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Belle Mead Animal Hospital
872 US Highway 206
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Phone# (908) 874-4447
Fax# (908) 874-4144

 

Learning Center - General : Foods Potentially Poisonous

 
Lilies and Mushrooms in your yard are just a few of the  poisonous foods to pets.  For more information on foods that could be dangerous to pets, visit the American Animal Hospital Association's Healthypet.com website.

The following foods may be dangerous to your pet:
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Apple seeds
  • Apricot pits
  • Avocados—toxic to birds, mice, rabbits, horses, cattle and dairy goats
  • Cherry pits
  • Candy (particularly chocolate, which is toxic to dogs, cats and ferrets, and any candy containing the sweetener Xylitol)
  • Coffee (grounds, beans, chocolate covered espresso beans)
  • Grapes
  • Hops (used in home beer brewing)
  • Macadamia nuts
  • Moldy foods
  • Mushroom plants
  • Mustard seeds
  • Onions and onion powder
  • Peach pits
  • Potato leaves and stems (green parts)
  • Raisins
  • Rhubarb leaves
  • Salt
  • Tea (caffeine)
  • Tomato leaves and stems (green parts)
  • Walnuts
  • Yeast dough