Chocolate, grapes, xylitol: what to do in the first hour

Pets eat things they should not every day, and most of them are fine. The ones that are not fine usually could have been, if someone had called within the first hour.

Call before you do anything

Call us during open hours, or a 24-hour emergency hospital or an animal poison control line when we are closed. Have your pet’s weight ready, plus what they ate, roughly how much and when.

Bring the packaging

The label tells us the exact ingredient and dose. A sugar-free gum wrapper or a medication bottle can change the treatment completely.

Do not make your pet vomit at home

Salt, hydrogen peroxide and fingers down the throat can do more harm than the thing your pet ate. If vomiting is the right treatment, we do it safely here.

The usual suspects

Dark and baking chocolate, grapes and raisins, xylitol in gum and some peanut butters, ibuprofen and other human painkillers, lilies for cats, rat bait and antifreeze. Keep the list on the fridge.

If in doubt, call. We would rather hear about a dog that turns out fine than hear too late about one that is not.