💡Home safety with chemotherapy
Being around family members is important for our beloved animals. Normal activities together, like petting, hugging, and kissing, are all safe if your dog or cat is undergoing chemotherapy.
However, for the first 72 hours after treatment, you should be careful with excretions such as urine, feces, and vomit. Small amounts of the chemotherapy are excreted as metabolites🐕. These metabolites are far less active than the original drug, but it is still important to avoid exposure.
💡Here are some common-sense precautions that should be taken:
- If you administer oral chemo drugs to your animal, wear gloves when handling the medication.
- Keep the medication in the original bottle and store it away from children and animals.
- Do not eat or drink while giving the medication.
- Do not break or crush the pills.
- If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to become pregnant, or immunosuppressed, please avoid contact with chemotherapy drugs.
- If there is an accident in the house or while cleaning the litter box, wear gloves for cleaning. Soiled beds should be washed separately.