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Hazardous Items for Pets

Toxic Household Items

  • Acetaminophen
  • Acids
  • Alcohol
  • Alkalis
  • Antifreeze that contains ethylene glycol 
  • Avocado
  • Batteries
  • Bleach
  • Chicken Bones
  • Chives
  • Chocolate
  • Coffee Grounds & Beans
  • Detergents
  • Fertilizer
  • Fireworks
  • Floride
  • Garlic
  • Gorilla Glue
  • Grapes
  • Hand Sanitizer
  • Heavy Metals Paint Chips
  • Hops
  • Household Cleaners
  • Ibuprofen
  • Insecticides
  • Kerosene
  • Laxatives
  • Lead
  • Matches
  • Mothballs
  • Nail Polish & Remover
  • Onions
  • Paint Thinner
  • Paintballs
  • Petrol
  • Pine Oil
  • Raisins
  • Rodenticides
  • Rubbing alcohol
  • Super Glue
  • Tar
  • Tinsel
  • Tomato leaves & stems
  • Weed Killer
  • Windshield Wiper Fluid
  • Xylitol
  • Yeast Dough
  • Zinc
  • Firestarter Logs
  • De-icing salts
  • Grapes
  • Macadamia Nuts
  • Spinach
  • Mushrooms
  • Cocoa Mulch
  • Glow Sticks
  • Mini Blinds
  • Plastic Bags
  • Potpourri
  • Rubber Bands
  • Treated Toilet Water

Toxic Plants

  • Aloe Vera
  • Amaryllis
  • Anemone
  • Asparagus Fern
  • Azalea/Rhodedendron
  • Baby's Breath
  • Begonia
  • Carnations
  • Castor Bean
  • Chrysanthemum
  • Cyclamen
  • Daffodil
  • Gladiola
  • Hosta
  • Ivy
  • Jade
  • Jimson Weed
  • Milkweed
  • Morning Glory
  • Philodendrons
  • Poinsettia
  • Poison Ivy
  • Poison Oak
  • Pothos
  • Sago Palm
  • Star of Bethlehem
  • Tobacco
  • Tomato Plant
  • Tulip/Narcissus
  • Yew
  • Agapanthus
  • Aloe Vera
  • Aster
  • Autumn Crocus
  • Black Locust
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Boxwood
  • Cactus
  • Cala Lily
  • Cardboard Palm
  • Clematis
  • Crocus
  • Daphne
  • Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane)
  • Elderberry
  • Elephant Ear
  • English Ivy
  • Ficus
  • Foxglove
  • Freesia
  • Golden Chain
  • Hemlock
  • Holly
  • Hyacinth
  • Hydrangea
  • Iris
  • Jack-in-the-Pulpit
  • Jasmine
  • Jimson Weed
  • Juniper
  • Kalanchoe
  • Lantana Camara (Red Sage)
  • Larkspur
  • Laurels
  • Lily-of-the-Valley
  • Mayapple
  • Mistletoe
  • Monkshood
  • Moonseed
  • Narcissus
  • Oak trees
  • Oleander
  • Peony
  • Primerose
  • Rhododendrons
  • Rosary Pea
  • Schefflera
  • Sumac
  • Wild and cultivated cherries
  • Wisteria
  • Agapanthus
  • Alocasia
  • Apple Seeds
  • Arrowgrass
  • Aster
  • Autumn Crocus
  • Avacado (fuit and pit)
  • Azalea/Rhodedendron
  • Baneberry
  • Bayonet
  • Beargrass
  • Beech
  • Belladonna
  • Bird of Paradise
  • Bittersweet
  • Black Locust
  • Black-eyed Susan
  • Bleeding Heart
  • Bloodroot
  • Bluebonnet
  • Boxwood
  • Buckeyes
  • Buddist Pine
  • Burning Bush
  • Buttercup Cactus
  • Cactus
  • Caladium
  • Candelabra
  • Cardboard Palm
  • Ceriman
  • Charming Dieffenbachia
  • Cherry, most wild varieties
  • Chinaberry
  • Chinese Evergreen
  • Christmas Rose
  • Cineria
  • Clematis
  • Cordatum
  • Coriaria
  • Corn Plant
  • Cornflower
  • Cornstalk Plant
  • Corydalis
  • Crocus
  • Croton
  • Cuban Laurel
  • Cutleaf Philodendron
  • Cycads
  • Daphne
  • Datura
  • Deadly Nightshade
  • Death Camas
  • Decentrea
  • Delphinium
  • Devil's Ivy
  • Dieffenbachia
  • Dracaena Palm
  • Dragon Tree
  • Dumb Cane
  • Eggplant
  • Elaine
  • Elderberry
  • Elephant Ear
  • Emerald Feather
  • English Ivy
  • English Yew
  • Eucalyptus
  • Euonymus
  • Evergreen Ferns
  • Ficus
  • Fiddle-leaf fig
  • Flax
  • Florida Beauty
  • Four O'Clock
  • Foxglove
  • Freesia
  • Fruit Salad Plant
  • Geranium
  • German Ivy
  • Giant Dumb Cane
  • Glacier Ivy
  • Gold Dust Dracaena
  • Golden Chain
  • Golden Glow
  • Gopher Purge
  • Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy
  • Heartland Philodendron
  • Hellebore
  • Hemlock
  • Henbane
  • Holly
  • Horse Chestnuts
  • Horsebeans
  • Horsebrush
  • Hurricane Plant
  • Hyacinth
  • Hydrangea
  • Indian Rubber Plant
  • Indian Tobacco
  • Iris
  • Java Beans
  • Jessamine
  • Jonquil
  • Jungle Trumpets
  • Juniper
  • Kalanchoe
  • Lacy Tree Philodendron
  • Lantana
  • Larkspur
  • Laurel
  • Lillies
  • Lily of the Valley
  • Lily Spider
  • Locoweed
  • Lupine
  • Madagascar Dragon Tree
  • Marble Queen
  • Marigold
  • Mescal Bean
  • Mexican Breadfruit
  • Miniature Croton
  • Mistletoe
  • Mock Orange
  • Monkshood
  • Moonseed
  • Mother-in Law's Tongue
  • Mountain Laurel
  • Mushrooms
  • Narcissus
  • Needlepoint Ivy
  • Nephytis
  • Nightshade Oleander
  • Oleander
  • Onion
  • Pencil Cactus
  • Peony
  • Periwinkle
  • Pimpernel
  • Pits of Almond
  • Pits of Apricot
  • Pits of Peach
  • Plumosa Fern
  • Poinciana
  • Poison Hemlock
  • Pokeweed
  • Poppy
  • Potato
  • Precatory Bean
  • Primrose
  • Red Emerald
  • Red Princess
  • Red-Margined Dracaena
  • Rhododendron
  • Rhubarb
  • Ribbon Plant
  • Rosemary Pea
  • Rubber Plant
  • Schefflera
  • Scotch Broom
  • Skunk Cabbage
  • Snow on the Mountain
  • Snowdrops
  • Spanish thyme
  • Spotted Dumb Cane
  • Staggerweed
  • String of Pearls
  • Striped Dracaena
  • Sumac
  • Sweetheart Ivy
  • Sweetpea
  • Swiss Cheese plant
  • Tansy Mustard
  • Taro Vine
  • Tung Tree
  • Virginia Creeper
  • Weeping Fig
  • Wild Call