Plants and Foods Toxic to Pets


Here is a quick reference guide to the more common house and garden plants and foods (and other substances) that are toxic to most all animals. If you have these plants or foods, you need not dispose of them--just keep them away from your pets. Although it is impossible to list all possible poisons, these guidelines may help you begin to remove or place out of reach most potential problems. 
This list is NOT ALL INCLUSIVE and may not include items poisonous to Hamsters/Guinea Pigs/Iguanas/etc

            * Indicates that a substance is especially dangerous and can be fatal.

Foods which are toxic and poisonous to pets:
Alcohol (all alcoholic beverages, ethanol, methanol, isopropyl) 
Almonds* 
Apples seeds 
Apricots* 
Avocado* 
Broccoli (in large amounts) 
Cherry pits 
Chocolate (all types)* 
Coffee grounds, beans & tea (caffeine) 
Figs 
Garlic* 
Grapes 
Hops (used in home brewing) 
Macadamia Nuts 
Milk 
Mouldy/spoiled foods 
Mushrooms 
Nutmeg 
Onions* 
Peaches* 
Pear seeds 
Plum seed/pit 
Potato (leaves & stem, peelings, and unripe green potatoes) 
Raisins 
Rhubarb leaves* 
Sugar Free items with Xylitol (see below)***
Tomatoes (leaves & stem, and green tomatoes) 
Walnut hulls 
Yeast dough 

Plants which are toxic and/or poisonous to pets:
Almonds* 
Amaryllis bulb*
Andromeda
Anthuriaum* 
Apple seeds (contain cyanide) 
Apricot* 
Arrowgrass
Autumn crocus (Colchicum Autumnale)* 
Avocado (leaves, seeds, stem, skin)* (fatal to birds) 
Azalea (entire rhododendron family) 
Begonia* 
Bird of Paradise 
Bittersweet 
Bleeding heart* 
Boxwood 
Bracken fern 
Buckeye 
Buttercup (Ranunculus) 
Caffeine 
Caladium* 
Calla lily* 
Castor bean or castor oil plant* (can be fatal if chewed) 
Cherry pits (contain cyanide) 
Cherry Chinese sacred or heavenly bamboo* 
Chocolate Choke cherry, unripe berries* 
Chrysanthemum (a natural source of pyrethrins) 
Clematis 
Crocus bulb 
Croton (Codiaeum sp.) 
Crown of Thorns 
Daffodil 
Daphne 
Delphinium, larkspur, monkshood* 
Dieffenbachia 
Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia)* 
Elderberry, unripe berries* 
Elephant Ear 
English ivy (All Hedera species of ivy) 
Fig (Ficus) 
Four-o'clocks (Mirabilis) 
Foxglove (Digitalis)* 
Garlic* 
Grapes/raisins
Hemlock 
Hemp 
Hyacinth bulbs 
Hydrangea* 
Holly berries 
Iris corms 
Jack-in-the-pulpit* 
Jasmine 
Jerusalem Cherry, Winter Cherry (Solanum pseudocarpum) 
Jimsonweed* (Datur stramonium, D. metaloides, D. arborea) 
Kalanchoe* 
Lantana* 
Larkspur 
Laurel 
Lily (bulbs of most species) 
Lily (Easter Lily, Tiger Lily) 
Lily-of-the-Valley* 
Locoweed 
Lupine species 
Marigold 
Marijuana or hemp (Cannabis) 
Milkweed* 
Mistletoe berries* 
Monkshood  
Morning Glory* 
Mostera, aka Split-Leaf Philodendron or Swiss Cheese Plant 
Mountain laurel 
Mushrooms & Toadstools (various) 
Narcissus, daffodil 
Nettles 
Nightshade (various species) 
Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans) 
Oak* (remove bark for use as a bird perch) 
Oleander* 
Onions* 
Peaches* 
Pear seeds 
Pencil cactus/plant* (Euphorbia sp.) 
Periwinkle (Vinca rosea) 
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) 
Philodendron (all species)* 
Plum pit/seed 
Poinsettia (many hybrids, avoid them all) 
Poison Ivy 
Potato (leaves & stem, peelings, unripe green potatoes) 
Precatory Beans (Crabs Eye, Rosary Pea, Jequirity Bean) Used in jewelry. Extremely toxic when seedcoat is broken, as it is when the seeds are strung
Privet 
Rhodedendron 
Rhubarb leaves* 
Rosary Pea (Arbus sp.) (can be fatal if chewed) 
Scheffelera (umbrella plant)* 
Shamrock (Oxalis sp.)* 
Skunk Cabbage 
Snow-on-the-Mountain 
Spurge (Euphorbia sp.) 
Tobacco 
Tomatoes (leaves & stem, green tomatoes) 
Tulip 
Walnut hulls 
Water Arum 
Wisteria 
Yew*
 
Other substances that are very harmful include (but are not limited to):
Acetaminophen 
Acetone 
Antifreeze 
Aspirin
Bleach
Boric Acid
Brake Fluid
Carbon Monoxide
Carbuerator Fluid
Cigarettes and other nicotine products and smoke 
Cleaning Fluids
Cosmetics 
Crayons (dangerous for birds) 
Deoderant
Deodorizers
Detergents
Diet Pills
Disinfectants
Drain Cleaners 
Dyes
Fungicides
Furniture Polish
Gasoline
Hair Coloring
Herbicides
Insecticides 
Kerosine
Laundry supplies & fabric softener 
Laxatives
Lead 
Liquor
Lye
Matches
Mercury 
Metal Polish
Mineral Spirits
Mothballs
Nail Polish & Nail Polish Remover
Paint 
Paint Remover 
Permananet Solution 
Phenol 
Photo Developer
Rodent poison 
Rubbing Alcohol
Rust (dangerous for birds) 
Shoe Polish
Sleeping Pills
Slug/Snail Bait
Soap
Sugar Free foods (see below)***
Suntan Lotion 
Tar
Turpentine
Window Cleaners
Wood preservatives and shellac 
Xylitol sweetener - found in many diet drinks

Fumes dangerous to birds: smoke-filled air, insecticide spray, deodorizers, spray cleaners, fumes from fresh paint, gas, and overheated Teflon (very deadly). 


From http://www.pacc911.org/Poison_Control.html