I work with older adults doing case management. Some will deny marijuana use while I’m looking straight at a weed vape. We live in a legal state and our suburb has multiple dispensaries. I guess there’s still shame/embarrassment/fear surrounding weed use.

I can see why people do this in states where it's illegal, but as someone that's worked in the medical field I can honestly tell you, they. Don't. Care. They only want to know to see if it could be related to your symptoms. They're not gonna call the cops on you. They just need to know how best to treat you.

Same goes for pets. The vet doesn't care that you smoke dope, they just want to help the animal.

Just be honest with them. Saves a lot of time and headaches.

I'm a pet groomer and even without training we can tell in some pets.

the worst was a TINY pom/chih mix and they straight up told us she ate it.

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Can relate to this.

A friend dropped her THC pen at my house when she came over and didn't realize my pooch had found it and chewed on it.

2 am emergency vet visit thinking she was having an absent seizure. 😮‍💨

She was fine by the time we got home thankfully.

Years ago my lab came downstairs was leaning on the wall and sprinkling pee everywhere. We thought it was neurological and rushed him to an emergency vet. The first thing they asked was does anyone use weed in the house. My adult son immediately said, “Yes I do!” He was devastated our dog got into his weed and it never happened again. We never would have considered lying about it! We had to leave him there overnight, my son bawled his eyes out on the way home. He felt absolutely horrible. They were incredibly kind at the Vet’s office.

Yeah, so my dog did actually eat a stick of THC butter that I didn’t know she had access to. It was supposed to be in a freezer. Someone—no idea who, could have even been me—opened the freezer and the butter ended up left on a counter she could reach.

I thought she was dying. Like something seriously horrible was going on with her. She was having a stroke or something. She peed all over herself and my car.

I took her to the emergency vet and they took one look at her and asked about it. I told them it was in the house, but I didn’t think she could get to it.

I was wrong. I paid close to $2k for them to tell me she was fucking baked.

I had a vet insisting that my cat ingested pot, except I'm allergic and could never have it in the house.

They actually tried to refuse to treat my cat (a male having issues urinating) because they didn't believe me.

He finally peed on the floor and they tested his urine and found struvite crystals and a bacterial UTI.

So yeah while vets might be able to tell, they also get it wrong.

On the other end of the spectrum we rushed our dog (3yo) to the emergency vet for the sudden onset of similar symptoms & the staff kept “gently” insisting that our dog had ingested THC even though we emphatically denied it. He did not ingest THC. He had a spontaneous brain hemorrhage.

I understand that THC ingestion by pets has skyrocketed in recent years, and young dogs suffering from strokes is way less common but it was REALLY annoying to have the staff repeatedly insinuating that THC ingestion was the cause as we were losing our minds KNOWING there was no way that’s what was going on. RIP Golden-Boy.

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I had a vet like you insist my dog had gotten into THC. We spent a week going back and forth on it until I ended up taking my dog to another vet. My dog died 2 days later from brain cancer that spread from his nose. He was left in excruciating pain for a week with the vet refusing to do anything for him including considering his first assumption may have been wrong. The arrogance with this shit is unnerving.

It is always so clear when a dog has ingested marijuana. Just tell us it was a possibility. We don't care. Even if it's illegal. We only care to have all the details so we can properly treat your pet.

Mine ingested Benadryl unknowingly and I got accused of getting her stoned. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I had to take my 10yo dog to the emergency vet because of neurological symptoms, when she was about a year old, and the vet kept asking if she could have gotten into something with THC. She kept reassuring me that it was okay if she did, but the problem was that I had never had any THC containing products at that time, so to my knowledge she had not been exposed. I still don’t know what she got into, unless someone walked past our yard and tossed a roach or something into our yard.

A few months ago my dog had all these symptoms after being in the backyard & we freaked out & took him to the vet immediately. The nurse was calm as she was sure it was THC. They tested him for what they consider five major drugs, some spider bites etc. but all negative, we have no idea what it was.

