中毒對象：貓、狗。
中毒程度：中等 - 嚴重。
常見臨床症狀：流涎、噁心、口腔刺激、嘔吐、下痢、昏睡、腹痛、心跳與呼吸速率上升、虛弱、運動不耐、昏倒、牙齦黏膜蒼白。
洋蔥、大蒜、蔥和韭菜均為蔥顆植物，對狗、貓都有毒性。大蒜的毒性約為洋蔥的5倍。某些特殊的狗貓品種對洋蔥中毒更是敏感，包括日本犬種 (如秋田或柴犬) 和貓咪。洋蔥和大蒜的中毒會造成紅血球的氧化傷害 (使紅血球變得容易破裂) 以及造成腸胃炎 (如噁心、口腔刺激、流涎、腹痛、偶吐、下痢)。其他貧血相關的臨床症狀也可能發生，包括昏睡、牙齦黏膜蒼白、心跳與呼吸速率上升、虛弱、運動不耐與昏倒。洋蔥和大蒜中毒可能會在食入後數天才會發生，臨床症狀在前幾天也可能不太明顯。
中毒對象：狗。
中毒程度：中等 - 嚴重。
常見臨床症狀：偶吐、下痢、異常喝水或排尿、昏睡、食欲不振、流涎、脫水。
葡萄、葡萄乾等產品對狗狗具有毒性！事實上，訪間也有傳聞葡萄對貓咪和貂也具有毒性。只要吃盡少量的葡萄、葡萄乾，就會造成狗狗嚴重、急性的腎衰竭。所有形式的葡萄或葡萄乾產品 (包括葡萄汁、葡萄貝果等) 都會造成中毒。即便是有機、無噴灑農藥、自家種的葡萄，也都會造成狗狗中毒。目前葡萄造成狗狗中毒的機制仍不明，但就是會造成狗狗貧血、偶吐、下痢、以及嚴重的急性腎衰竭。毒性並無劑量特異性，有時只要吃進一點點就會有嚴重的症狀。如狗狗誤食，建議趕緊送醫進行解毒(如催吐、給予活性碳)、積極的支持治療、積極的輸液治療，以及腎功能的監控。
中毒對象：貓、狗。
中毒程度：嚴重。
常見臨床症狀：偶吐、下痢、昏睡、食慾不振、腹水、腹部疼痛、黃疸、黑瀝便。
蘇鐵是熱帶/亞熱帶常見的植物，亦常作為造景觀賞用的植栽。這些植物是蘇鐵目 (Cycadacae) 的一員，包括了蘇鐵科的蘇鐵屬 (Cycads)、大澤米屬 (Macrozamia) 和澤米屬 (Zamia)，如旋鐵樹 (Cycas circinalis)、蘇鐵樹 (Cycad revolute)、南美蘇鐵 (Zamia pumila) 和美葉蘇鐵 (Zamia furfuracea)。蘇鐵的每個部位都具有毒性，其中以種子最毒。蘇鐵含有蘇鐵素 (cycasin)，是蘇鐵最主要造成動物中毒的成份，會造成狗狗嚴重的肝臟衰竭。食入後15分鐘至數小時內會開始有急性的腸胃道症狀 (ex. 流口水、食慾不振、偶吐、下痢)。在食入後2-3天會陸續出現中樞神經症狀 (ex. 虛弱、共濟失調、癲癇、震顫等) 與嚴重肝衰竭。臨床症狀包括偶吐、下痢、昏睡、食慾不振、腹水、腹部疼痛、黃疸與黑瀝便。狗貓需要立即送醫並積極治療。即便有立即處置，存活率約只有50%，不得不慎！
中毒對象：貓。
中毒程度：中度 - 嚴重。
常見臨床症狀：食慾不振、昏睡、躲藏、偶吐、下痢、流涎、脫水、異常排尿或具渴、癲癇、死亡。
並非所有的百合都會造成貓咪嚴重的腎臟疾病，因此可大致將百合分為兩大類。第一類危險性較低，包含白鶴芋 (Peace)、秘魯百合 (Peruvian)、馬蹄蓮 (Calla)。此類百合含有不可溶性的草酸鹽結晶，會造成輕微的症狀，如對口腔、舌頭、咽喉和食道的刺激。臨床症狀可能會有暫時性的流口水、搔抓嘴吻部、吐泡泡和偶吐。
〔即時新聞／綜合報導〕如果有養貓的人就知道，貓對於家中盆栽有著極高興趣，但有一種植物千萬不能擺，因為貓接觸到就有可能腎衰竭死亡。
根據英國媒體《都會報》報導，伊麗莎白（Elizabeth Mackie）的4個月大愛貓有著白色毛皮，黑斑點綴，相當可愛，但卻因為一盆百合花而死亡。這盆美麗的百合花是友人送給伊麗莎白，伊麗莎白將它放置在小貓平時喜歡待著的窗台。
報導指出，小貓接觸到百合花時，沾到花粉。伊麗莎白起初不知道事情嚴重性，將照片PO上網路詢問網友如何清理，此時有網友警告她，百合花對於貓而言有著致命危險，伊麗莎白才將小貓送醫，但為時已晚。最後貓因為肝、腎衰竭喪命。
《寵毛網》資料顯示，百合屬的植物所分泌的物質會導致貓咪腎衰竭，只要咬、舔百合花，都有極高機率喪命，飼主不可不慎。
實驗前言：生食和冷凍乾燥食品如雨後春筍般出現。
根據市調公司GfK表示：”冷凍乾燥食品在2012年第一季出現74%的大幅度成長（增加幅度選超過了無穀飼料，無穀飼料在這段期間僅成長了64%。），冷凍寵物食品的銷售也在近幾年中從2011年的3400萬元，成長到2013年的9200萬元。”
所以～我，目前正處於失業狀態，現在正嘗試在寵物飼料加工產業找到一份工作。於是，我想我應該來做個實驗，給生食業重重一擊，讓他們看一下飼料有多麼超級無敵棒！（對的～這裡絕對可以用” 超級無敵棒”來形容飼料！）
DO YOU HAVE A PET WITH CANCER? THEN YOU MAY WANT TO SCRAP THE PROCESSED KIBBLE DIET ASAP!
“Despite the massive growth in genetic therapies, pharmaceutical and surgical technologies chronic disease is crippling mankind. […] The true solutions for cancer and many other degenerative disease processes lie in the nutritional and metabolic functions of the body […] Studies have shown that sugar is the fuel source for cancer and creates an environment of chronic inflammation that leads to other degenerative disease processes” – Dr. David Jockers
