Animal Care Hospital
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Household Hazards
A Poison Safe Home
Common Household Hazards
- Fabric softener sheets
- Mothballs
- Post-1982 pennies (due to high concentration of zinc)
- Antifreeze
- Electrical cords
- Liquid potpourri
- Ice melting products
- Rat and mouse bait
- Batteries
- Christmas tree water (may contain fertilizers and bacteria, which, if ingested, can upset the stomach.
- Ribbons or tinsel (can become lodged in the intestines and cause intestinal obstruction—most often occurs with kittens!)
- Glass ornaments
Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Avocado
- Chocolate (all forms)
- Coffee (all forms)
- Fatty foods
- Macadamia nuts
Moldy or spoiled foods
- Onions, onion powder
- Raisins and grapes
- Salt
- Yeast dough
- Garlic
- Products sweetened with xylitol
Warm Weather Hazards
- Animal toxins—toads, insects, spiders, snakes & scorpions
- Blue-green algae in ponds
- Citronella candles
- Cocoa mulch
- Compost piles
- Fertilizers
- Some over the counter flea products
- Outdoor plants and plant bulbs
- Swimming-pool treatment supplies
- Fly baits containing methomyl
- Slug and snail baits containing metaldehyde
Medication
Common examples of human medications that can be potentially lethal to pets, even in small doses, include:
- Pain killers
- Cold medicines
- Anti-cancer drugs
- Antidepressants
- Vitamins
- Diet Pills
Common Household Hazards
- Fabric softener sheets
- Mothballs
- Post-1982 pennies (due to high concentration of zinc)
- Antifreeze
- Electrical cords
- Liquid potpourri
- Ice melting products
- Rat and mouse bait
- Batteries
- Christmas tree water (may contain fertilizers and bacteria, which, if ingested, can upset the stomach.
- Ribbons or tinsel (can become lodged in the intestines and cause intestinal obstruction—most often occurs with kittens!)
- Glass ornaments
Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Avocado
- Chocolate (all forms)
- Coffee (all forms)
- Fatty foods
- Macadamia nuts
Moldy or spoiled foods
- Onions, onion powder
- Raisins and grapes
- Salt
- Yeast dough
- Garlic
- Products sweetened with xylitol
Warm Weather Hazards
- Animal toxins—toads, insects, spiders, snakes & scorpions
- Blue-green algae in ponds
- Citronella candles
- Cocoa mulch
- Compost piles
- Fertilizers
- Some over the counter flea products
- Outdoor plants and plant bulbs
- Swimming-pool treatment supplies
- Fly baits containing methomyl
- Slug and snail baits containing metaldehyde
Medication
Common examples of human medications that can be potentially lethal to pets, even in small doses, include:
- Pain killers
- Cold medicines
- Anti-cancer drugs
- Antidepressants
- Vitamins
- Diet Pills
List of Toxic Plants from the Animal Poison Control Center.
This list contains plants that have been reported as having systemic effects on animals and/or intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract. Please note that the information contained on this list is not meant to be all-inclusive, but rather a compilation of the most frequently encountered plants. If you have any questions or think your pet has eaten one of these plants, please contact us immediately.
| Aloe Vera Amaryllis Andromeda Japonica Apple Leaf Croton Asian Lily (Liliaceae) Asparagus Fern  Australian Nut Autumn Crocus Avocado Azalea Baby’s Breath Bird of Paradise Birdnest sansovioria American Bittersweet European Bittersweet Branching Ivy Buckeye Buddist Pine Caladium Calla Lily Carnation Castor Bean Ceriman Charming Diffenbachia Chinaberry Tree Chinese Evergreen Christmas cactus Christmas Rose Chrysanthemum Cineraria Clematis Coleus Cordatum Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant Cuban Laurel Cutleaf Philodendron Cycads Cyclamen Daffodil Daisy Day Lily Devil's Ivy Dracaena Dragon Tree Dumb Cane Deadly Nightshade Easter Lily Elaine Elephant Ears | Emerald Fern English Ivy Fiddle-Leaf Philodendron Flamingo Plant Florida Beauty Foxglove Fruit Salad Plant Geranium German Ivy Glacier Ivy Gladiolas Glory Lily Gold Dieffenbachia Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Pothos Green Gold Nephthysis Hahn's self branching English Ivy Heartleaf Philodendron Heavenly Bamboo Hibiscus Holly Horsehead Philodendron Hosta Hurricane Plant Hyacinth Hydrangea Indian Laurel Indian Rubber Plant Iris Jade Plant Japanese Show Lily Jerusalem Cherry Kalanchoe Lace Fern Lacy Tree Lily of the Valley Macadamia Nut Madagascar Dragon Tree Marble Queen  Marijuana Mauna Loa Peace Lily Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton Mistletoe Morning Glory Mother-in-Law Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy Nephthytis Nightshade | Norfolk Pine Oleander Onion Oriental Lily Orange Day Lily Panda Peace Lily Peach (wilting leaves & pits) Pencil Cactus Philodendron Pertusum Plum (wilting leaves & seeds) Plumosa Fern  Poinsettia Poison Ivy Poison Oak Precatory Bean Queensland Nut Red Emerald Red Lily Red-Margined Dracaena Red Princess Rhododendron Ribbon Plant Rubrum Lily Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm Satin Pothos Schefflera Spotted Dumb Cane Stargazer Lily Striped Dracaena Sweet Pea Sweetheart Ivy Swiss Cheese Plant Taro Vine Tiger Lily Tomato Plant Tree Philodendron Tropic Snow Dumbcane Tulip Variable Dieffenbachia Variegated Philodendron Warneckei Dracaena Weeping Fig Wood Lily Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow Yew Yucca |
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