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Halloween Treats Can Make Your Pet Sick

Four Steps to a Safer Halloween

While you're thinking up the best costume for this year's Halloween party, you'll also want to consider some safety tips for your animal friends. Halloween is a day when pets get lost and sometimes fall into misguided hands. Other pets suffer from eating treats brought home by kids.

While this can be a fun time for people and pets alike, remember that your pets are depending on you to keep them safe from the more dangerous goblins and ghouls that this holiday brings. Halloween can be very scary for pets if you don't take precautions.

Here are four tips to help your pets through a somewhat confusing time for them:

1.) Make Sure Your Pet has Proper Identification
Your pet should always wear a collar or tag. While Halloween is a key time for pets to become lost, a pet can escape at any timeâ and you want to be sure he/she makes it home unharmed. Also look around your yard for loose fence boards, escape holes or areas where your pet could escape.

2.) Keep Pets Indoors
Halloween is an especially dangerous time for cats who are especially prone to become stolen, lost or hurt by pranksters. Your cat is always safest indoors. Even if your cat goes outdoors, he/she should remain inside during Halloween. Any pet can be frightened by the noise, costumes and doorbell ringing on Halloween nights. It's best to find a nice, quiet spot for your animal friend to spend the night, to make sure he/she doesn't dart out the door. One indoor reminder: Be careful about candles in your pumpkins, or think about safer alternatives that won't be a fire hazard or potentially burn your pets.

3.) Dressing Up
When dressing up a pet, make sure the costume isn't constricting or unsafe and be careful not to obstruct your pet's vision. And as with small children, make sure that buttons or other attachments don't come off and get eaten. If your pet doesn't want to get into the costume, don't insist or you might cause stress to your pet. Never leave a pet in costume unattended.

Also, don't take your pet trick-or-treating, even though he/she may look so cute in costume. Dogs may unexpectedly bite strangers and cats may escape. If you are interested in taking your pet trick-or-treating, there may be an event in your area that will provide a safe and entertaining environment for your pet.

4.) No Candy Treats
Pets can become ill from eating candy, or even the tin foil and cellophane candy wrappers. Chocolate is especially dangerous for dogs and cats.

Here's hoping you have a safe and happy Halloween!

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