Alabama Beware: Food That Could Kill Your Pet This Christmas

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We all love our fur babies!!

Some of us will do anything in the world for our pets.

We here at Townsquare Media Tuscaloosa all love our boy, Diesel.

We all want to feed them table food! Especially when they're looking up at you with those big sad eyes.

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But if you're anything like me you're always worried.

-Are they going to get sick,

-Are they going to choke,

-Is the bone going to splinter,

-Is it going to hurt their belly,

Is it gonna make them sick to where they mess up the whole house?

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These things should make you very worried

So here's the definitive list of items you should never feed your dog.

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To prepare yourself for a potential incident, always keep your vet's phone number handy, along with an after-hours clinic you can call in an emergency. The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center also has a hotline you can call at (888) 426-4435 for advice.

Even with all of these resources, however, the best cure for food poisoning is preventing it in the first place. To give you an idea of what human foods can be dangerous, Stacker has put together a slideshow of 30 common foods to avoid. Take a look to see if there are any that surprise you.

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Top things that can kill your pet:

Chocolate

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Grapes/raisins

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Ibuprofen

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Xylitol

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Bromethalin (rat poison)

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Marijuana

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Onions/chives/leeks/shallots

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Vitamin D3 (supplement form)

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Carprofen

Another drug ie, Ibuprofen

Anticoagulant rat poison

See above rat poison

Now, let's look at the other two categories.

Top things that can kill your dog:

Chocolate
Grapes/Raisins
Xylitol
Ibuprofen
Bromethalin (Rat Poison)
Marijuana
Anticoagulant Rat Poison
Onions/Chives/Leeks/Shallots (Allium species)
Vitamin D3 (supplement)
Carprofen (pain medication)

But what about the pet with nine lives?

I do not think that holds up if you allow your kitty to get into one of these toxic substances.

Here comes the list of things that can kill your cat:

Lilies
Chocolate
Onions/Chives/Leeks/Shallots (Allium species)
Garlic
Ibuprofen
Vitamin D3 (supplement)
Alstroemeria, Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria species)
Amphetamine combos (ADHD medication)
Tulips (Tulipa species)
Daylily (Hemerocallis species)

*All lists from petpoisonhelpline.com

Yeah, cats love plants and flowers so beware of the lilies.

Those are the things that can kill your animal in 2024.

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