Pet Poison Prevention Chart
Following is a list of common plants and household items that are know to have toxic or adverse effects to dogs and other animals. Check the list and then check your yard and all locations where your pet has access to. Removing these items will prevent your pet from suffering harm.
Common Plants
- Acorn
- Almond
- Amaryllis
- Angel’s Trumpet
- Apple seeds
- Apricot pits
- Arrowheadvine
- Asparagus fern
- Avocado leaves
- Azalea
- Balsam pear
- Baneberry
- Bird of Paradise
- Bittersweet
- Black locus
- Blue Cohosh
- Boston ivy
- Bottlebrush
- Boxwood
- Buttercup leaves
- Carnation
- Castor bean
- Cherry pits and leaves
- Chinaberry
- Chrysanthemum
- Common Privet
- Crabapple seeds
- Creeping Charlie
- Creeping fig
- Crocus bulbs
- Crown of thorns
- Cyclamen
- Daffodil bulbs
- Daphne
- Delphinium
- Dogwood
- Dutchman’s breeches
- Dumb cane (Dieftenbachia)
- Easter Lily (especially cats)
- Elderberry
- Elephant Ears
- English ivy berries
- English Laurel
- Flax seeds
- Foxglove
- Geranium
- Gladioli Bulbs
- Ground Cherry
- Hibiscus
- Holly
- Hose Chestnut
- Hyacinth bulbs
- Hydrangea leaves
- Indian turnip
- Iris leaves
- Ivy (most varieties)
- Jasmine
- Jerusalem Cherry
- Jimson weed
- Jonquil bulbs
- Larkspur
- Lilly of the Valley blooms
- Locoweed
- Lupin
- Marigold
- Marijuana
- Matrimony vine
- May apple
- Mescal bean
- Mistletoe berries
- Mock orange
- Moonweed
- Morning glory
- Mushrooms
- Narcissus seeds
- Nightshade
- Nutmeg nuts
- Oleander
- Onion
- Peach pits
- Pear seeds
- Periwinkle
- Peyote
- Philodendron (all varieties)
- Pigweed
- Plum pits
- Poinsettia
- Poison hemlock
- Pokeweed
- Potato green tubers, leaves and berries
- Primrose
- Rain tree (Monkey pod)
- Red Sage
- Rhododendron leave
- Rhubarb
- Skunk Cabbage
- Soap berry
- Spinach
- Sweet pea pods
- Tiger Lily (especially cats)
- Tobacco
- Tomato leaves and vines
- Tulip bulbs
- Umbrella Plant
- Virginia creeper berries
- Water hemlock
- Weeping fig
- Wisteria
- Yews
Household
- Medications (prescription or over-the-counter)
- Shampoo
- Nail polish
- Book/kitchen matches
- Laundry detergents
- Fabric softener sheets
House & Garden
- Any insecticide or pesticides
- Flea collar
- Ant traps, slug and snail baits, roach poison
- Rodent poison
- Weed killers
- Fertilizers (keep animals the lawn after treatment)
- Wood preservatives
Automotive
- Battery acid
- Fuel oil
- Brake fluid
- Gasoline
- Antifreeze (Ethylene Glycol)
Dangerous Toys
- Golf balls or similar-sized balls
- Tennis balls or similar balls that can be popped
- Plastic toys that can be shredded
- Squeakers in squeaky toys
- Hard, brittle plastic Frisbees (can shatter a dog’s teeth)
- Any painted or wooden toys