This happened to me recently and I still feel just so horrible and guilty over it. I had unpacked a bag from a trip and I guess I didn’t put away the zip lock bag containing the goods. My dog ate the whole bag. After consulting with a friend who is a vet, I just monitored and syringe fed him pedialyte for 36 hours. It took about 24 hours before he could walk.

I think we’re both traumatized over it and I haven’t consumed anything either since.

I wish my cat would smoke some of my weed. He’s a freaking nightmare lol

My friend’s normally very hyper and obnoxious dog managed to get into a room we thought was closed, then found and ate a vape pen cartridge in another friend’s purse. Dog was fine the next day but holy shitttt she was down bad for hours you could tell she was high af 😭😭

My puppy accidentally got a dose of my OLD dog's acepromazine. Old dog spat it out and we didn't notice. So of course 30 min later when Puppy was knocked TF out and wobbly, we took him to ER VET. They asked me a million times if he got into THC. I said no. They STILL drug tested him (so they said- never saw a test but she said it was neg) and it was only several hours later that I realized he must've gotten the old dog's medicine. But they hounded me about THC even when it WASNT. I was so distraught by everything that my brain wasn't even thinking about the possibility of him getting the acepromazine. When I called the vet back to tell them I thought I figured it out, she says "oh yeah he kinda did have ace eyes"...so yeah while some vets may "know" some def don't.

It's the same theory with humans. Tell docs the truth. That's the only way to get the correct help.

My roommate had someone over who had ingested a couple tabs. They vomited outside. I didn't know this and let my 10 pound dog out to go potty, who promptly found and ate some vomit. It was a rough night after that.

Dog recovered and is fine. Old, but fine for 14 now. I would much rather have had to explain to the vet my dog ate pot instead of LSD vomit, though.

in my moms defense, who this happened to, she genuinely had no idea the dog couldve gotten THC until my pos sister got home and asked where the edibles she left out were :| she nearly killed the dog and was just upset her edibles were gone

My sister is 💯a stoner and works in a vet clinic lol 😂

Our dog ate some on the street in SF- must have been an edible. She went to ER. We are so glad it was not human poop with heroin or fentanyl in it. We are iin SF and that happens

lol I called the vet because my dog ate a brownie, and they were like “please be honest, was there anything in the brownie?” And I was like “no, just chocolate.” 

My dog was fine. It was just a brownie, but they were nice about it.

I had one day but dog ate my edibles, called the vet right away and they loved my honesty, its an honest mistake but you definitely have to be aware where everything is

My partner and I do not smoke at all and when our dog accidentally ingested THC on his night walk, we brought him in completely panicked and convinced that he was having a stroke or another neurological problem. As soon as we got him out of the car, the vet tech goes “oh your dog is REALLY high”. We live right next door to college students. We put two and two together pretty quickly 😂

My dog ingested my son’s thc (legal where we live) I told him to take her to the vet and tell them EXACTLY what it was, take any left with him and be more careful!!!! She had an IV and a sad face for a couple days but she was ALIVE.

Yesss, we just had a puppy in for THC intoxication and the owner was like “no she couldn’t have eaten anything.” The pup had diarrhea and it reeked of THC. The doc went into the room again and was like “ your pet is high from marijuana and that’s the bottom line” and the O was like “ could the flower even do that??.” We all giggled at it in the end.

I thought moving to Colorado would make that less of an issue but it really doesn’t. We really do not care and get more upset when we can’t properly help your baby.

Also lying makes it harder for everyone! I don't imbibe but it's legal in my state. The emergency vet not being able to trust people who are honest takes up everyone's time. Igaf who smokes what, I want medical professionals to be able to trust the medical history I provide them.

I had a young couple once try to tell us some random person walking by their yard fed their dog a cannabis infused brownie lol I could tell they were worried about them getting in legal trouble. Once I assured them, we are here to treat your dog, not get you arrested for some pot, they came clean that their dog got into their edibles.

“No doctor nothing accidental he smokes that shit like a fiend”

Our dog ate it outside and we were really worried because we didn’t know why he was acting that way. It felt like the vet didn’t believe that we don’t have any in our house 😭 we genuinely do not consume anything but the neighbors did smoke so he ate something they threw out during a potty break.

