If the amount is not large, the general harm is not big
About chocolate It is poisonous to cats and dogs, but it does not mean that cats and dogs will definitely die after eating chocolate. The level of damage depends mainly on how much they eat, as well as their size. And chocolate is more harmful to cats than to dogs.
For cats and dogs, the toxic ingredient in chocolate is theobromine, because we humans can easily metabolize theobromine, but cats and dogs metabolize theobromine very quickly. It is much slower than us, so it is easy to accumulate in the body and cause poisoning. Compared with smaller cats and dogs, larger dogs can generally tolerate more chocolate.
A little chocolate is not fatal for everyone. Most dogs may only experience stomach discomfort, vomiting or diarrhea, so If the dog just eats a small piece of chocolate, the owner should not be too alarmed. However, large amounts of theobromine can cause muscle shaking, twitching, irregular heartbeat, internal bleeding or heart disease. The typical symptom of theobromine poisoning is severe hyperactivity.
There is no universal amount of theobromine that typical chocolate contains. Theobromine content is highest in cocoa powder, cooking chocolate, and dark chocolate, while milk chocolate and white chocolate are associated with less theobromine. Therefore, if you buy black chocolate that is dark and crying, you must watch your dogs carefully and never let them eat it secretly. Because less than 30g of black chocolate is enough to poison a 44-pound dog. For theobromine poisoning, inducing vomiting within two hours of ingesting chocolate is a common treatment method. As for the method of inducing vomiting, you can give the dog hydrogen peroxide, which is what we often call hydrogen peroxide.
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