Pet Toxins

Keeping your pet away from toxic and harmful substances goes a long way to keeping them healthy and safe. Certain common household items can pose serious harm and may require immediate treatment.

List of Toxins harmful to pets:

• Alcohol
• Apple and pear seeds
• Avocado
• Caffeine
• Cherry/apricot/peach/nectarine/plum pits
• Chocolate
• Fireflies
• Garlic
• Grapes
• House plants
  • Azaleas
  • Daffodils
  • Day and Easter Lilies
  • Holly
  • Laurels
  • Poinsettias
  • Philodendrons
• Onions
• Potpourri (Ingestion and inhalation)
• Raisins
• Rat Bait
• Self-cleaning ovens
• Spray cleaners, hairspray, perfumes, incense, candle fumes
• Teflon (Non-stick cookware)
• Xylitol

If your pet ingests a toxin you may also contact the Animal Poison Control Center at 888-426-4435. The APCC is a resource for any animal poison-related emergency. They are available 24 hours a day, year-round. A consultation fee may apply.