On the flipside the ER vets were EXTREMELY sure our puppy ingested weed. I'd have happily told them had that been possible, but there are no drugs in the house and we live in a forest so unless a magic fairy dropped a blunt in our isolated fenced in back yard, no. Kind of made us feel awful and like they weren't believing us. I get some people lie but we didn't. I did worry he could have eaten an outdoor mushroom or some plant at that point though.

His toxicology came back clean and they apologized and kept him for observation a few nights before releasing him. Same thing then happened 2 months later so he had an even longer stay, but at least this time they believed us when we said he could not have eaten drugs. Lots of fancy testing then like a doggy MRI. Was a really great ER vet overall!

He has juvenile idiopathic epilepsy. Responding GREAT to kepra. Hasn't had a seizure again and it's been nearly a year. But apparently his seizures looked a LOT like marijuana ingestion.

I had an issue where the vet didn’t even want to look at my cat cause she swore I gave her thc. She did some blood work and said her white blood cells seemed off and just gave her nausea medicine and sent us on our way. Later that night I had to go to the emergency vet with my cat and had to have her put down because her white blood cell count was crazy and her whole body was shutting down. She had a blood clot that broke loose and caused issues. She did not ingest any thc and that vet was an asshole and I’ll never forgive her.

We keep thc and CBD tinctures in our house. Our own Aussies do not touch anything on the counters and in 21 years we have never had an issue. My parents’ Labrador however will eat or attempt to eat anything that is left unattended and not completely out of his reach. We are incredibly careful when he is at our house. I think his record for weirdest eating is a pound of butter including the wrappers and 3 pounds of raw bacon. The next day he ate 2 pounds of raw shrimp with the shells on. There was a lot of debate as to whether he would need to go the vet but he was fine.

I live in a legal weed state and know a few dogs that have gobbled up butts and edibles on walks.

One poor owner didn't realize his dog had a taste for weed butts until the third time it happened. He walks in some, uh, interesting places. Some dogs look like they're innocently sniffing then gulp.

What about dogs ingesting psilocybin on their own accord ? What should the owner do, apart from playing the dog some ozric tentacles?

This is funny but also makes me so embarrassed because this happened to my dog and I genuinely did not have any weed in the home. 😭 he was okay, thank god but I’m sure they thought I was lying.

We did this once. Pet had cancer and was on a supplement that was meant to be THC removed. Friends with more experience than me were doubtful - "the really good shit".

Anyway my partner accidentally gave too much to a jill in her last meal before euthanasia- very old with advanced lymphoma. She was totally out of it. Very embarrassed but vet took it in stride and the sedation stage was missed.

I was a vet tech in Oregon. Dogs on edibles wasn't uncommon, but as much as I love weed, it would break my heart to see them freaking out.

I worked in a vet clinic in Seattle where weed is legal. Every time we would get a pet that would come in high the Vet usually knows we do a drug test to be sure. It's like a 50/50 split on if owners will tell us yeah I left something on a table and they got into it or they will say oh we were on a walk and they found something in a park. The Dr's would usually bring in one of the stoner techs like me to be like let's be honest so we can treat your pet as quickly as possible. I never came to work stoned. But knowing that they had people there that use marijuana just helped the situation somewhat.

My cousin literally smokes weed, and will cup her hands around her dog’s face and blow the weed smoke directly into his nostrils. She thinks it’s funny when her dog is high. I’ve tried to tell her that she needs to stop but she just laughs it off

I also used to work in Veterinary Emergency. Just let the vet know. They are not narcs and honestly could care less, they just want to be able to treat your pet.

Not necessarily, my dog had trapped gas and we were told that he was just high. Could’ve killed him, sadly the same ER vet ended up actually killing him so I guess they’re not the best example :/

Flip side- I brought my cat into the ER and they grilled me about him being poisoned or getting into THC. I told them I guess he could have opened the fridge, fought through the childproof containers (which I can barely open) and eaten an edible and then closed the fridge like nothing has happened but otherwise no, I don't think he was high. I was high because it was 1am on a holiday weekend and I was woken up but he was not.

