When it comes to the feeding your pets care must be taken and be very responsible, since several products in the daily human diet can cause severe damage to your health.
Much of these foods are fruits and vegetables, food that at first might seem harmless, and even nutritious, for pets, however, it is quite the opposite.
These are some of the dangerous fruits and vegetables for petsmainly dogs and cats, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDAfor its acronym in English) of the United States government and the Federal Consumer Attorney (prophecy) from Mexico.
Small, round and very sweet, the grapes, raisins Y currants They are very similar foods not only in their shape and flavor, but also in the damage they cause to pets its consumption.
According to the FDA, these delicious fruits can cause kidney failure in animals. This discomfort occurs when the kidneys lose the ability to filter waste from the bloodaccumulating them inside the organism, which can be fatal and regularly intensive treatment is required to reverse it.
The US agency explains that not all pets are affected for consuming grapes, raisins or currants, but insists that this is not a healthy snack.
known as avocado either avocadothis creamy fruit of good size, black skin, green pulp and huge seed should be off limits for pets.
The FDA explains that this food can be slightly toxic to dogs and cats, who can present threw up, diarrhea, lack of stool production and, in the most severe cases, the development of pancreatitis.
while his level of danger increases in birdsthe rabbitsthe horses Y ruminantslike cattle bovinethe goats and the sheepto such a degree that it can be fatal.
For its part, Profeco mentions that the source of toxicity of the avocado, or palta, comes from its high persin contentwhich is in your seed Y sheets.
Two of the most used condiments in international gastronomy are garlic and the onionpractically every dish that is prepared contains these two foods, however, its consumption in pets can be highly dangerous.
Both the FDA and Profeco agree that garlic and onion they are toxicmainly for dogs, who can cause oxidative damage in the Red blood cellswhich causes them to break and cause anemia.
Another of the prohibited foods in pets are walnutssince its high phosphorus content can produce bladder stonesa kind of crystals that form in said organ and that can cause infections and other complications.
In the particular case of macadamia nuts, their consumption can be toxic in animals, generating vomiting, Muscle pain, swelling of the joints, high feveramong other side effects.
Although the apples In general, they are harmless food, and even nutritious, for pets, the heartas well as the seedsof the fruit in its consumption.
The core, being a hard part of the apple, can cause suffocation in animalswhile the seeds contain cyanide, a poisonous product.
It is important to mention that the potentially dangerous foods indicated in this text can vary in terms of their toxicity in pets depending on the type of animal it is, the amount it has eaten and even the part that was eaten.
If it is thought that your pet has eaten something potentially dangerous, it is recommended to go immediately to the veterinary or a center of pet poison control.
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