Poison Safe Home

• Alcoholic beverages
• Avocado
• Chocolate (all forms)
• Coffee (all forms)
• Fatty foods
• Macadamia nuts
• Moldy or spoiled foods
• Onions, onion powder
• Raisins and grapes
• Salt
• Yeast dough
• Garlic
• Products sweetened with xylitol

• Animal toxins – toads, insects, spiders, snakes and scorpions
• Blue-green algae in ponds
• Citronella candles
• Cocoa Mulch
• Compost piles
• Fertilizers
• Flea products
• Outdoor plants and plant bulbs
• Swimming-pool treatment supplies
• Fly baits containing methomyl
• Slug and snail baits containing metaldehyde

Common examples of human medications that can be potentially lethal to pets, even in small doses, include:

• Painkillers
• Cold medicines
• Anticancer drugs
• Antidepressants
• Vitamins
• Diet Pills

• Antifreeze
• Liquid potpourri
• Ice-melting products
• Rat and mouse bait

• Fabric softener sheets
• Mothballs
• Post-1982 pennies (due to high concentration of zinc)

• Christmas tree water (may contain fertilizers and bacteria, which, if ingested, can upset the stomach)
• Electrical cords
• Ribbons or tinsel (can become lodged in the intestines and cause intestinal obstruction – most often occurs with kittens!)
• Batteries
• Glass ornaments

The following substances are considered to be nontoxic, although they may cause mild gastrointestinal upset in some animals:

• Water-based paints
• Toilet bowl water
• Silica gel
• Poinsettia
• Cat litter
• Glue Traps
• Glow jewelry