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Common Household Toxins That Can Poison Your Pet

Your home contains many items toxic to pets — chocolate, xylitol, lilies, cleaning products, and more. Know what to keep away from your furry family.

Common Household Toxins That Can Poison Your Pet

—— houseplants rodent baitPet-proofing childproofing Knowing keeping it reach prevents

  • Rodent poison dangerous
  • Antifreeze tastes sweet tiny lethal
  • Many houseplants
  • Essential oils especially dangerous to
  • Store securely spills
  • Know products

Rodent Poisons

Anticoagulant rodenticides most common blood clotting causing 3-5 lethargybleeding gumsbloody urinebruisingVitamin K1 Bromethalin rodenticides causing brain swellingMore dangerous easy tremorsseizuresparalysisAlways know rodent poison

Antifreeze Ethylene Glycol

Antifreeze tastes sweet pets willingly drink itAs little as 1-2 teaspoons kill a few tablespoons kill small dog toxic metabolites causing wobbliness initially then 24-72 fomepizole exists Clean up spills immediately

Essential Oils Diffusers

Essential oils particularly dangerous liver enzymesTea tree oileucalyptuslavenderpeppermint citrus oils respiratory distress Oil diffuserspotpourri concentrated essential oils around extremely cautious

Toxic Houseplants

Lilies Lilium Hemerocallis species fatally toxic—— even licking pollen drinking vase water Other toxic plants sago palm liver failure in philodendrondieffenbachiapothos tulip bulbsBring new plants check ASPCA Poison Control complete

  • pet ingested
  • bleeding bruising
  • Possible wobbliness lethargy
  • Possible toxin
  • unsure something
  • Any suspected toxin

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