Have a cat? Avoid using tinsel for decorating trees. For households with cats, tinsel should be in one place only – the garbage. Tinsel looks like a shiny toy, but it can be deadly. If ingested, it can result in a severe linear foreign body, meaning the stringy tinsel can wrap around the base of the tongue or anchor itself in the stomach, making it impossible to pass through the intestines. As the intestines contract and move, tinsel can slowly saw through the tissue, resulting in severe damage to your pet’s intestinal tract. Treatment involves expensive abdominal surgery. It’s best to keep tinsel, as well as ribbon, yarn and thread out of your pet’s reach.
Many of our chocolate ingestions this time of year come from wrapped gift boxes left under the Christmas tree! Don't forget that just because that present is wrapped, doesn't mean your dog won't sniff it out. (Photo credit to Lafeyette Online).
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Pet Poison Helpline is a 24-hour service available throughout N. America for pet owners and veterinary professionals who require assistance with treating a potentially poisoned pet. Patient info posted to FB is altered to protect patient identity.
Mission
Saving pets' lives...24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Description
Please keep in mind that email queries about poisonings will not be answered - please call our 800-213-6680 number for 24/7 life-saving care!
General Information
Pet Poison Helpline (PPH) is a 24-hour service available throughout North America for pet owners and veterinary professionals who require assistance with treating a potentially poisoned pet. We have the ability to help every pet, with all types of poisonings, 24 hours a day. Our knowledge and expertise will put your mind at ease when dealing with a potential emergency. In order to provide this critical service, please be advised that there is a $39 per incident fee, payable by credit card. This fee covers the initial consultation as well as all follow-up calls associated with the management of the case.
Why do we charge for our services?
Why do we charge for our services?
Our sole purpose is to ensure that pets stay healthy! Our single goal is to prevent their injury or illness from potential poisonings. To accomplish this, we operate a 24-hour pet poison control center which requires considerable effort, resources, and expense. Unlike public poison control centers in the human sector, our veterinary poison control is not allotted any tax dollars to support our existence. Pet Poison Helpline does not receive any state, federal, or other public funding. If we did not charge, we unfortunately couldn’t exist.
Contact Info
| Phone | General information: 1-866-823-1588 and Pet Poison Helpline: 1-800-213-6680 |
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| info@petpoisonhelpline.com | |
| Website | http://www.petpoisonhelpline.com |
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