Kitty Safety


TOXIC FOODS TO PETS

  • Caffiene (Coffee, pop, tea, etc):  Can affect the heart and nervous system.
  • Hops:  Causes panting, increased heart rate, seizures, fever, and death.
  • Large amounts of liver:  Can cause Vitamin A toxicity affecting the bones and muscles.
  • Yeast Dough:  Expands and produces gas in the digestive system resulting in severe pain, and in some cases, rupture of the stomach or intestines.
  • Sugary Foods:  Leads to obesity, dental problems, and diabetes.
  • Salt: Large quantities of salt can lead to electrolyte imbalances.
  • Peach and Plum Pit: Can cause digestive tract obstructions requiring surgery.
  • Onions and Garlic:  Contain sulfoxides and disulfides that damage red blood cells resulting in anemia. Cats are more prone to problems then dogs.
  • Mushrooms:  Stomach upset and even organ damage, depending on the species of mushroom.
  • Dairy Products:  Most Cats, including kittens, are not capable of breaking down the lactose in milk, making them "lactose intolerant" resulting in diarrhea and abdominal pain.
  • Macadamia Nuts:  An unknown toxin affects the nervous, digestive systems and muscles.
  • Green Tomatoes:  Contain the poisonous alkaloid Glycoalkaloid (also found in Deadly Nightshade) that results in severe and painful gastrointestinal upset.
  • Chocolate:  Contains Theobromine which is extremely toxic to cats and many other animals.
  • Raw Fish:  Regular consumption of raw fish can result in thiamine deficiency resulting in loss of appetite, seizures, and in the most severe cases, death.
  • Tobacco:  Nicotene affects the digestive and nervous systems and can result in rapid heart beat, followed by collapse, coma, and death. Cigarette smoke effects the lungs of animals just as it does humans, but much more quickly and more severely due to their size.
  • Grapes and Raisins:  Deaths in parrots have been contributed to an unknown toxin in grapes, and can damage the kidneys of dogs and cats as well.
     

TOXIC PLANTS TO YOUR PETS

  • Hydrangea
  • Iris
  • Japanese Show Lily
  • Japanese Yew
  • Jerusalem Cherry
  • Kalanchoe
  • Lace Fern
  • Lacy Tree
  • Lily of the Valley
  • Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
  • Macadamia Nut
  • Madagascar Dragon Tree
  • Marble Queen
  • Mauna Loa Peace Lily
  • Mexican Breadfruit
  • Mistletoe "American"
  • Morning Glory
  • Mother-in-Law
  • Narcissus
  • Needlepoint Ivy
  • Nephthytis
  • Nightshade
  • Oleander
  • Onion
  • Orange Day Lily
  • Panda
  • Peace Lily
  • Philodendron Pertusum
  • Plumosa Fern
  • Precatory Bean
  • Queensland Nut
  • Red Emerald
  • Red Lily
  • Red-Margined Dracaena
  • Rhododendron
  • Ribbon Plant (Dracaena sanderiana)
  • Rubrum Lily
  • Saddle Leaf Philodendron
  • Sago Palm
  • Satin Pothos
  • Schefflera
  • Stargazer Lily
  • Striped Dracaena
  • Sweetheart Ivy
  • Swiss Cheese Plant
  • Taro Vine
  • Tiger Lily
  • Tomato Plant
  • Tree Philodendron
  • Tropic Snow Dumbcane
  • Tulip
  • Variable Dieffenbachia
  • Variegated Philodendron
  • Warneckei Dracaena
  • Wood Lily
  • Yew
  • Aloe
  • Amaryllis
  • Andromeda Japonica
  • Asian Lily (Liliaceae)
  • Asparagus Fern
  • Autumn Crocus
  • Avocado
  • Azalea
  • Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
  • Bird of Paradise
  • American Bittersweet
  • European Bittersweet
  • Branching Ivy
  • Buckeye
  • Buddist Pine 
  • Caladium
  • Calla Lily
  • Castor Bean 
  • Charming Diffenbachia
  • Chinaberry Tree
  • Chinese Evergreen
  • Christmas Rose
  • Clematis
  • Cordatum
  • Corn (or Cornstalk) Plant
  • Cutleaf Philodendron
  • Cycads
  • Cyclamen
  • Daffodil
  • Day Lily
  • Devil's Ivy
  • Dumb Cane
  • Deadly Nightshade
  • Easter Lily
  • Elephant Ears
  • Emerald Feather or Fern
  • English Ivy
  • Fiddle-Leaf Philodendron
  • Flamingo Plant
  • Florida Beauty
  • Foxglove
  • Fruit Salad Plant
  • Glacier Ivy
  • Gladiolas
  • Glory Lily
  • Gold Dieffenbachia
  • Gold Dust Dracaena
  • Golden Pothos
  • Green Gold Nephthysis
  • Hahn's English Ivy
  • Heartleaf Philodendron
  • Heavenly Bamboo
  • Holly
  • Horsehead Philodendron
  • Hurricane Plant
  • Hyacinth