Halloween can be a very scary time of the year for people and for pets.
No Scaredy Cats This Halloween: Top Safety Tips for Pet Parents
IMPORTANT, it’s almost the scariest night of the year for you and your pet! The CCSPCA recommends taking preventative steps and precautions this Halloween to keep your pet safe all the way to November 1st. The Central California SPCA recommends the following tips:
The Central California SPCA recommends:
- Keep your pets safely indoors, away from trick-or-treaters and other Halloween activities.
- Make sure that all of your pets are wearing tags with current ID. Opening the door repeatedly for trick-or-treaters creates plenty of escape opportunities.
- Keep candy out of your pets’ reach. Chocolate and other ingredients can be toxic to them.
- Most pets are happiest wearing nothing but their birthday suit. Costumes and masks can make your pets uncomfortable or even cause injury.
- Decorations can be dangerous, so be sure to keep them safely away from pets. Candle flames can set fire to a pet’s fur. Hanging or dangling decorations can be an entanglement or choking hazard to some animals.
- Use fake cobwebs sparingly, if at all. Pets can choke on fake cobwebs set up indoors. Outdoors, fake webs may be a hazard to birds and wildlife.
- When going out trick-or-treating, leave your dog at home. Dogs can be easily excited by the Halloween commotion and a dog bite or lost dog will quickly end the evening’s fun.
Be safe and have a wonderful time this Halloween! If you have pictures of your pets in costumes we’d love see them!