Poisonous Food for Dogs and Cats

Keep in mind that the foods listed below are known to be toxic to dogs and cats because of the different ways animals metabolize them. If you have particular questions please contact your vet, a local trusted pet forum or the number below...

Poisonous Foods for Dogs:
- Chocolate
- Onions & garlic
- Pear pips, the kernels of plums, peaches and apricots, apple core pips
- Potato peelings and green looking potatoes
- Rhubarb leaves
- Moldy/spoiled foods
- Macadamia Nuts/Walnuts
- Alcohol
- Yeast dough
- Coffee grounds, beans & tea (caffeine)
- Hops (used in home brewing)
- Tomato leaves & stems (green parts)
- Broccoli (in large amounts)
- Raisins and grapes (damages the kidneys)
- Cigarettes, tobacco, cigars
- Nutmeg
- Raw Potatoes
- Turkey skin
- Voltarin (in arthritis medication)-Very Fatal
-Baby Food (can contain onion powder)
- Citrus oil
-Fat trimmings (Can cause pancreatitis).
-Human vitamins containing iron (can damage the lining of the digestive system)
-Large amounts of liver
- Mushrooms
- Raw fish
Poisonous Foods for Cats:
- Apple Seeds
- Apricot seeds/pits
- Avocado fruit/pits
- Cherry
- Eggplant
- Elderberry
- Green Tomatoes
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Potato
- Rhubarb leaf
- Tobacco

ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center 1-800-548-2423 (a charge may be applied for services)

Thanks to Morristown-Hamblen Humane Society