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Poisonous Plants and Household Items

Animals, especially puppies and kittens love to chew and tend to get into everything. It is important for you to provide acceptable chewing toys and to make sure that harmful items are kept out of your pet’s way until they learn acceptable behavior.

Listed below are some common houseplants and household poisons that can cause a problem for your pet, should your pet chew on or swallow them.

PLANTS(and the poisonous parts)

Amaryllis (bulb)
Azalea (all parts)
Bitter Nightshade (all parts)
Bittersweet (bark, leaves, & seeds)
Black Nightshade (all parts)
Bleeding Heart (all parts)
Blue Green algae (all parts)
Boxwood (all parts)
Castor bean (seeds and foliage)
Crocus (all parts)
Christmas Rose (all parts)
Daffodil (bulbs)
Daphne (bark, leaves, & seeds)
Delphinium (all parts)
Devil’s Ivy (all parts)
Dieffenbachia (all parts)
Dumb cane (all parts)
Elephant Ear (all parts)
English Holly (all parts)
Four O’clock (all parts)
Foxglove (leaves)
Golden Chain (leaves and seeds)
Golden Seal (all parts)
Hemlock (all parts)
Hydrangea (all parts)
Hyacinth (bulbs)
Iris (all parts)
Ivy, English, and Baltic (berries and leaves)
Jerusalem Cherry (all parts)
Jimson Weed, Thorn Apple (all parts)
Lantana (berries)
Larkspur (young plants and seeds)
Laurel (all parts)
Lily of the Valley (leaves and flowers)
Lily (bulbs)
Marigold (all parts)
Marijuana (resinous substance)
Mistletoe (white berries)
Monkshood (all parts)
Morning Glory (seeds)
Mountain Laurel (all parts)
Mushrooms (all parts)
Narcissus (bulbs)
Oaks (acorns)
Oleander (all parts)
Philodendron (all parts)
Pine tree (needles)
Poinsettia (all parts)
Poison Ivy (all parts)
Potato (unripe tubers and sprouts from tuber)
Rhododendron (all parts)
Rhubarb (leaves)
Schefleura (all parts)
Star of Bethlehem (all parts)
Sweet pea (seeds)
Yellow Jasmine (all parts)
Yew (all parts)