My Jack Russell Ringo had to stay overnight at the vets on Saturday after eating what was a potentially fatal, but small amount of chocolate. Fortunately mum was in the room at the time and knowing that chocolate can be poisonous phoned the vet immediately. He was at the surgery within 40 minutes of eating the chocolate. Nevertheless he had to have a poweful drug to induce vomiting and had to be monitored throughout the night. He is now home and well but had he eaten the chocolate while we were out, or had I not been aware of the dangers it could have been a very different story. Mum and I now realise through telling friends and family about the incident that too many people are not aware of the risks. Please let people know to help avoid further distress to others. Not to mention the vet bill of £63.54 which made it a very expensive half bar of chocolate.
Moral of the story: Don't let your dog eat chocolate
As for cat lovers, dont give them grapes, grapes contain a high amount of potassium which can be harmful for cats!
Simon
P.S Ringo has recovered , but still be aware.
P.S.S This Message is for the ones who don't know if ya know well done, most people dont :-/
"A man who aimed to bring his dreams to reality is not a fool, but the man who won't is."
rice_pudding wrote:didnt know bout the grapes...
why a cat would eat grapes is beyond me though...
I dont know why a cat would eat grapes but heck, my old cat tabatha who lived till she was 22 ate anything, chips, cheese, ham, pizza bits, ya name it she loved it!
But mum told me to warn people that cats shouldn't eat grapes.
Simon
"A man who aimed to bring his dreams to reality is not a fool, but the man who won't is."
rice_pudding wrote:cats and dogs get more greedy with age IMO and are more likely to eat anything
I loved that cat though, i mean one of the tricks we used to do was "Kiss" and she'd kiss my forhead but anyone else who tried it got hissed at xD
Simon
P.S what does IMO mean lol ive heard it said so many times!
IMO = In my opinion.
I knew about the chocolate. Did you know that asprin can kill a cat?
And no matter how many times we've seen it on tv, dogs can not blow bubble gum bubbles out of their ass.
My old Beagle ate like...5 HUGE chocolate chip cookies and he was fine. He seriously had an indescuctible stomach.
I hope your dog will be alright. Dogs are awesome.
my 4 cats are HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of my cats are named Oci Osbourne because he makes physco ozzy faces and he looks like hes on damn drugs.XD
frank wrote:hey simon...how much chocolate does it take to kill a cat anyway?
FRANK!!! Don't go getting any ideas! Just remember, if something should happen to Simon, Meradith is gonna get two more...you know she already wants another one.
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, but still be aware.
send a picture of molly if you can (well if ya want to) mum would love to see! 
He seriously had an indescuctible stomach.