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01-17-2009, 08:46 AM | #1 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ
Posts: 4,068
| Road salt and Yorkies Is the road salt dangerous on their paws??? I wipe it off with a baby wipe. Does it cause health problems if they lick it???
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01-17-2009, 09:09 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | When Harry boy goes for a walk, I get a little plastic bowl with warm water and a hand towel, and dip his paw in the water to make sure we get good in between the toes and then I dry it with the towel. Salt is very bad for the paws and you don't want him licking between his toes if he gets it in there. better safe than sorry.. hugs, cArmen in nj |
01-17-2009, 09:15 AM | #3 |
And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI
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| I'm not sure how dangerous it is but it would not be healthy because they'd be getting excess salt. When Ellie walks in it, she ends up picking up one of her paws. I guess it burns her or something, so we carry her around it.
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01-17-2009, 10:20 AM | #4 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Georgia
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| Salt (road or table) is not good for pets. |
01-17-2009, 10:25 AM | #5 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Northern NJ
Posts: 3,468
| yes, the road salt is dangerous for them. It's calcium chloride and is poisonous. It also dries out their paws. Wetting their feet just activates the salt and makes it do it's job....melt snow and ice. We've been wearing light fleece boots to protect them from the salt but if I do wash their feet, I actually use soap and water. Then I blow them dry to make sure all the salt is off. So glad we're moving away from all this! lol |
01-17-2009, 10:39 AM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ont. Canada
Posts: 421
| we try to avoid the salt ..as i understand some of them may contain an antifreeze type of substance and cause major illness or death if ingested, by licking the paws...a friend had a great dane die of this,as she did not know...wash it off and as yorkies are low on the ground they can also get it on the tummy etc ..better to use the old sand ! |
01-17-2009, 10:52 AM | #7 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| I'm sure it wouldn't be good for them. I'd wash and dry their paws really well everytime they came in.
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01-17-2009, 02:55 PM | #8 | |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ
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01-17-2009, 03:02 PM | #9 |
YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Ont. Canada
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| YES ! Salts and Ice Melts: · Generally contain one of the following: Sodium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Magnesium Acetate, Urela. · Symptoms of exposure can be as mild as contact burns, and progress to vomiting, diarrhea, Gastro-Intestinal distress, Ataxia, Cardiac Failure, seizures. · Treat by bathing the pet immediately and bring to the vet with the product package so they can apply appropriate treatment Last edited by YoRkiE Te aMo; 01-17-2009 at 03:04 PM. |
01-21-2009, 03:46 PM | #10 |
YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Pennsauken , NJ
Posts: 4,068
| i can't wait until spring. they dump tons of salt on the streets here.
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01-21-2009, 04:13 PM | #11 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Cresskill, NJ, USA
Posts: 1,030
| Spring can not come soon enough. Poor Cassi has been stuck in the house b/c she hates going out in the cold. Good thing she goes on her pee-pad, therefore, I have one less thing to worry about. But I do have to worry about the salt that me and DH trek into the house. I'm always sweeping and vacuuming the floor to make sure that I get all the salt off the floor.
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