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🍂 Fall & holiday hazards

Cooler days, lingering ticks, and the holiday foods to keep away.

🩺 Vet-aware guidance · Last reviewed August 2026

Quick answer: Ticks stay active into fall, so keep up prevention. Over the holidays, keep chocolate, xylitol, grapes/raisins, onions, and rich fatty scraps well away from pets.

Autumn is a comfortable season for most pets, with a couple of things to watch.

Ticks stay active until a hard freeze, so don't stop prevention early. Cooler weather is great for longer walks - just ease seniors into more activity.

The holidays bring the year's biggest run of food emergencies. Keep chocolate, xylitol (sugar-free gum and baking), grapes and raisins, onions and garlic, and rich fatty table scraps out of reach - all are toxic or can trigger pancreatitis. Our poison-control page has the hotline numbers if something gets eaten.


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