Toxic household items, plants and food that you may be exposing your pet to;
Holidays are coming up, and with the holidays comes a lot of food, plants and festive decoration. Be careful with what you leave lying around and have all guest aware of the potential dangers of your pet ingesting any of the following harmful foods, toys, plants etc.
POTENTIALLY TOXIC FOODS:
- Chocolate
- Some mushrooms
- Caffeine/ Beer
- Cherries
- Fatty human foods
- Raw eggs/ Milk/Other dairy products
- Grapes/Rasins
- Rhubarb
- Xylitol sweetners (gum/ candies)
- Salt
- Apple seeds/Stems/Leaves/Cores
- Garlic Powder/ Garlic/Chives
- Peach/ Plum pits
- Onions
- Yeast (dough)
- Moldy/ Spoiled foods
- Macadamia Nuts/ Walnuts
- Avacado
- Chicken/Rib/Fishbones
- Raw uncooked meats
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDS
- Cleaning Products
- Tabacco products/ Nicotine Products
- Moth Balls/ Rat Poison/ Slug Bait
- Citronella Candles/ Fire Logs
- Vitamins/ Diet pills
- Prescription Medications/ Ibuprofen/ Apsrin/ Cold Medicine
- Fabric Softner
- Lawn Fetalizer/ Bone Meal
- Some Insectcid products
- Cocoa Mulch
- Electrical Cords/ Festive Lighting
- Ribbon/ Garland/ Tinsel
- Dental Floss/ String/ Rubber Bands Inhalers
- Batteries
- Small toys (small parts)
- Windshield wash/ Antifreeze
- Ice Melter
- Blind cords
NOT PET-FRIENDLY PLANTS
- Nor-folk pine
- Croton
- Jade Plant/Dwarf Rubber Plant
- Darcaena/ Corn Plat/ Ribbon Plant
- Geranium
- Easter Lily
- Dieffenbachia/ Giant dumb Cane
- Azalea
- Aloe Daffofil/ Paper White
- Calla Lily/ Trumpet Lily
- Yucca
- Golden Pothos/ Devils Ivy
- Caladium/ Elephant Ears
- Cutleaf Philodendron/ Hurricane Plant
- English Holly
- Peace Lily
- Amaryllis/ Belladonna Lily
- English Ivy/ Sweetheart Ivy
- Tulip
- Horsehead/ Heart Leaf
- Chrysanthemum/ Daisy
- Snake Plant/ Mother-in-laws tougne
PET-FRIENDLY PLANTS
- Pony Tail Plat/ Elephant-Foot tree
- Golden Cane Palm
- Parlour Palm
- American Rubber Plant
- Zebra Haworthia
- Christmas Cactus
- African Violet
- Baby’s Tears/ Polka Dot Plant/ Pink Splash
- Spider Plant
- Feather Palm
- Swedish Ivy/ Creeping Charlie
- Sweet Alyssum
- Boston Fern
- Independence Plant
- Aluminum Plant
- Gloxinia
- Maranta/ Prayer Plant
- Porcelain Flower/ Wax Plant
- Climbing Begonia/ Rex Begonia
- Burrows Tail
- Cliff Brake/ Button Fern
- Hens and Chickens
- Tahitian Bridal Veil
Written by Tamara Tupper RVT
