ludhiana it is absolutely necessary to keep pets away from holi colours since these can cause severe skin allergies and even gastritis experts say that even the herbal colours can be harmful pets especially dogs have the tendency of licking every thing and thus they face a lot of problems especially gastritis any colour be it a chemicalbased colour or even herbal or organic is not good for pets it causes allergy and can even lead to conjunctivitis and other infections said dr jaspreet singh mauj of sarabha nagar dr jaspreet added pets can get involved in accidents while playing holi young boys drive vehicles in groups and this can pose danger to pets veterinarian dr manpreet singh from gurdev nagar explained festivals like holi and diwali cause much excitement but can be very dangerous for pets proper care is mandatory resident of sarabha nagar jasmeet bagga said the veterinarian told us that pugs are more prone to infections since they have large eyes we will be very protective this time