{"id":880,"date":"2012-11-21T18:47:39","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T18:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/?p=880"},"modified":"2014-01-13T20:41:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:41:11","slug":"thanksgiving-safety-for-your-pets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/thanksgiving-safety-for-your-pets","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Safety For Your Pets"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The ASPCA has shared some helpful Thanksgiving tips for the Turkey Season!<\/h2>\n<div>\n<h3>Happy Thanksgiving from Clear the Air!\u00a0 Check out the following tips from ASPCA experts for a fulfilling Thanksgiving that your pets can enjoy, too.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Talkin\u2019 Turkey<\/strong> \u2013 If you decide to feed your pet a little nibble of turkey, make sure  it\u2019s boneless and well-cooked. Don\u2019t offer her raw or undercooked  turkey, which may contain salmonella bacteria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sage Advice<\/strong> \u2013 Sage can make your <em><strong>Thanksgiving<\/strong> <\/em>stuffing  taste delish, but it and many other herbs contain essential oils and  resins that can cause gastrointestinal upset and central nervous system  depression to pets if eaten in large quantities. Cats are especially  sensitive to the effects of certain essential oils.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No Bread Dough<\/strong> \u2013 Don\u2019t spoil your pet\u2019s holiday by  giving him raw bread dough. According to ASPCA experts, when raw bread  dough is ingested, an animal\u2019s body heat causes the dough to rise in his  stomach. As it expands, the pet may experience vomiting, severe  abdominal pain and bloating, which could become a life-threatening  emergency, requiring surgery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t Let Them Eat Cake<\/strong> \u2013 If you\u2019re baking up <em><strong>Thanksgiving<\/strong> <\/em>cakes,  be sure your pets keep their noses out of the batter, especially if it  includes raw eggs\u2014they could contain salmonella bacteria that may lead  to food poisoning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Too Much of a Good Thing<\/strong> \u2013 A few small boneless  pieces of cooked turkey, a taste of mashed potato or even a lick of  pumpkin pie shouldn\u2019t pose a problem. However, don\u2019t allow your pets to  overindulge, as they could wind up with a case of stomach upset,  diarrhea or even worse\u2014an inflammatory condition of the pancreas known  as pancreatitis. In fact, it\u2019s best keep pets on their regular diets  during the holidays.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Feast Fit for a Kong<\/strong> \u2013 While the humans are  chowing down, give your cat and dog their own little feast. Offer them  Nylabones or made-for-pet chew bones. Or stuff their usual  dinner\u2014perhaps with a few added tidbits of turkey, vegetables (try sweet  potato or green beans) and dribbles of gravy\u2014inside a Kong toy. They\u2019ll  be happily occupied for awhile, working hard to extract their dinner  from the toy.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ASPCA has shared some helpful Thanksgiving tips for the Turkey Season! Happy Thanksgiving from Clear the Air!\u00a0 Check out the following tips from ASPCA experts for a fulfilling Thanksgiving that your pets can enjoy, too. Talkin\u2019 Turkey \u2013 If you decide to feed your pet a little nibble of turkey, make sure it\u2019s boneless [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,10,5,4],"tags":[56,229,69,18,265,33,19,24,25,38,270,20,65,470,471],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1512,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions\/1512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}