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Poison Prevention

Protecting Companion Animals from Poisons and Other Harmful Substances in the Environment
If you suspect your companion animal has ingested something poisonous or harmful:

1

Remain Calm

2

Gather details, including:

  • What was ingested
  • Quantity ingested
  • When ingested
3

Contact your veterinarian or a poison-control hotline. A list of many top animal poison control hotlines is available below.

4

Take your animal to a veterinarian if advised.

These are some of the common foods, plants and household products that can cause a companion animal to get sick if ingested.

FOODS
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Avocado
  • Bones
  • Chocolate (all types)
  • Citrus oil extracts
  • Coffee (all forms)
  • Fatty food
  • Garlic
  • Grapes
  • Hops
  • Macadamia nuts
  • Milk
  • Moldy foods
  • Mushrooms
  • Onions (powdered form included)
  • Persimmons
  • Raisins
  • Raw eggs
  • Raw fish
  • Salt
  • Spoiled foods
  • Tomatoes
  • Yeast dough
  • Xylitol sweetened products Plants
  • Amaryllis
  • Autumn crocus
  • Azalea
  • Castor bean
  • Cyclamen
  • English ivy
  • Kalanchoe
  • Lilies
  • Marijuana
  • Narcissus bulb
  • Oleander
  • Poinsettia
  • Pothos
  • Rhododendron
  • Sago palm
  • Schefflera
  • Sweet peas
  • Tobacco
  • Tulip bulb
  • Yew
HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS
  •  Ant-control products
  • Antifreeze
  • Bleach
  • Fertilizers
  • Fuel oils
  • Human pain-relief medications containing acetaminophen, ibuprofen
  • Human cold medications containing pseudoephedrine
  • Lighter fluid
  • Mice-control products
  • Paint
  • Polishes
  • Rat-control products
  • Roach-control products

Poison Hotlines in the United States

• Angell Poison Control Hotline – 1-877- 2-ANGELL
Cost $55 billed to credit card
available 24 hours a day / 365 days a year

• Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine – 785-532-5679
FREE SERVICE – available 24 hours a day / may take a few minutes to page the veterinary toxicologist on call at that time

• Animal Poison Hotline – 1-888-232-8870
Cost $35 billed to credit card – available 24/7 – provided by North Shore Animal League& PROSAR International Animal Poison Center

• Pet Poison Helpline – 1-800-213-6680 – Cost $35 billed to your credit card • National Animal Poison Control Center – 1-800-548-2423
Cost billed to credit card – request current pricing

• National Animal Poison Control Center – 1-900-680-0000
Cost billed to callers telephone – request current pricing

• Tuft University School of Veterinary Medicine – 1-508-839-5395