Bleach can give an animal convulsions, nausea and vomiting, and can cause death. Household bleach can be very harmful for cats, dogs, and other pets. Bleach poisoning in pets can result in vomiting, convulsions, and sometimes death. Their job is to kill microbes, but the way they do so will generally also kill or at least irritate bits of your respiratory tract.
It simply disinfects. Pet urine is one of the worst smells for a homebuyer to encounter. Because if it sets in, it will make your house smell like dog pee. In a clean spray bottle, mix one cup of distilled white vinegar with one cup of water and 2 teaspoons of baking soda.
Shake it up to mix the ingredients, and then spray on the stain. Let it sit for a few minutes, and then blot with towels until clean. This can make your pup extremely ill and is another reason to intervene as early as possible. This is an emergency and requires urgent veterinary attention as your dog will struggle to breathe.
The team will act quickly to administer oxygen and try to remove to obstruction to give your furry friend the best chance of survival. As we now know the potential consequences of your dog eating Styrofoam are simply not worth the risk! Try to prevent access to Styrofoam wherever possible, especially for young puppies who are more likely to chew on inedible objects.
Take care when opening packages as packing peanuts may fall on the floor for your dog to grab. Soft toys with a Styrofoam filling and bean bags or bedding that contains polystyrene should be avoided in case they are chewed up and swallowed.
Styrofoam is also common packaging for plants. The trash can is also a common access point, as the smell of meat juice on a Styrofoam tray can be extremely tempting for dogs. Try using a pet secure trash can or keeping it safely secured away from your furry friends. When walking in public places, always keep them on a leash to avoid them picking up litter such as coffee cups or cupcake wrappers. Prevention is much better than cure! The chemical in Styrofoam that most people are concerned about is styrene.
During manufacture, styrene is known to be an irritant to the skin, eyes, and lungs. Whilst these effects are of little concern in the final products we use in daily life, Styrofoam is not meant to be eaten and mild irritation to the mouth and gut is possible. The WHO consensus on styrene states that there is little reason to believe it is a carcinogen for animals.
Therefore, a single exposure event is extremely unlikely to cause cancer or any major toxic effects with dogs. Traditional packing peanuts are also made from polystyrene and therefore have the same risks as other Styrofoam products if eaten by a dog.
However, to reduce the use of plastics in their packaging, many companies have swapped to biodegradable packing peanuts made of corn starch. These are non-toxic and dissolve in water and are therefore much less likely to cause an issue for your pet. However, they should still be avoided where possible as they are a choking hazard. In those situations, the veterinarian will require payment upfront in the form of a debit or credit card payment or cash.
If the cost is too expensive for the dog owner to bear, they might, unfortunately, need to decide to have their pet put to sleep.
Otherwise, they could make a payment arrangement with their veterinarian or borrow the money to cover the treatment costs. As you can imagine, the stress, anxiety, and costs associated with your dog eating Styrofoam can get avoided.
The first thing you can do is ensure there is no Styrofoam or other plastics in your home that your dog can easily access. When you buy a new product and bring it into your home, for example, you should immediately dispose of the packaging.
Usually, that means storing it in a locked room, or in an elevated location that your dog cannot access. The next thing you can do to prevent your dog from eating Styrofoam or similar materials is to carry out a risk assessment. What that means is checking what materials are accessible to your dog each day. Otherwise, that loose-fill material can spill out, and your dog will start to chew and swallow it! The starch in the peanuts comes from crop-based sources rather than petroleum-based polystyrene, and is non-toxic.
Biodegradable foam peanuts have no electrostatic charge, another benefit over polystyrene. Being biodegradable and nontoxic, they are also safe for humans and pets if ingested accidentally.
A large amount of Styrofoam may get stuck in the esophagus, stomach or the intestines. When used with food products, especially when heated, Styrofoam releases toxic chemicals into the food causing a contamination which can be hazardous to your health In addition, when exposed to sunlight,Styrofoam creates harmful air pollutants which contaminate landfills and deplete the ozone layer.
Burning Styrofoam, or polystyrene, is the least appropriate way to get rid of it for both people and the environment. Research has shown that when Styrofoam is burned it releases toxic chemicals and smoke that can damage the nervous system and lungs. To throw away Styrofoam, remove any recyclable pieces, then break down sheets or blocks into smaller bits you can put in your regular trash can.
To recycle, make sure you have plain white Styrofoam marked with the triangular recycling symbol.
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