Ask a Vet: Top 5 Halloween dangers to your pets PLUS 3 vet-approved tips to keep your pets safe
The fall breeze that's giving you goosebumps is ushering in the spookiest holiday of the year- Halloween! It can be an exciting time for the family, but not so much for your pets. The constant visitors at the door, people in costume, and scary sounds can cause stress and anxiety. How we celebrate Halloween can bring about potential hazards to your pet- some of them can be life-threatening. Dr. Carlie Paquette, veterinarian and co-owner of Pembroke Animal Hospital put down her stethoscope and put on her scariest costume to give Paw For Reaction all the ghostly details about potential dangers to your pets on Halloween. Check out what she had to say!
Safety tips: How to keep pets safe from Halloween hazards
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The neighborhood is
getting spookier as Halloween crawls closer and closer. Horrific decorations
adorn festive homes while they search for the best costume continues. Little do
pet parents know the candy and décor of Halloween could end up being dangerous
for household pets.
Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. (VPI) released its Top Halloween PetDangers and Safety Tips on Oct. 15 to help educate pet parents about how this
scary holiday could negatively affect their pet. VPI reports that in the United States alone
consumers spend $7 billion on Halloween candy, decorations, and costumes.
Unfortunately having all of these seemingly benign holiday objects in the home
means that consumers could be exposing their pets to toxic or hazardous things.
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