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Top 10 Holiday Pet Safety Tips

By Amanda Milne

Well, it’s that time of the year that things are out of their normal routine. This is fine for most of us, but our pets sometimes have a bit of a harder time adapting, after all, they do rely on a routine. I’ve included some tips to consider to keep your furry friends safe amidst the hustle, bustle, and craziness this holiday season:

1 ) Don’t buy tinsel–specially if you have cats. Cats love to play with linear objects like string, yarn, rubber bands, and worst of all, tinsel. What often happens is that they will be playing and it will get caught and anchored under their tongue while they swallow the other end of it. Since it’s stuck at one end, and the digestive tract is trying to move it in the opposite direction, it gets bound up in the intestines, can shred them, and potentially cause death if dealt with right away.

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