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I have an acquaintance Whose dog ate a small candy
bar and died from chocolate toxicity. My Cookie cat loves cookies of any
kind and if allowed, she would eat enough to be toxic.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:39
PM
Subject: OT: Re: Chocolate
Yes, chocolate is toxic to both dogs and cats. It
can
be quite serious. What a vet told me is the reason
you don't
hear the warning against chocolate with cats
is because they generally
don't LIKE chocolate - so
they don't see any chocolate poisonings because
cats
aren't eating the stuff. But if you have a cat who
actually
likes it, you have to do everything in your
power to keep them away from
it. The dog too. It's
really not good.
I saw a story on
TV once about a dog who ate an entire
chocolate cake off the table -
including the knife -
and the vets were more concerned about the toxicity
of
the chocolate than they were about getting the knife
out of his
stomach. He swallowed it whole and didn't
puncture anything - they
were able to perform surgery
to remove it. Lucky dog.
:)
Jill
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