If your pet has been diagnosed with cancer (and according to today’s stats, 50% of your pets unfortunately will) it is essential that you cut back the sugar and carbs in their diets! This means if you are feeding processed kibble to your pets, you may want to rethink this strategy.
Why?
“Cancer cells contain ten times the amount of insulin receptors as normal cells. This allows them to gobble up glucose and other nutrients from the blood stream at an accelerated rate. As long as an individual continues to provide this form of fuel the cancer will continue to grow. Those cancer patients who have the highest blood sugar readings after eating have the lowest survival rates.” – Dr.Jockers
CANCER IS AN ORGANISM THAT NEEDS FOOD; YOU CAN EITHER STARVE IT OR FEED IT.
Carbohydrates and starches, when consumed by your pet, are converted into sugars by the body. According to the “Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats Guide”, with many commercial pet foods available on the market today, some companies are turning a profit by loading up their bags of pet food with values up to 70% carbohydrates (aka sugar)!!
National Research Council -Starch Content of some starch-rich foodstuffs and by-products used in pet foods:
Barley – 516g/kg
Oats – 400g/kg
Corn - 728 g/kg
Wheat - 621 g/kg
Peas - 410g/kg
Rice - 810g/kg
Potato - 650 g/kg
According to Dr. Gregory K. Ogilvie’s, from Complementary and Alternative Veterinary Medicine, “Nutritional Approaches to Cancer Therapy”: Tumors need glucose to live, which are simple sugars found in many carbohydrates. It gives energy to the tumor, and robs energy from the dog. Further, tests conducted proved that the dogs ability to metabolize carbohydrates is altered in dogs with cancer, unlike the dogs tested who did not have cancer.
Forget for a moment that studies show that today’s kibble is full of deadly mycotoxins (http://ow.ly/ItJnn), or that these same bags are full of carcinogens (http://ow.ly/ItKCI), let’s just focus on the sugar/carb factor. Do you know how many carbohydrates are in your bag of kibble? Let me teach you how to roughly figure it out in a flash.
