Generally speaking people food is not the greatest for pets, but did you know that there are some foods that can cause major health problems for your pet.

Food Items that Could Cause Problems:

• Alcoholic Beverages
• Chocolate (baker’s, semi-sweet or milk chocolate):  the amount of damage is determined by the size of your pet, the amount of chocolate it ate and what kind of chocolate.  The closer the chocolate is to cocoa form more harmful it is.
• Bones: chicken bones especially can shatter and splinter in your pet’s mouth and intestinal tract.
• Food Scraps: just not healthy
• Fatty Foods: just not healthy
• Onions, onion powder: not good in any amount
• Garlic, garlic powder: not good in any amount.
• Coffee (grounds, beans or chocolate covered espresso beans)
• Yeast dough
• Salt: like people, animals don’t need a lot of salt.
• Grapes/raisns: the research hasn’t discovered the exact cause, but grapes and raisins cause kidney failure.  However, they are not consistent.  Some pets eat them all their lives and others can go into kidney failure after eating just one or to.  So, better to error on the side of caution.

If you pet does happen to ingest any of these items that are really harmful, please call us or the emergency clinic immediately for treatment.