6 Easter Items In Your Home Which Could Be Deadly For Your Pet
Whether you and your family choose to celebrate Easter religiously, as a kid’s holiday, or not at all, there are some traditional Easter items in your home which could be deadly for your pets.
Traditional Easter Flowers Which Are Dangerous For Pets
Many pets love to sniff and possibly eat items around your home. They just can’t help but be curious. However, there are certain Easter items in your home which could be very dangerous.
For example, the experienced veterinarians with TrustedHousesitters.com recommend that you keep your pets clear of three specific Easter flowers. Specifically, they refer to lilies, daffodils, and tulips. Even if you don’t celebrate Easter, these are typical springtime flowers many people love to have in their homes.
The first of those popular spring flowers, lilies, are extremely toxic to cats. The other two, daffodils and tulips, can be deadly for both dogs and cats. Per the article on TrustedHousesitters.com by Liam Beauchamp, the bulbs of these flowers is especially poisonous.
Additionally, if you’re sending Easter or springtime flower bouquets to friends or family members with pets, be sure your arrangements do not include any of these dangerous flowers.
![A typical Easter or springtime flower arrangement sitting in a clear, round, squat, bowl, half-filled with water. There is a purple and yellow placemat under the bowl. The cut flowers included in the arrangement are tulips, daffodils, and fleur-de-lises photographed on a white background.](https://coyotecountrylv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/69/2024/03/Spring-flowers_resized-scaled.jpg)
A typical Easter or spring flower arrangement including tulips, daffodils, and fleur-de-lises.
Three More Common Easter Items To Keep Pets Away From
If you’re planning on having your kids participate in a traditional Easter egg hunt around your home, be sure you don’t hide real or decorative plastic eggs in places where your curious pets can get to them. Instruct your children that sharing sweet treats with your pets can be dangerous as well.
In addition, Easter decorations such as fluffy bunnies and chicks could be just the right size for your pets to swallow. Plus, fragile plastic eggs could easily shatter into shards which could cause serious harm to your pets if swallowed or stepped on.
The vets at TrustedHousesitters.com also remind pet owners that although you know chocolate is dangerous for pets, so is the artificial sweetener, Xylitol. It’s used in a great many “sugar-free” candies and treats.
Finally, there’s that traditional Easter dinner. Whether you’re serving up ham, turkey, or both, remember that raw and cooked bones are serious threats to your pets. Be sure to dispose of them in a place where they cannot reach them.
Additionally, remind your kids that feeding animals from the table, or giving them fatty table scraps, can also cause dangerous digestive problems. Moreover, you don’t want to have to spend your Easter cleaning up any messes your cat or dog may make because they ate something they shouldn’t have.
![Typical Easter items in an Easter basket. The wicker basket being held by a person dressed in black includes a ham, a sausage, fresh brown eggs, a yellow bundt cake, fragile, decorated glass or plastic easter eggs, a ceramic coffee mug, and decorative green sprigs of fresh herbs.](https://coyotecountrylv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/69/2024/03/Easter-basket_resized.jpg)
A wicker Easter basket filled with traditional Easter items and foods.
We all hope you and your family, including your family’s pets, enjoy a safe and happy Easter weekend. Now, feel free to scroll down for more content which many interest you.