diff --git a/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py b/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
index d03922bc1f..afa2c67e85 100644
--- a/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
+++ b/litellm/integrations/slack_alerting.py
@@ -346,8 +346,9 @@ class SlackAlerting(CustomLogger):
 
         all_none = True
         for val in combined_metrics_values:
-            if val is not None:
+            if val is not None and val > 0:
                 all_none = False
+                break
 
         if all_none:
             return False
@@ -365,13 +366,14 @@ class SlackAlerting(CustomLogger):
             for value in failed_request_values
         ]
 
-        ## Get the indices of top 5 keys with the highest numerical values (ignoring None values)
+        ## Get the indices of top 5 keys with the highest numerical values (ignoring None and 0 values)
         top_5_failed = sorted(
             range(len(replaced_failed_values)),
             key=lambda i: replaced_failed_values[i],
             reverse=True,
         )[:5]
-
+        top_5_failed = [index for index in top_5_failed if replaced_failed_values[index] > 0]
+        
         # find top 5 slowest
         # Replace None values with a placeholder value (-1 in this case)
         placeholder_value = 0
@@ -386,11 +388,14 @@ class SlackAlerting(CustomLogger):
             key=lambda i: replaced_slowest_values[i],
             reverse=True,
         )[:5]
+        top_5_slowest = [index for index in top_5_slowest if replaced_slowest_values[index] > 0]
 
         # format alert -> return the litellm model name + api base
         message = f"\n\nHere are today's key metrics 📈: \n\n"
 
         message += "\n\n*❗️ Top 5 Deployments with Most Failed Requests:*\n\n"
+        if not top_5_failed:
+            message += "\tNone\n"
         for i in range(len(top_5_failed)):
             key = failed_request_keys[top_5_failed[i]].split(":")[0]
             _deployment = router.get_model_info(key)
@@ -411,6 +416,8 @@ class SlackAlerting(CustomLogger):
             message += f"\t{i+1}. Deployment: `{deployment_name}`, Failed Requests: `{value}`,  API Base: `{api_base}`\n"
 
         message += "\n\n*😅 Top 5 Slowest Deployments:*\n\n"
+        if not top_5_slowest:
+            message += "\tNone\n"
         for i in range(len(top_5_slowest)):
             key = latency_keys[top_5_slowest[i]].split(":")[0]
             _deployment = router.get_model_info(key)