What to do if your pet becomes high<\/p>\n
It\u2019s important for pet owners to seek help from veterinary general practitioners or emergency care doctors if they suspect that their animal is sick.\n<\/p>\n
The first part of any exam may involve observing the animal \u201cbefore you even put hands on them,\u201d Graham said.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThat can really tell you a lot of information,\u201d she said. \u201cJust reading their body language, seeing what their vitals are doing before you get into an in-depth physical exam.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Next, getting information from pet owners about events leading up to signs of illness, and any other relevant details, is critical, Graham said. However, when marijuana is involved, that can sometimes be a little tricky.\n <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very important that owners know that we\u2019re not going to rat them out,\u201d Dr. Robin Goyle, veterinarian and co-owner of Main Line Urgent Vet, said.\n<\/p>\n
In order for pet owners to feel comfortable with them, they need to build a safe space, Graham said.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cOur job as veterinarians is not to get an owner in trouble,\u201d she said. \u201cThe more information we know, the better we can do to figure out what\u2019s going on.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
People have been more forthcoming in recent years about eating marijuana edibles or smoking at home, Graham and Goyle said. But in other cases, it can still take time to get to the truth.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI had one dog come in once where [the appointment] started as, \u2018It ate chocolate.\u2019 Then it turned into, \u2018It ate brownies.\u2019 Then it was \u2018homemade brownies.\u2019 Then it was \u2018homemade pot brownies.\u2019 Turns out, there were no brownies, it was just a dime bag of marijuana,\u201d Graham said.\n<\/p>\n
It can also be helpful when pet owners can provide information about the kinds of products and medications they keep at home, Goyle said. Without that information, it can take longer to identify what might be causing symptoms.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cEven if it\u2019s just that you take pictures of [prescriptions], trying to bring all that information with you is really crucial for us to be able to make the right decisions,\u201d Goyle said. \u201cBecause there are certain medications that are extremely toxic and are extremely dangerous and immediately require certain things and certain care.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Historically, most cases of cannabis toxicity in animals have happened because a pet got into products at home. But recently, Graham and Goyle said they\u2019ve also had longtime clients come in with pets who\u2019ve ingested discarded, used marijuana joints or other products outside.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of a sudden people are saying, \u2018We went for a walk, 30 minutes later, my dog is flat out and I don\u2019t know what happened.\u2019 And I believe them,\u201d Graham said.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What to do if your pet becomes high It\u2019s important for pet owners to seek help from veterinary…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":797836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[5229,4654,3344,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-797835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dogs","10":"tag-marijuana","11":"tag-pa","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-philadelphia","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}