Tips for Avoiding Food Poisoning in Dogs

Tips for avoiding dog food poisoning:

1. Keep the supply of fresh food. Some owners often put food and water in the dog's food bowl for several days. These foods are easy to be invaded and multiplied by bacteria when they are placed outside. If the dog eats these food with bacteria, it is easy to cause poisoning.

2. Store dog food at low temperature. Food at high temperature is easy to deteriorate, so dog food also needs to be placed in a low-temperature and dry place to avoid deterioration of stored food.

3. The food bowls and water containers for dogs to eat also need to be cleaned in the field to prevent bacteria from multiplying and endangering the health of dogs.

4. Don’t let the dog eat the food in the wild when going out. The food in the wild is spoiled and broken, and it is easy to cause poisoning after the dog eats it by mistake.

5. Suspicious food must be fully heated and conditioned to prevent the occurrence of poisoning incidents. Staphylococcus is extremely resistant to heat, even if heated, it cannot be sterilized. However, salmonella or vibrio enteritidis can be prevented by heating.

6. Fresh food should be prepared at any time, and leftover food should not be placed in the tableware.

7. For toxic substances such as insecticides and rodenticides, various chemical substances, household cleaners, bleaching agents, etc., care should be taken to preserve and manage them. Dogs are prone to poisoning by accidental ingestion.

Symptoms of food poisoning in dogs:

1. Foaming at the mouth, trembling and convulsions, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, fear of cold, etc.

2. Some will cause hypovolemic shock due to dehydration and electrolyte loss.

3. After some dogs eat poisonous substances by mistake, they will be extremely excited at first, and then they will twitch and foam at the mouth.

4. If the dog eats the rodenticide or cockroach medicine by mistake, the ears, eyes, nose and mouth will bleed, which will seriously cause nerve numbness, difficulty in breathing and even death.