By Rylee DeGood
If you have pets, Halloween can be a frightening time, so here are some tips for when those witches and goblins come out.
Here are some tips from the Cheyenne Animal Shelter:
1. Keep candy away from dogs and cats. Chocolate can be especially dangerous for pets. Candy wrappers can look like a fun toy to a cat, but are dangerous if swallowed.
Call the Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 if you suspect your pet swallowed something dangerous.
2. Festive pumpkins and corn are relatively nontoxic, but can produce stomach upset in pets that nibble on them. And the surfaces of cut pumpkins, like Jack-o-Lanterns, can carry loads of bacteria.
3. Keep wires and cords protected and out of reach. They can burn or shock pets who chew on them.
4. Use caution with flames. It doesn’t take much to knock over a lit Jack-o-Lantern or other candles, causing burns or fires. Kittens are especially curious about flames.
5. Although costumes on pets can seem cute and festive, they can cause a lot of stress, especially if they restrict movement or breathing. Consider a festive bandana instead.
If you do dress up your pet, it should not have small, dangling or easily chewed-off pieces, and it should fit correctly.
6. Consider confining pets to a separate room during parties or trick-or-treating. Too many strangers can be stressful for pets.
And repeatedly opening the door for trick-or-treaters gives plenty of opportunity for escape.
7. Make sure your pet has proper and up-to-date identification tags and/or microchipping. Doing so can safe your pet’s life. Contrary to myth, most animal shelters – including the Cheyenne Animal Shelter – do adopt out black cats around Halloween.
It was thought some time ago that people were adopting cats, particularly black cats, for cruel purposes during Halloween.
While that might occasionally be true, animal cruelty is a year-round problem, not just a Halloween problem.
We trust our adoption counselors to find good homes for the animals.
And so far, no one has taken one of our animals home on a broomstick. Did you know that black cats and black dogs are much harder to find homes for than other colors of critters?
If you have pets, Halloween can be a frightening time, so here are some tips for when those witches and goblins come out.
Here are some tips from the Cheyenne Animal Shelter:
1. Keep candy away from dogs and cats. Chocolate can be especially dangerous for pets. Candy wrappers can look like a fun toy to a cat, but are dangerous if swallowed.
Call the Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 if you suspect your pet swallowed something dangerous.
2. Festive pumpkins and corn are relatively nontoxic, but can produce stomach upset in pets that nibble on them. And the surfaces of cut pumpkins, like Jack-o-Lanterns, can carry loads of bacteria.
3. Keep wires and cords protected and out of reach. They can burn or shock pets who chew on them.
4. Use caution with flames. It doesn’t take much to knock over a lit Jack-o-Lantern or other candles, causing burns or fires. Kittens are especially curious about flames.
5. Although costumes on pets can seem cute and festive, they can cause a lot of stress, especially if they restrict movement or breathing. Consider a festive bandana instead.
If you do dress up your pet, it should not have small, dangling or easily chewed-off pieces, and it should fit correctly.
6. Consider confining pets to a separate room during parties or trick-or-treating. Too many strangers can be stressful for pets.
And repeatedly opening the door for trick-or-treaters gives plenty of opportunity for escape.
7. Make sure your pet has proper and up-to-date identification tags and/or microchipping. Doing so can safe your pet’s life. Contrary to myth, most animal shelters – including the Cheyenne Animal Shelter – do adopt out black cats around Halloween.
It was thought some time ago that people were adopting cats, particularly black cats, for cruel purposes during Halloween.
While that might occasionally be true, animal cruelty is a year-round problem, not just a Halloween problem.
We trust our adoption counselors to find good homes for the animals.
And so far, no one has taken one of our animals home on a broomstick. Did you know that black cats and black dogs are much harder to find homes for than other colors of critters?
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Organizers should take extra precautionary measures before hand because animals are unpredictable at times.
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