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Food products and household items commonly handled by humans can be toxic to dogs. The symptoms can range from simple irritation to digestion issues, behavioral changes, and even death. The categories of common items ingested by dogs include food products, human medication, household detergents, indoor and outdoor toxic plants, and rat poison. [1]
In addition to wheat gluten, products containing rice protein have also been contaminated with melamine. Natural Balance Pet Foods recalled two products on 16 April due to kidney damage associated with melamine contamination despite the products not containing wheat gluten. [55] Melamine has also been implicated in corn gluten in South Africa. [56]
They are poisonous to dogs and cats as well as humans. [72] Calla palustris: marsh calla, wild calla, water-arum Araceae: The plant is very poisonous when fresh due to its high oxalic acid content, but the rhizome (like that of Caladium, Colocasia, and Arum) is edible after drying, grinding, leaching, and boiling. [73] [failed verification ...
Knowing what plants are poisonous to rabbits is key to keeping them safe and healthy. Rabbits are herbivores, meaning they only eat plants so it can be easy to think that anything green is safe ...
They can help determine the next steps in treating your pet. The ASPCA has a Poison Control Hotline that can provide useful information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (1-888-426-4435).
Depending on the type, cheese isn't inherently unhealthy for dogs. But that doesn't mean it should be eaten with every meal. Like any other human food, cheese should be consumed by dogs in moderation.
The 2007 pet food recalls involved the massive recall of many brands of cat and dog foods beginning in March 2007. [114] The recalls came in response to reports of renal failure in pets consuming mostly wet pet foods made with wheat gluten from a single Chinese company, beginning in February 2007.
Chenango Valley Pet Foods expands its recall to foods that do not explicitly contain wheat gluten or rice protein, citing cross-contamination with those ingredients in the manufacturating process. For the first time, a non-cat or dog pet food is recalled since the list includes ferret food. [72]