Our daughter Posie takes a multi-vitamin which contain 5mg of Iron per tablet. Sephie or I break the tablet in two pieces for Posie every morning.There have been a few times when one of the halves has fallen to the kitchen floor and our Cairn Terrier, Gilkey is always there ready to eat it off the floor. Until a few days ago we had always been successful in getting the vitamin off the floor before Gilkey could actually be successful in licking it up.
We knew the vitamin wouldn't be good for Gilkey to eat. In fact it is fair to say that we thought the vitamin might make Gilkey "sick"...but the vitamin being "poisonous" to Gilkey never really occurred to us. Well, within about 20 minutes of Gilkey eating half the vitamin she started throwing it up. We immediately called our Vet and they informed us that if the vitamin contains Iron than it can make Gilkey quite ill and to "keep an eye on her"...within minutes I was "Googling" to find out what Iron can do to dogs. One of the first websites I found was the ASPCA website...
And the ASPCA has an Animal Poison Control page on their website which lists different poisons to your dog. I found it quite informative and a valuable resource for any possible questions I may have in the future. With the holidays around the corner and many different foods only being a "jump" or a "gulp" away the ASPCA may become an invaluable source.
Fortunately Gilkey had a very small amount of Iron and is fine. Posie and Gilkey have agreed...
NO MORE VITAMINS GILKEY!!!
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