Tips For Safe Pets
The Prairieland Animal Welfare Center and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals would like to remind pet owners that the nice weather can bring hazards to their pets. Insecticides used to kill fleas, ticks, and other insects and mouse and rat poisons lead the list of household items which can potentially poison pets. Household cleaners such as bleaches, detergents, and disinfectants are also common items which can poison pets. Home improvement products such as paint, solvents, and glues, and fertilizers and other gardening supplies rank next. Man's favorite treat, chocolate, is another potential toxic item pets may ingest and become ill from. Human and pet medications can be lethal. Some plants, notably rhododendron, azalea, sago palm, kalanchoe, and schefflera, can make pets very ill if eaten. All of these household items, if ingested in large enough quantities, can be lethal to pets.
*Be sure all pets have an ID tag listing your telephone number or contact information. More pets become lost in the winter than other seasons, so this is especially important.
*Antifreeze, even in small doses, is a lethal poison for pets. Thoroughly clean up any spills from your vehicle to help prevent accidental poisoning. Call the ASPCA's Animal Poison Control Center at 1-888-4ANI-HELP of you suspect your animal has ingested antifreeze or another poison.
Insecticides used to kill fleas, ticks, and other insects and mouse and rat poisons lead the list of household items which can potentially poison pets. Household cleaners such as bleaches, detergents, and disinfectants are also common items which can poison pets. Home improvement products such as paint, solvents, and glues, and fertilizers and other gardening supplies rank next. Man's favorite treat, chocolate, is another potential toxic item pets may ingest and become ill from. Human and pet medications can be lethal. Some plants, notably rhododendron, azalea, sago palm, kalanchoe, and schefflera, can make pets very ill if eaten. All of these household items, if ingested in large enough quantities, can be lethal to pets.
Use common sense with the care of animals during extreme periods of cold and severe weather. Pets are as susceptible to frostbite, freezing, and dehydration as we humans are when we are in severe weather conditions.
Call the Prairieland Animal Welfare Center at 342-1275 if you are aware of animals in the City of Galesburg which need to be checked on.
