San Francisco Veterinarian

Safe Pet Environments

A safe home is a happy home, or so they say. Pets need to be kept safe just like humans, and as a member of your family, you should have an interest in keeping your pets safe. These tips will help you keep your pets out of harms way.

Cats and dogs love to chew on things, especially cords. For this reason, don't be surprised if you find chew marks on a low hanging electrical cord. What you should be surprised about if you find these chew marks is that your animals fur isn't fried. Low hanging electrical cords are serious dangers to pets just like they are serious dangers to children. Keeping electrical cords out of reach of your pets is an important aspect of keeping your home safe.

Chocolate and Pets

Chocolate is poisonous to pets who consumer too much of it. Of course, the main problem here is that pets have no idea that it can cause them hard (even death) and even if they had an inkling, they wouldn't know how much chocolate would be too much. That's our job as their caretaker, and the best advice is to simply keep chocolate away from pets altogether.

The amount of chocolate that a pet could "get away" with consuming varies from pet to pet, primarily by type and weight. For example, a large dog could probably get away with eating more chocolate than the average cat, but there's no guarantee. The only specific formula for finding out how much chocolate is too much for a pet is to give them chocolate until they get sick, and then you have the answer. This is not suggested.

Medicines

As with the case of chocolate, keep the medicines put away and out of the site of pets. Even if the medicine on your counter has a child proof lid and is for your pet, your pet may still be able to get into the bottle and it will have no idea how much medicine is too much. Before it knows it's doing anything wrong, your pet could easily overdose.

At the San Francisco veterinarian clinic,/strong>, we suggest keeping chocolate, medicine, and all other potentially harmfully substances away from your pets for optimal protection. If you have questions about what else should be kept away from your pets and where to keep it, give us a call. The veterinarians in our San Francisco vet clinic will be more than happy to help you.