[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Skybo

Mothballs are poisonous to animals.

From the ASPCA:

In the past year, the ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) has managed 113 cases of mothball poisoning, and most of those accidents happened during the spring and summer months. According to the APCC’s Dana Farbman, CVT, the ingestion of just one mothball can produce significant illness.

Naphthalene—an offending chemical found in some brands of mothballs—is toxic to dogs, cats and other animals, and if ingested, can cause serious illness, including vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, swelling of the brain tissue, seizures, damage to the liver, kidneys and blood cells, coma and even death.

Thanks for posting this, Skybo! I had no idea that mothballs were poisonous to animals. I should definitely have googled this before jumping on the Mothball Train. Me bad.