Critterature: Beware Old Demon Rum

Here's the haughty elephant, Won't eat food that's wrapped in cellophant.* A catered meal is okay, Like alfalfa or hay, But most everything else is irrelevant. The best of them try to abstain From spirits like rum or champagne, Which won't give them rabies, But might lead to babies Or ailments like gout and colitis. Or, with this admonition, A rare skin condition, Some vets have called pachydermatitis. *Thank you, Cowardly Lion, from "The Wizard of Oz"