Foods Potentially Poisonous to Your Pets - Fox 2 News Headlines

Foods Potentially Poisonous to Your Pets

  • Pet of the Week

  • Meet Coco and Latte, two female Chihuahuas who've grown up together and available for adoption through the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society.
    Meet Coco and Latte, two female Chihuahuas who've grown up together and available for adoption through the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society.

  • View pets up for adoption from the Oakland County Pet Adoption Center located at 1700 Brown Road in Auburn Hills. Phone: 248-391-4100
    View pets up for adoption from the Oakland County Pet Adoption Center located at 1700 Brown Road in Auburn Hills. Phone: 248-391-4100

  • View pets up for adoption from the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society located at 296 Chalfonte Ave in Grosse Pointe Farms. Phone: 313-884-1551
    View pets up for adoption from the Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society located at 296 Chalfonte Ave in Grosse Pointe Farms. Phone: 313-884-1551
    •   

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
  • Chocolate (baker's, semi-sweet, milk, dark)—poisonous to dogs, cats, and ferrets
  • Coffee (grounds, beans, chocolate covered espresso beans)
  • 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)
  • Rhubarb leaves Salt Tea (caffeine)
  • Tomato leaves and stems (green parts)
  • Walnuts Yeast dough

Sources: ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, The Toronto Humane Society, and St. John's Poison Resource Center

Copyright © 2004 The Humane Society of the United States. All rights reserved.

Powered by WorldNow

WJBK-TV | Fox 2
16550 West Nine Mile Rd.
Southfield, MI 48075

Main Station: (248) 557-2000
Newsroom: (248) 552-5103

Didn't find what you were looking for?
All content © Copyright 2000 - 2013 Fox Television Stations, Inc. and Worldnow. All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Ad Choices