Just grab your bag of pet food and a calculator.
First check this out:
According to Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO): “Carbohydrates are not measured directly, but can be estimated by calculating the “nitrogen-free extract” in the product. This is determined simply by subtracting the average of each of the other components (percent crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber, moisture AND ash) from 100.”
However Dr. Sagman from Dog Food Advisor says: “… fiber is actually a carbohydrate. So, its percentage is automatically included in your carbohydrate calculations.”
So let’s go with this guideline: Protein + Fat + Moisture + Ash, then subtract that from 100 = Carbs
(This method works for dry food only; to figure out canned food you need to get the dry matter values.)
After the calculations, pet parents are going to find that some of these bags of kibble have anywhere from 40% to 70% carbs in them, and depending on the type of “cancer cell” your pet has, it can have anywhere from 10 to 70 times more insulin receptors on its cell surface membrane than a regular cell. Imagine, if cancer needs glucose for fuel and one is feeding their cancer pet that many carbohydrates, then in theory you are adding rocket fuel to the cancer growing fire!
Speak to any holistic veterinarian and most will tell you to drop the bag of kibble (or any processed foods for that matter) and start feeding fresh foods packed with bioavailable nutrients to help heal the body. God forbid, imagine you had cancer. Would a diet of chemo and Mac & Cheese help your cancer fighting cause?
Remember, it is super important to boost your pet’s immune system in order to give them a fighting chance to smash cancer and all its negative effects.
DOES YOUR PET SUFFER FROM SKIN IRRITATIONS, CHRONIC YEAST INFECTIONS, OR BEHAVIORAL ISSUES?
What about:
Allergies, arthritis, autoimmune disease, cancer, cognitive issues, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, heart disease, liver disease, obesity, skin and coat disorders, and or urinary tract disorders?
“One day, you might wake up and find that you're seemingly healthy dog suddenly can't stop scratching, or that he has gas and diarrhea that won't go away, or that he suffers from reoccurring yeast infections-or, heaven forbid, that he has cancer. Or, maybe his temperament has changed, and you simply chalk up his agitated or aggressive behavior as bad or obstinate.
They are results of long-term inflammation triggered by a combination of factors that are strongly influenced by environmental assaults on the epigenome. When these assaults become too much for the body to handle it finally reaches the tipping point, and a disease state appears
[…] many of the foods that are marketed to nourish our dogs actually wreak havoc on them from the inside out, resulting in rampant obesity and chronic disease (Dodds, 2024;Dodds,2024a)
” – Canine NutriGenomics
Where does all this inflammation come from you may ask? Well, one massive component is your pet’s diet! To be more specific, aside from high glycemic foods, the type of meat you are feeding your pet plays a massive role as well.
Why?
GRASS-FED VS GRAIN-FED/GRASS-FINISHED
“That lovely image of a herd of cattle happily munching away and contentedly chewing their cud is mostly a figment of your imagination. Over the last 70 years, the beef industry has evolved into an intense, industrial enterprise designed to put as much weight on animals as fast as possible and get the resulting meat to market as quickly as possible.
To do that, beef cattle –, they are fed grain – lost of grain – to bring them up to the target weight for slaughter. Since it takes as much as 7 pounds of grain (corn, barley, soybeans, and other grain) to develop a pound of meat and those cattle gain about 3 pounds a day, that’s a lot of feed!
Omega-3 fatty acids are fats that are essential to human health. Sixty percent of the fatty acids in grass is omega-3, which is formed in the chloroplasts of green leaves. Grass-fed cattle can contain as much as two-to-four times more omega-3 fatty acids than grain-fed animals.
At the same time, a high ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids has been linked with an increased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, allergies, depression, obesity, and autoimmune disorders.
A ratio of four to one or lower is considered ideal, Grain-fed beef has a much higher ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids than wild game or grass-fed beef. In grass-fed beef the ratio is approximately 2 to 1, while the ratio in grain-fed beef is more than 14 to 1. .” – Eat Local Grown
SO WHY IS TOO MUCH OMEGA-6 A PROBLEM?
Because omega-6 is “pro-inflammatory”, meaning too much or an unhealthy balance causes inflammation in you and your pet!
Studies show a high ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acids have been linked with an increased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, allergies, depression, obesity, and autoimmune disorders.
So now you know.