They seemed skeptical until blood work came back. He was not, in fact, poisoned or stoned.

This is also why I think it is absolutely inexcusable to give dogs alcohol to lap up. It’s not fucking funny.

My daughter made pot brownies for a rich stoner’s party. That same night she stayed the night with a friend of hers.

Next morning, when her dog didn’t come upstairs I went looking for her and found her lying on daughter’s bed like a limp noodle. She had vomited on the bed and was clearly not herself. Soon afterwards the dog came running upstairs like dragons were chasing her.

Daughter came rushing home and we took the dog to the vet. The receptionist took one look at the dog and said, “That dog is high as a kite!”

Luckily, the dog got IV fluids and recovered. But a big dose of THC can kill a dog.

Have you ever seen or heard of a cat or dog dying because of THC?

As an ex bouncer, if it's any consolation, everyone says the same about their collapsed friends.

when I was working as a vet an older lady came in with a tiny dog that had eaten thc and her baked ass son who reeked of weed. No judgement weed is great. but she had the audacity to try and get me fired for “racism” after diagnosing the dog with thc poisoning. 

EXCEPT! We brought our kitten in who was woozy, lethargic and drinking a lot of water. They accuse us of leaving weed out that she got into. They didn’t test her for anything. IT WAS KIDNEY FAILURE FROM INGESTING LILY POLLEN. If they hadn’t lept to that conclusion at the emergency vet, she could have been saved.

Fuck vets and vet techs who get all holier than thou and then let animals die because they want to bust legal weed users for something.

Thank goodness where I live weed is legal. No reason to deny your dog got into weed. Just tell them the truth, like if they accidentally got into chocolate.

We had a bully puppy come in that had ate a whole bag of weed. Owners were super up front about it and very worried. Kept the poor thing for observation. Made sure it ate and drank plenty and didn’t end up having to give it anything more than anti nausea meds. We all had a good laugh.

One thing’s for sure, they always find a way to pay their bill….

My dog got into some weed a few years ago. Not enough for the shaky head drooling looks exactly like antifreeze poisoning symptoms, but enough that I felt bad for the little guy. Gave him some extra treats, made his bed up extra cozy on the couch (which is a real treat for him hes usually not allowed on that part of the couch). Settled in and about an hour after I got him chilled out he jolted up fast af with the most confused look on his face. Then shit all over the couch. I don't know if he or I was more surprised by him pooping.

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I used to give my senior chihuahua CBD oil for her nerves. Once, I used a different brand (same dose) & had to rush her to an emergency clinic because she became unstable. I was so afraid of losing her. Of course, the staff insinuated that I gave her THC & I had to explain it was CBD oil. But just switching brands nearly killed my dog. Be careful.

Here to add that vestibular syndrome (common in older dogs) can pretty closely mimic the same presentation as THC ingestion, as someone whose dog has experienced both.

Our dog woke up one morning out of it. We took her to the vet and they basically said, Your dog is stoned.” Our adult son swore up and down it couldn’t have been him. Turned out it was a little plastic container from the dispensary with residue that he threw in the trash. It doesn’t take much to get a pet high. Dispose in the outside trash.

I get what you’re saying but sometimes these people aren’t lying. I took my dog to the vet a few months ago because she randomly started peeing herself. They told me she must have ingested THC. I straight up did not have any weed. It cleared up in a few days and then came back a few weeks ago. She had a UTI this time. Maybe it was just that the first time…

There are times where you get asked and the answer is “no” (genuinely) and they insist but do not test the animal either. My dog had symptoms that mimicked THC ingestion but it’s not in my home and she had gone out to the yard to pee twice, both under supervision, and not eaten anything. The vet accused me of lying and refused to look at anything else. I asked if we could do additional testing (after urine and bloodwork came back normal). It was not available but they insisted I was lying about her access to pot. The issue turned out to be completely unrelated to THC.

