Pet Poison Emergency Card
When a dog gets into the Halloween candy, the first five minutes are spent hunting for a phone number. This one-page card ends that: the two 24/7 animal poison hotlines printed big — ASPCA Animal Poison Control (888) 426-4435 and the Pet Poison Helpline (855) 764-7661 — plus fillable spaces for your pet's name, weight, microchip, your vet, and the nearest 24-hour ER vet, the what/how much/when blanks the hotline will ask you to answer, the first-minutes steps, and the call-now foods list. Fill it in today and put it on the fridge; hand a copy to the sitter. It is preparation, not treatment — the emergency itself belongs to your vet.
Genuinely fillable · bilingual EN/ES · vet-sourced — not a scanned template.
What's inside
- The two 24/7 animal poison hotlines, printed large so no one searches mid-emergency
- A fillable pet-info row: name, weight, and microchip number
- The first-minutes steps: secure the pet, grab the wrapper, note what/how much/when, and call — with the do-NOT-induce-vomiting warning
- Fill-while-you-dial blanks for exactly what the hotline will ask: what, how much, when
- A fillable block for your vet and the nearest 24-hour ER vet
- The call-now foods list — chocolate, xylitol, grapes and raisins, onion and garlic, macadamias, alcohol, THC, moldy food — matching our toxic-foods checker's verdicts
How to use it
- Print one for the fridge and one for the pet sitter (or fill the PDF digitally first).
- Fill in your pet's info and both vet numbers today — before you ever need them.
- If something is eaten: follow the four steps, fill the blanks while you dial, and let the professionals decide the next move.
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- Are the hotlines free to call?
- Both lines are staffed 24/7 by veterinary toxicology teams, and a consultation fee may apply (they tell you before charging). They are US/Canada numbers — outside those countries, write your local emergency vet and poison service in the blanks instead.
- Does this card tell me how to treat a poisoning at home?
- No — deliberately. Home treatment (like inducing vomiting) can make things worse depending on what was eaten; the card's job is to get you to the right professional fast, with the answers they need already in hand. The only 'treatment' on the card is the warning not to induce vomiting unless a professional tells you to.
- My dog ate chocolate — should I use this card or the calculator?
- Both, in that order: the card gets you dialing with the wrapper in hand, and our free chocolate-toxicity calculator estimates the dose severity from your dog's weight, the chocolate type, and the amount — useful to share on the call. Neither replaces the call itself.
Free educational printable — not veterinary advice, and not a substitute for your vet's official records or an emergency call. Full disclaimer → · Leer en español →