by Kelsey Richards

Please call poison control or your local emergency vet if your pet has ingested anything poisonous.

POISON CONTROL- 888-426-4435

If you’re a pet owner, you’ve probably dealt with your furry friend getting into something they weren’t supposed to. Sometimes, the things they get into can be highly toxic, and you will need emergency veterinary assistance. Here, Samantha and Chewie explain what you need to do if your pet does happen to eat something poisonous.

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Hi guys. It’s me, Sam, at Alicia Pet Care Center. I’m the head RVT here, and this is my friend Chewie. Today we’re going to talk about what you do if your pet eats anything poisonous.

What you’re going to do if your pet eats something poisonous, the first thing is to call your animal hospital and ASPCA poison control. The poison control number is 888-426-4435. Your animal hospital and poison control are both going to want to know how much of whatever it is your pet ate.

What? What are you saying? He says he doesn’t eat anything poisonous, and this doesn’t pertain to him.

They’re going to ask how much did they eat, and if it’s like a prescription drug, what the milligram of that prescription is, how many tablets if it’s something like: rat bait, snail bait, fertilizer. They’re going to want you to read the ingredients off to them, and they’re going to want to know how much you think your pet ate. Very important to bring those containers too with you to the animal hospital so that your veterinarian also can have that information and see how much they ate and exactly what it was they ate. Like we said, time is definitely of the essence.

A lot of times, if your pet has eaten it within the first hour, most of the time, we can make them vomit, and hopefully, they haven’t digested too much of that and gotten into their system yet. Sometimes if you come home and you know your pet has gotten into something but you’re not sure if it’s poisonous or not and your pet seems fine, still please bring your pet, and sometimes poisonous ingestions can take up to 24 or 48 hours and actually cause symptoms in your pet. You definitely don’t want it to happen.

So even if you think your pet is doing well, please give us a call or your nearest animal hospital or poison control to confirm that your pet is going to be okay. Again, time is of the essence. Please give us a call. Call Poison Control and make sure your pets don’t have access to anything poisonous. Say bye, Chewie!

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