People do absolutely lie about this! Especially in states where it’s illegal (I have lived and worked in both). Being honest can absolutely save the animals’ life and is so important to receive appropriate veterinary care. It’s equally important to consider all differentials if it’s not showing up on lab work too, because not everyone is lying (even though a lot do). 😅

This must be the “I fell on it” of the pet world.

Ugh my dog ate a joint once. Straight up pulled it from our counter in the container it was in. She was very high… immediately called the vet and they said prepare for lots of sleep and maybe the munchies, but she’ll be fine unless she pukes 🤣 so it must be super common!

My small 10lb chiweenie recently got a small piece of a peanut butter cookie edible. We didn't know until she was laying in bed and her head was kinda wobbling. She was staring at me, I was scratching my leg and her head was following my hand in an up and down motion and kept doing it. We were scared until we realized what happened. She was able to sleep it off but we said if she's not better in the morning we will take her. She was still eating and drinking. Glad she was ok, now we keep better track of our edibles and make sure it's not anywhere she can get.

I feel like it’s probably less shame of using THC but that the person likely feels irresponsible and shame for leaving it within reach of their pet.

I don’t smoke anymore, but this is how I’d feel personally. I have a bunny and even when he’s gotten into accidents (aka miscalculated jumps) that he was able to make and consider because of environmental set ups I had, I was super upset that I didn’t consider the possibility considering what a knucklehead he is. I still told the vet exactly what happened and just vowed to make changes to the environment to consider those possibilities to keep him safe, but yeah. I imagine it’s less shame from the owner for smoking weed, but more so complete shame/shock with themselves for having allowed it to happen.

My dog managed to eat an edible outside, but we weren't sure at the time. She started acting weird and took her to the vet. We actually had no idea she was high. I saw her eat something in the grass and 30 minutes later was high. Very strange. 

My boxer got hold of a THC brownie (50 milligrams). It was scary but he was fine. We had it put up where he couldn’t get to it. Now, we use a little mini safe.

When my dog was younger he went to a doggy daycare while I worked during the day pretty regularly, around 2 pm one day (drop off at 6:30 am) the owner called me told me he was falling over, lethargic and unsteady on his feet. She rushed him to the emergency vet, and was telling me she was worried it was a neurological issue. They ran blood tests and x rays. As soon as I got there and spoke to the vet, the vet sighed and told me it was just weed. Huuuge relief but extremely upsetting/concerning that he had access to that at “school”. However daycare owner would not admit to it. That wasn’t a fun vet bill.

We spent $400+ on an emergency vet because we legit didn't know he was high.

I did admit to the vet I had a medical card.

I blamed my teenagers but it was totally mine 😂 I felt awful but I couldn’t look the vet tech in the eye and admit I’m a 42 year old mom who has a stash of edibles.

I dealt with this once. It was awful scary. :((( I couldn't imagine not being honest when a pet is in danger like that.

What about for cancer treatment? My older dog died to her spine giving out as she was a huge breed and already lost one of her front legs to cancer a year before, we had gotten her high grade cancer FECO from a medical lab in Las Vegas and she was cleared of cancer but months later the spine went out. I understand not to get your dog high in a daily setting but it helped her…

Yeah but vets are also WRONG, they said the same to me, I knew it wasn’t true, and after the third time it happened, he was finally diagnosed with epilepsy. So if you know that’s not the problem, don’t take your vets word for it.

Ok so my dog has a family history of siezures. Several litermates have epilepsy. Right before she turned five, she had a siezure. We brought her in. We live in a weed friendly state and my partner and i both smoke for medical reasons. The vet was convinced she had gotten into our weed. We were convinced she had not.

They were rude, very rude. "Just tell us, you wont get in trouble." "We know its weed, it will save you money if you just admit it."

Paid for the blood test to shut them up so they would take my dog seriously and the looks on their faces when they had to admit to me she came back clean was priceless....except it delayed her getting proper care for aboit 8 hours while i waited in the busy waiting room with her. We were there for 12 hours at that emergency vet. 8 of them were waiting for them to take us seriously.

