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TOXINS
Acetaminophen (Tylenol): Is especially toxic to cats causing severe liver damage.
Antifreeze: Animals love the sweet taste, but even a small amount can be fatal. Watch out for leaks from your vehicles.
Chocolate: Dark chocolate and cocoa mulch can cause seizures and neurological symptoms.
Grapes/Raisins: Cause kidney failure in cats and dogs.
Ivy: Many species of ivy are considered moderately toxic, and can cause gastrointestinal symptoms, along with breathing difficulty, coma, or even death.
Lawn and Garden Treatments: Fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides are all potentially toxic to cats and dogs.
Lillies: Can cause kidney damage to cats, GI problems for cats and dogs.
Macadamia Nuts: Toxicity has only been seen in dogs causing severe neurological symptoms, which usually clears within 48 hours.
Mistletoe: Can cause liver damage in cats and dogs. If ingested in large enough quantities, mistletoe has the potential to produce gastrointestinal irritation, excessive thirst and urination, incoordination, a drop in blood pressure and heart rate, and in severe cases, difficulty breathing, seizures, coma and even death.
Mushrooms: Certain species of mushrooms are considered to be relatively non-toxic, while other species can be very toxic. Of the toxic species, some can potentially cause liver or kidney damage, while others may produce severe gastrointestinal or even neurological effects.
Onions: Fresh, cooked, dried or powdered can cause severe anemia in cats and dogs.
Rat Poison: It is made to be tempting to animals and causes internal bleeding that may not have obvious symptoms for a couple days.
Rhubarb: The leaves can cause neurological disease in cats and dogs.
Rising Bread Dough: An animal's body temperature can cause the dough to expand to the point of obstruction, which can cause death.
Tobacco products (nicotine): Ingestion of a partial cigarette or cigar is enough to be lethal.
Tulip bulbs: The bulb portions contain toxins that can cause intense gastrointestinal irritation, drooling, loss of appetite, depression of the central nervous system, convulsions and cardiac abnormalities.
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