Animal Medical Center & Associates P.C.

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ASPCA's Poison Control Center

If you have any of the following items in or around your home you should make sure they are in places where your pets can't reach them, or consider getting rid of them altogether.

Should your animal eat any of the following please call ASPCA's Poison Control Hotline at 1-888-426-4435.    

Harmful Household Items

• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medicatoins (aspirin, ibuprofen, etc)
• Acetaminophen
• Cold and flu medications
• Antidepressants
• Vitamins
• Home insect products
• Rat and mouse bait
• Bleach
• Diet pills
• Disinfectants
• Fabric softener
• Lead
• Lighter fluid
• Mothballs
• Anti-cancer drugs
• Solvents (paint thinners, etc)
• Drain cleaners
• Liquid potpourri
• Slug and snail bait
• Oven cleaner sprays
• Lime/scale remover
• Fly bait
• Detergents
• Tabacco products

Harmful Foods

• Avocados
• Chocolate (all forms)
• Coffee (all forms)
• Onions & onion powder
• Garlic
• Grapes
• Raisins
• Maccadamia nuts
• Alcoholic beverages
• Moldy/spoiled foods
• Salt
• Fatty foods
• Gum, candies, or other foods sweetened with xylitol
• Tea leaves
• Raw yeast dough

Harmful Objects

• Balls (specifically balls that are small or have a smooth outer coating)
• Batteries
• Bread twist ties
• Buttons
• Coins
• Cotton swabs
• Glass
• Hair pins
• Jewelry
• Nylons
• Paper clips
• Plastic wrap
• Socks
• Rubber-bands
• Sharp objects (knives, razors, scissors, nails, needles, etc)
• String, yarn, or dental floss
• Towels
• Wax

Harmful Plants

• Aloe
• Amaryllis
• Andromeda Japonica
• Asian Lily
• Asparagus Fern
• Australian Nut
• Autumn Crocus
• Azalea
• Belladonna
• Bird of Paradise
• Bittersweet (American and European)
• Black Locust
• Branching Ivy
• Buckeye
• Buddhist Pine
• Caladium
• Calla Lily
• Castor Bean
• Ceriman
• Clematis
• Cordatum
• Corn Plant
• Cycads
• Cyclamen
• Daffodil
• Daylily
• Devil's Ivy
• Dieffenbachia
• Dumbcane
• Easter Lily
• Elephant Ears
• Emerald Fern
• English Ivy
• Ferns
• Fiddle-leaf Philodendron
• Gold Dust Dracaena
• Florida Beauty
• Foxglove
• Glacier Ivy
• Gladiolas
• Golden Pothos
• Heavenly Bamboo
• Honeysuckle
• Hurrican Plant
• Hyacinth
• Hydrangea
• Iris
• Jerusalem Cherry
• Jimson Weed
• Kalanchoe
• Lantana
• Lilies (all Lilium species)
• Lily of the Valley
• Lupine
• Marble Queen
• Morning Glory
• Mother-in-Law
• Mountain Laurel
• Narcissus
• Needlepoint Ivy
• Nephthysis
• Nightshade
• Oleander
• Panda
• Peace Lily
• Philodendron
• Poison Hemlock
• Precatory Bean (rosary pea)
• Privet
• Red Emerald
• Rhododendron
• Ribbon Plant
• Sago Palm
• Satin Pothos
• Schefflera
• Striped Dracaena
• Sweetheart Ivy
• Tulip
• Water Hemlock
• Wisteria
• Yew
• Yucca