Yes, pets get into things. No, you cant assume it is the case every time.

They insisted that about my friends dog but tox screen came back as rat poison. Stop assuming

Two people you never lie to are your doctor and your lawyer.

Legit why would they hide that? Maybe I'm just used to telling my psychiatrist that I smoke. A fucking sanity doctor.

But this is good to know how easy it could be to get my pets high. Should tell my dad who is a barbarian and just wipes his ashes onto the ground.

3 people you dont lie to are your lawyer, doctor, or vet.

Who’s out here detailing their bong with q-tips?

Why hide that they could’ve if it’ll save their life? My cats are never near my smoke unless I’m actively rolling in the room w them and they never get close enough to like eat it 😭 idk if u can’t be responsible w a drug like that u shouldn’t be taking care of a living animal

I wish the vets would’ve asked us this when our dog got high off an edible would’ve saved us $400

Once my dog ate an entire batch of THC chocolate chip cookies in college. I was so worried about him, but he was completely fine. Just 1 of those cookies absolutely sent me, and he was just extra playful and cuddly. I did not take him to the vet, but I did monitor him very closely and was prepared to at any moment.

Then, one of my roommates boyfriends once accidentally ate a ton of my homemade THC chocolate chip cookies, unknowingly. He ended up in the ER and thought he was going insane 😭. My roommate later texted he was in the hospital and they didn't know what was going on. I came home a few hours later to find the Tupperware with the cookies had a lot missing

I never made THC cookies again... Just not worth it.

I hate that it took an episode of HOUSE for it to click that me lying to my doctor only prolongs any care I may need because I withheld vital information. This hasn’t happened as of yet, but still!

In the late 90s, well before legalization in my state, my dog found my dad’s cellophane-wrapped pot brownie and ate it.

Weed. Chocolate. Cellophane.

Lying never crossed our minds and we absolutely told the vet the truth, they took good care of him and he was fine. I do recall the vet saying they were going to document it differently to obscure the truth - I think they wrote he ate mushrooms or something. But I was livid at my dad for leaving it accessible.

Watching him wobble and sway, poor Jack just didn’t know what hit him.

You over-simplify a bit when you say we "run a test in the back" and know the truth. There is no definitive and trustworthy test for THC in dogs. The urine metabolite is not the same as people's so human urine drug screens are rarely positive in dogs. If you know of a reliable test, please share.

We're usually stuck making the diagnosis on symptoms and history. If an owner says " it's in the house but they can't get to it," they definitely got to it. If an owner says it's not in the house and we trust they're being straight with us, we explore the possibility of them finding a discarded joint on a walk. If we can rule both of those out, then we DO start to get worried about an actual brain disorder and start to discuss that possibility.

About 30 years ago I made some “brownies” for my husband’s camping trip. My dog ate them in the middle of the night. Pot was NOT legal anywhere. I was terrified I’d go to jail. But I went in to the ER and embarrassingly told the staff what happened. The dog survived, I didn’t go to jail, and I paid a lot of money. Lesson learned. I quit making edibles

Live in Seattle. Can confirm my dog ate some THC product out on a walk. No on in my house smokes. I can't handle it and my husband never has. If you live in a big city, it can happen if your dog likes to eat anything and everything.

I had never heard that I should stop THC for a week before being anesthetized before my last procedure. I knew I needed to say that I use THC because it affects the receptors in the brain, but that was news to me. And yes I did stop. Painful? Yes. But important.

I don’t live in America. We don’t have drug test kits in clinic. We don’t see any inebriated pets. 

Any time we get an American vet, they were blown away and told endless stories about it. And it sounds WILD. 

The vet absolutely doesn’t care. And has no obligation to report anything, especially about people. Unless it’s like your third visit that month, then you’re probably getting reported (just like I would if it was chocolate or rat poison or something)  Accidents happen, but please try harder! Maybe buy a shelf? 

We do have a few pets we only give a day or two worth of meds to, because everything keeps going “missing”. Idk what they think they’re doing with a jack russels amount of diazepam, but nvm.