New free pet poisoning app for pet owners & veterinary professionals | Dr. Justine Lee
Did your dog just eat chocolate or mouse poison? Looking for some great free pet poisoning advice? Not sure what human medications or products in the house, yard, or garden are dangerous to your dog or cat?
Here, my review of this recently released top pet app to have! Whether you’re a dog or cat owner or veterinary professional, this free one should be on your Top 10 apps to have.
ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) just released a great, free app called APCC by ASPCA. Click on the relevant species (e.g., dog, cat, horse, or bird), and see what poisons post a danger to that pet! This app includes information on poisons such as:
- Chocolate
- Tylenol (acetaminophen)
- NSAIDS
- Fertilizers
- Glo jewelry
- Zinc phosphide
- Macadamia nuts
- Xylitol
This free app is designed for pet owners AND veterinary professionals to be able to quickly identify what’s poisonous to their pet or patient. It includes common household products (like household cleaners, batteries, etc.), yard and garden dangers (e.g., bone meal, fertilizer, etc.), human medications (both prescription and over-the-counter), and plants. While the app is more oriented for pet owners, it’s still a great app for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and veterinary students, as it has the ability to calculate toxic doses of chocolate and mouse and rat poisons (e.g., rodenticides). It’s combined the chocolate wheel and rodenticide chart into this free app so you can literally calculate from your smartphone!
Download this ASPCA APCC app for FREE at the links below. Don’t forget to write a review (remember, it’s free, so they should get an automatic shout-out for that, as other animal poison apps charge for this!) after you check it out!
Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/
Android (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/
HINT: To access the chocolate calculator, simply search under chocolate. For the rodenticides, search under the active ingredients: brodifacoum, bromadiolone, diphacinone, chlorophacinone, difethialone, and warfarin.
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love it
Awesome! Spread the word to pet owners and veterinary professionals! 🙂
What an awesome app! So looking forward to utilizing it at our practice
I wish I had known about this site sooner.
Great app for my smart phone…easy access for in clinic use…love it!
Thanks you
Nice app. Would be nice if it gave generic names of substances as well, seeing as many people do not know most substances by their brand name. Also, needs to say what exactly constitutes a moderate or severe reaction. All in all though, nice app for the general public. And, xylitol is toxic to cats as well, not just dogs. But doesn’t pop up in the cat section.
Thanks Catie! It’s not known if xylitol is poisonous in cats! ASPCA APCC hasn’t seen this yet, as cats are too smart to chew gum!
I agree! I think adding common names to the search function would be a wonderful idea. I feel that many clients may not search for active ingredients, but use terms like “rat poison” instead.
Great app! Thanks for the share. The photos will be useful for IDing some substances with owners.
My dog ate an a whole box of oatmeal cookies that contained traces of raisin paste. Should I be concerned?
Yes, would call the ASPCA right away!
Looking fwd to using this!
this is great app. I have 2 dogs and it will be so nice to have this information at my fingertips. I thank you and my dogs thank you.
Good page
Thank you! Just asked to install it at every device in our small animal practice.
Tried to download in the app store. It says: not available in the USA. So people have to call the ASPCA and pay $65 dollars. But elsewhere in the world you can download the app for free????????
My dog just ate two or three pounds of frozen cooked chicken wings. should I be concerned?
Yes. I would get to your vet asap.
Took my dog to the vet yesterday. She got rabies shot and Alprazolam 2mg tablets for storm anxiety. Next day (today) I wake up and her eyes are droopy and she has poor balance. What could be wrong with her
My dog 30pound eat two Kirkland soft@chewy Granola bars with chocolate chips
I was happy to find this app because someone sprayed my dog with pepper spray today. I just wanted to know what to do and if I needed to take him to the vet. I searched for pepper spray, capsaicin, oleoresin and nothing!! I guess it’s not considered a poison so it’s not in here. Called the 1800# and it’s $75 to talk to someone. No thank you. For less than that we are headed to our vet’s office. It’s a nice app to have down the road if anything ever does happen.
My dogs ate rat poison what can I do here from home
Call the 1-800 number on the box of rat poison ASAP. Or get to your veterinarian ASAP.
My 20 lb poodle drank 3-4 oz of grape juice. I can’t find anything about that! All information (NOT HERE, BY THE WAY) is about grapes.
You didn’t have much information- so I didn’t find this app beneficial.
Maybe include more common items…for example tooth paste…
My 14 week old puppy named Leo who is part pit bull part mastif and part lab and weighs around 30lbs ate I would say half a bar of Irish spring what needs to be done
I need help I just had 3 cats die Tonight! They won’t eat cat food they always eat the dogs food ! I just found a recall on my dogs food and my dogs are not acting right what do I do to help them besides get rid of the food. The recall says its has toxins in it
You need to contact a veterinarian ASAP! What brand of food is it? I’m very sorry for your loss. Please contact a vet!
I have a 10 month old Siberian husky that weighs about 55 lbs. she got a hold of zephyr signature series rouge bar. Max Red Finish Compound – Platinum Signature Series. She ate about 1/2 the size of a golf ball. I wondered if it is harmful or if I need to do something for it. Thanks!
I’m afraid comments are not addressed immediately and when in doubt, you should contact the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435. Thanks and hope your dog is ok!
My 7 month old Boxer ate 1/2 of a seedless grape. Should I be worried? He’s acting fine.
If it’s only 1/2, unlikely to be an issue, but if your dog vomits, I’d get to the vet immediately or call ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center ASAP!
My dog 30pound eat two Kirkland soft@chewy Granola bars with chocolate chips
10 minutes ago, my 10 pound Bichon Frise just ate one Omega-3 liquid capsule. According to the bottle the capsule contains 1000 mg fish oil, 300 mg EPA and 200 mg DHA. Should I worry? Induce vomiting? If so, how?
10 minutes ago, my 10 pound Bichon Frise just ate one Omega-3 liquid capsule. According to the bottle the capsule contains 1000 mg fish oil, 300 mg EPA and 200 mg DHA. Should I worry? Induce vomiting? If so, how?
This is the FIRST time I have written.
I tried to find a free way to get advice for poison control but can’t find one. I am without money at the moment and I suspect that my 22lbs 5 yr old jack Russell half Boston terrier might have eating a small little tray of RatRid poison within 24-30hrs. Hasn’t vomited or showed symptoms yet but it says on the box could take 3-4 days of continuous eating for mice to succumb to death. But I’m stressed out about my dog. And don’t know what to do. Has anyone have their dog eat rat poison before and what should I do or look for. And what to expect. Please. Any information will be very appreciated. I can’t afford the fees they imply with the apps and phone calls for advice or to very what poison it is and the steps to find out for certain if my dog is poisoned or not.
You can always call the one 800 number on the box of the poison and that should provide 24 seven care. Can you fine with the active ingredient is and post it here?
My 6 lb puppy ate a mini Kit Kat which is about 2 oz about an hour ago. Should I be worried ?
B/C your dog is so small, I’d call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center right away!
Comment *my dog just ate Tom cat with bromethalin bait chunx a whole piece and he weighs 105 pounds and lab do you think he we’ll be ok
I would call the 800- on the box and they’ll advise for you!
Comment *my cat got ahold of children tyenol
Comment *My dog eat a few green grapes from my daughter that is two and I just saw they are poisonous. What should I do?
Call your vet or ASPCA to get instructions on how to induce vomiting at home.
Someone help my 12 week old puppy apparently found a 4th of my 50 mg ambitriptyline
Comment *I gave my dog that weighs 50 lbs 2- 81mg baby aspirin i
I gave my 50# dog 2 baby aspirin 81ml each
is he in dancer ?