Halloween's candy
What to do if your dog eats halloween's candy? A curious canine with a sweet tooth can be the scariest part of the holiday. orget ghosts and goblins: food poisoning is the scariest thing dogs encounter during the Halloween holiday. Petplan pet insurance found that pets are 32% more likely to suffer food poisoning during Halloween week versus any other time of the year. Among the top toxins? Chocolate! So Rover raids the Halloween haul.
What Pet Parents Need To Know
Chocolate is poisonous to pets because it contains toxic theobromine, and different types of chocolate affect pets differently because they have varying levels of this substance.
Baking chocolate has the highest concentration, and is therefore the most
toxic – followed by dark, milk and then white chocolate.
If a Dog Eats Chocolate, Pet Parents Need to Know 3 Things:
1) How much theobromine the chocolate contains
2) How much the dog ate
3) How much the dog weighs
If your dog ingests close to 20mg of theobromine per pound of body weight, he’s in the danger zone for food poisoning.
Keep on top of it
- Baking chocolate – 450mg/oz
- Dark chocolate – 160mg/oz
-Milk chocolate – 64mg/oz
- White chocolate – 1mg/oz
What To Do Next
A number close to 20 indicates a toxic level of theobromine that can terrorize a pet’s health.
Get to the vet or an emergency clinic immediately!
If the number is well below 20, your pet’s tummy may turn on him, but you don’t need to be spooked.
Call the vet for tips on how to treat signs of trouble.
