Foods Potentially Poisonous to Pets
Did you know that as little as 2 ounces of milk chocolate can be fatal to a puppy?
It's important to know what everyday human foods can be dangerous to our pets! Here is a list of foods to beware of:
Alcoholic Beverages
Apple seeds
Apricot pits
Avocados - toxic to birds, mice, rabbits, horses, cattle and dairy goats
Cherry pits
Candy - especially chocolate which is toxic to dogs, cats and ferrets. The darker the chocolate, the more dangerous the dose. Also, any candy containing the sweetener xylitol.
Coffee (grounds, beans, chocolate covered espresso beans)
Grapes
Hops (used in home beer brewing)
Macadamia nuts
Moldy foods including moldy cheeses
Mushrooms
Mustard seeds
Onions and onion powder
Peach pits
Potato leaves and stems (green parts)
Raisins
Rhubarb leaves
Salt
Tea (caffeine)
Tomato leaves and stems (green parts)
Walnuts
Yeast dough
Common Poisonous Plants
PLANT TOXIC PARTS PLANT TYPE
Aconite roots, foliage, seeds garden flower
Apple seeds cultivated tree
Arrowgrasses leaves marsh plants
Atropa belladonna entire plant esp. seeds, roots garden herb
Autumn Crocus entire plant garden flower
Azaleas entire plant cultivated & wild shrub
Baneberry berries, roots wildflower
Bird-of-Paradise pods garden flower
Black locust entire plant esp. bark, shoots tree
Bloodroot entire plant esp. stem, roots wildflower, herb
Box entire plant esp. leaves ornamental shrub
Buckeye sprouts, nuts, seeds tree
Buttercup entire plant esp. leaves wildflower, garden herb
Caladium entire plant house plant
Carolina jessamine flowers, leaves ornamental plant
Castor bean entire plant esp. beans house plant
Chinaberry tree berries tree
Chockcherries leaves, cherries, pit wild shrub
Christmas berry leaves shrub
Christmas Rose rootstock, leaves garden flower
Common privet leaves, berries ornamental shrub
Corn cockle seeds wildflower, weed
Cowbane entire plant esp. roots wildflower, herb
Cow cockle seeds wildflower, weed
Cowslip entire plant esp. leaves, stem wildflower, herb
Daffodil bulbs garden flower
Daphne bark, berries, leaves ornamental shrub
Day lily entire plant is toxic to cats garden & wildflower
Death Camas leaves, stems, seeds, flowers field herb
Delphinium (Larkspur) entire plant esp. sprouts wildflower
Dumbcane entire plant house plant
Dutchman's breeches roots, foliage wild & garden flower
Easter lily entire plant is toxic to cats flowering house plant
Elderberry leaves, bark, roots, buds tree
Elephant's ear entire plant house plant
English Ivy entire plant esp. leaves, berries ornamental vine
European Bittersweet entire plant esp. berries vine
False Flax seeds wild herb
False hellebore roots, leaves, seeds ornamental flower
Fan weed seeds wildflower, herb
Field peppergrass seeds wildflower, herb
Foxglove leaves wild & garden flower
Holly berries shrub
Horsechestnut nuts, sprouts tree
Horse nettle entire plant esp. berries wildflower, herb
Hyacinth bulbs wild & house plant
Iris leaves, roots wild & garden flower
Jack-in-the-pulpit entire plant esp. roots, leaves wildflower
Jatropha seeds tree, shrub
Jerusalem Cherry unripe fruit, foliage ornamental plant
Jimsonweed entire plant esp. seeds field plant
Laburum seeds, pods, flowers ornamental plant
Lantana foliage house plant
Larkspur young plants wildflower
Laurels leaves shrub
Lily of the valley leaves, flowers garden & wildflower
Lupines seeds, pods shrub
Manchineel Tree sap, fruit tree
Matrimony vine leaves, shoots ornamental vine
Mayapple unripe fruit, roots, foliage wildflower
Milk vetch entire plant wildflower
Mistletoe berries house plant
Monkshood entire plant esp. roots, seeds wildflower
Moonseed fruit, roots vine
Morning glory seeds, roots wildflower
Mountain mahogany leaves shrub
Mustards seeds wildflower
Narcissus bulbs garden flower
Nicotiana leaves garden flower
Nightshade leaves, berries wildflower, vine
Oaks shoots, leaves tree
Oleander leaves ornamental shrub
Philodendrons entire plant house plant
Pokeweed roots, seeds, berries field plant
Poinsettia leaves, stem, flowers house plant
Poison hemlock leaves, stem, fruit field plant
Potato shoots, sprouts garden plant
Rattle box entire plant wildflower
Rhododendron leaves ornamental shrub
Rhubarb leaves garden plant
Rosary pea seeds house plant
Sago palm entire plant esp seeds ornamental plant
Skunk cabbage entire plant esp roots, leaves marsh plant
Smartweeds sap wildflower
Snow-on-the-mountain sap field plant
Sorghum leaves grass
Star of Bethlehem entire plant wildflower
Velvet grass leaves grass
Wild black cherry leaves, pits tree
Wild radish seeds wildflower
Wisteria pods, seeds ornamental plant
Woody aster entire plant wildflower
Yellow jessamine entire plant ornamental vine
Yellow oleander entire plant esp. leaves garden plant
Yellow pine flax entire plant esp. seedpods wildflower
Yew bark, leaves, seeds ornamental tree
