POISONS

 
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POISONS

The following list of products, though not all inclusive, can be deadly to animals.  If your animal ingests these products, immediately take it to a veterinarian WITH the package and actual product ingested.  Make sure to note the time ingested.

Note:  Be prepared, know animal first aid.  Learn animal CPR. (See Amazon.com in our shopping mall on our home page for books and videos on this subject).

       
KEEP THESE AWAY FROM YOUR PETS!!!
FOOD
- Chocolate, (esp. baking chocolate)
- Food in garbage cans (deadly germs)
- Chicken, turkey, & fish bones (may suffocate from being stuck in throat)
- Salmon skin (particularly dead salmon along the river)
- Raisins & grapes (cause renal failure)

GARDEN PRODUCTS
- Fertilizers and other lawn chemicals
- Sidewalk Salt
- Slug Bait
- Weed Killers
- Insecticides & Pesticides
- Roach Traps
- Cocoa Mulch (
garden bark - contains Theo bromine)

PLANTS (Fatal)
- Castor Bean
- Dieffenbachia
- All Lily species
- Foxglove
- Mistletoe
- Rhubarb
- Philodendron
- Poinsettia
- Arrow grass
- Bittersweet Berries
- Hemlock
- Jimsonweed
- Locoweed
- Lilly of the Valley
- Mushrooms

AUTO PRODUCTS
- Antifreeze
- Battery Acid

PAINT PRODUCTS
- Thinner
- Putty
- Plaster
- Paint

HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS
- Toilet Bowl Cleaners
- Drain Cleaners
- Furniture Polish
- Detergent
- Pine-oil Cleaners
- Medications
- Vitamins
- Aspirin
- Glues & Pastes
- Matches
- Nail Polish
- Crayons
- Pencils
- Shoe Polish
- Shampoo
- Skin Cream

PET PRODUCTS
- Flea Collars
- Flea/Tick dips

MISCELLANEOUS
- Ballpoint Pens
- Golf Balls


Keep prescriptions and over-the-counter medications out of your pets' reach.  Painkillers, cold medications, anti-depressants, vitamins, and diet pills can be lethal, even in small doses.

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