeast dough
Lastly don’t forget that chicks and rabbits—though indeed adorable, should not be taken on as pets unless their owners are committed to giving them permanent homes and caring for them responsibly.
Should your pet ingest anything you are unsure of or you need to ask a vet a question, we are here 24/7 for you.
Wishing you a blessed holiday if you celebrate this one.
Dr. Laci
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Historically, it has been thought that both cats and dogs are coorlblind For the last one hundred years, extensive tests have been carried out on the color vision of these animals, generally geared to determining how responsive they are to colors of food Both animals were found to be unable to distinguish between colors that were signals for food and others that were not, which led scientists to the conclusion that cats and dogs are indeed coorlblind.Evolutionists supported these findings by saying that distinguishing colors wasn’t an important survival instinct for dogs or cats, which generally hunt at night and developed heightened senses of smell and hearing to compensate for the deficiency Recent studies, however, have contradicted these results Again using experiments with food and color, it was found that dogs could easily distinguish colors from both extremes of the spectrum (i e , reds from blues), as well as being able to differentiate between blues and greens, although they weren’t as good at identifying the various colors at the red end of the spectrum. The scientists concluded that dogs aren’t coorlblind, as was previously believed, but that they suffer from deuteranopia, a condition whereby only two of the three types of cones (photoreceptors) in the human retina are present—in the case of dogs, those that pick up blue and red light.Cats, too, were found to have only blue and red photoreceptors in their retina, indicating that they, like dogs, can see certain colors Scans of their brains have also indicated that their eyes respond to different wavelengths of light (i e , colors), while other studies indicate that cats can learn to distinguish between colors, although this takes a considerable amount of time. +5
I don’t abuse dogs. I have to say that before I say the next line. I don’t have a dgoige because they cannot sleep around me. I feel just awful for them but for some reason they won’t sleep. They sense me coming and they are up. I had a little puppy that I got for my kiddos and tried having him in the house. It did not work because the poor guy could not sleep out of fear of me. Its always been that way. I have the worst effect on animals. I use to terrify animals at the petting zoos. I was asked to leave one when I was younger because I scared a cougar and he was caged. When I turned around he came out from under his shelf like bed and leaped at the cage. When I turned around, he ran away and hid under the bed area, again. When I had dogs as a kid they were outside so they could rest. They played with me just fine as long as they were my pet. They just couldn’t sleep. I love this picture because I have never seen a dog sleep in person!