Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Common food no-nos for Pets

Nicejellybean: Interesting facts about foods that can be toxic for our Pets. Abstract of the article from http://dogs.about.com/cs/disableddogs/a/poison_food.htm

1. Chocolate
staggering, laboured breathing, vomiting, diarhea, abdominal pain, tremours, fever, heart rate increase, arrythmia, seizures, coma, death
2. Coffee / Cocoa
staggering, laboured breathing, vomiting, diarhea, abdominal pain, tremours, fever, heart rate increase, arrythmia, seizures, coma, death
3. Onions
Hemolytic Anemia, laboured breathing, liver damage, vomiting, diarhea, discoloured urine
4. Mushrooms
abdominal pain, drooling, liver damage, kidney damage, vomiting diarhea, convulsions, coma, death
5. Grapes / Raisins
vomiting, diarhea, abdominal pain, lethargy

Oops! I just fed Donut some grapes...whew....nothing serious happenned. In future, no more grapes for Donut.

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