Foods Potentially Poisonous to Pets

 

The following foods may be dangerous to your pet:

• Alcoholic beverages

• Apple seeds

• Apricot pits

• Avocados—toxic to birds, mice, rabbits, horses, cattle, and dairy goats

• Cherry pits

• Candy (particularly chocolate, which is toxic to dogs, cats, and ferrets, and any candy containing the sweetener Xylitol)

• Coffee (grounds, beans, chocolate covered espresso beans)

• Grapes

• Hops (used in home beer brewing)

• Macadamia nuts

• Moldy foods

• Mushroom plants

• 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

Sources:  ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center

               

         

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