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HOUSEHOLD TOXINS
Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pet
- Alcoholic beverages
- Avocado
- Chocolate (all forms)
- Coffee (all forms)
- Fatty foods
- Spicy foods
- Macadamia nuts
- Moldy or spoiled foods
- Onions, onion powder (large amounts)
- Raisins and grapes
- Extra salt
- Yeast dough
- Garlic (large amounts)
- Sugarless candy and gum sweetened with xylitol
- Raw meat or fish
Household plants
- Lillies
- Cocoa mulch
- Oleader
- Poinsettia
- Sago palms
- Azalea
- Mistletoe
- Yew
Drugs to avoid
- Tylenol- it is deadly to cats. Give to dogs only under doctor’s orders
- Aspirin- it causes gastric bleeding in a high percentage of animals. Use only under doctor’s orders
- Ibuprofen, naproxen and other pain medications- avoid them
- Never give one pet’s prescription drugs to another pet without doctor’s approval
- Never give human prescription drugs to a pet without doctor’s approval
Toxic household chemicals
- Anything that is toxic to us is toxic to our pets
- Antifreeze (ethylene glycol)
- Rat poison
- Tobacco products
- Cleaners and disinfectants
- Insecticides and herbicides
- Flea products that state “For dogs only” mean NO CATS!
- Fertilizers
- Pennies
- Mothballs
- Potpourri oils
- Fabric softener sheets
- Automatic dishwashing detergents
- Batteries
- Homemade play-dough (high in salt)
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