There are many items around the house that should never be ingested by your dog, cat, bird, rodent, or other small animal. What you normally could eat yourself or be eaten safely by another species of animal may actually be the complete opposite for your dog and cat.
If you suspect your animal has ingested poison, CALL YOUR VETERINARIAN IMMEDIATELY! Do not go to our member fourms for help. We will not be able to treat your pet and we are not veterinarians. The forums are not the place to get emergency pet care. Wanda’s Pet World will never tell you to self administer veterinary treatment to any pet!
Below are lists and charts of Plants, foods and medicines that could permanently damage or even kill your dog or cat.
I encourage you to print out the charts below and keep them in an easily accessible place for quick reference. Another good rule of thumb is, “If in doubt, do without.”
I want to credit Drs. Foster & Smith website on pet safety for the charts and information below. Also the ASPCA has a poison control center that is available 24 hours a day in the event you feel your pet has been poisoned by any kind of substance.
The ASPCA poison control hotline phone #’s should always be kept in a handy place in your home in case you cannot get hold of your veterinarian.
ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center 1-900-443-0000 ($55.00 per case.) The charge is billed directly to the caller's phone
1-888-4ANI-HELP or 1-888-426-4435 ($55.00 per case.) The charge is billed to caller's credit card only
Website: www.aspca.org/apcc
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Aloe Vera |
Baneberry |
Caladium
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Daffodil |
Easter Lily
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Fiddle-leaf Fig |
German Ivy |
Hemlock
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Iris |
Jack in the Pulpit |
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Kalanchoe |
Lamb's quarter
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Marigold (Marsh Marigold)
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Narcissus |
Oak Tree (buds and acorns) |
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Peace Lily |
Rhododendron |
Sago Palm |
Taro Vine |
Umbrella Tree |
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Water Hemlock |
Yew |
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- Food Safety ~ dogs and cats
- Medicine Safety ~ dogs and cats
- Plants ~ dogs only
- Plants ~ cats only (includes the warning on lilies)
- Food List for Guinea Pigs
- Food Safety for Rats & Mice
- Medicine Safety chart for rats & mice
- Poisonous plants for birds
- Medicines that are safe for all Hamsters
- Extensive plants and food list for all hamsters
- Safe Foods for Gerbil
- Safe Foods for Rabbits
Lily Hazards for Cats
by Jill A. Richardson, DVM
Veterinary Poison Information Specialist
ASPCA/National Animal Poison Control Center
ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center Warns Cat Owners of Lily Dangers.
As spring approaches, lilies will become more common in households as potted plants or in bouquets. According to Michigan State University Extension's Grower Guide, Easter lilies are the third most important flowering pot-plant grown in the United States, with l0 to 11 million plants produced annually. Unfortunately, several types of lilies can be deadly to cats. Easter lily, tiger lily, rubrum, Japanese show lily, some species of day lily, and certain other members of the Liliaceae family can cause kidney failure in cats.
Within only a few hours of ingestion of the plant material, the cat may vomit, become lethargic, or develop a lack of appetite. These signs continue and
worsen as kidney damage progresses. Without prompt and proper treatment by a veterinarian, the cat will develop kidney failure in approximately 36-72 hours.
All parts of these lilies are considered toxic to cats and consuming even small amounts can cause severe poisoning. If there is a lily in your home, there is always the chance that your cat could be accidentally exposed. For this reason, cat owners should avoid exposing their cats to plants of the Liliaceae and Hemerocallis family.
Lilies that have been shown to cause kidney failure in cats include:
COMMON NAMES SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Easter lily Lilium longiflorum
Tiger lily Lilium tigrinum
Rubrum Lilium speciosum
Japanese show lily Lilium lancifolium
Day lily Hemerocallis species
* please note: this list is not all inclusive
Below are two charts you should keep handy. The first is plants that are toxic to cats. If you suspect your cat has ingested a poisonous plant, call your veterinarian immediately! If you can’t contact your vet, call the ASPCA poison control hotline. They are available 24/7 to help you.
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Medicine List for Rats & Mice:
The chart below is made so you can easily print it out and keep it handy. This chart is good to keep around for quick reference. This is especially useful if you are in doubt of your veterinarian or anyone else treating your pet. There are many areas of the USA where it is extremely hard to find a good veterinarian who is experienced in the very small animals.
Poisonous plants for Birds
Please keep this list handy if you are going to keep houseplants. It will help you in choosing which plants to keep and which to give to a friend due to the fact it could cause your bird harm or even death.
The poison control center at the ASPCA is also a very good phone number to keep handy. This is not a free service, but is very handy to keep in case of an emergency.
Big or small, each bird life is precious and we at Wanda's Pet World know that you want the best for your pet!
Non poisonous plants for birds.
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Indoor/House Plants |
Outdoor Plants |
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African violet |
American bittersweet |
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Aloe |
Autumn olive |
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Areca palm |
Bamboo |
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Australian laurel |
Barberry |
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Bamboo palm |
Bayberry |
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Begonias |
American or European Beech |
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Bird's nest fern |
Bladdernut |
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Boston fern |
Blueberry |
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Bottle brush fern |
Comfrey |
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Canary Island palm |
Coralberry |
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Christmas cactus |
Cotoneaster firethorn |
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Coffee tree |
Crabapple |
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Corn plant |
Dogwood |
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Creeping fig |
Common, European or Red Elderberry |
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Danish ivy |
Balsam, Douglas, Subalpine or White Fir |
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Devil's ivy |
Grape vine |
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Dragon tree |
Huckleberry |
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European fan palm |
Marigold |
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Fiddle leaf fig |
Nasturtium |
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Fig tree |
Ponderosa, Spruce, Virginia, or White Pine |
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Flame nettle |
Pyracantha |
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Hawaiian scheffler |
Raspberry |
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Indian laurel |
Rose |
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Jade plant |
Snowberry |
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Kangaroo vine |
Black, Norway, Red, or White Spruce |
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Lace fern |
Viburnum |
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Lady palm |
Wax plant |
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Maidenhair fern |
White poplar |
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Ming fern |
Willow |
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Mother fern |
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Mother-in-law's tongue |
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Norfolk pine |
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Paradise palm |
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Parlor palm |
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Pepperomia |
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Prayer plant |
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Purple passion |
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Rubber tree |
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Spider plant |
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Umbrella tree |
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Wandering Jew |
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Unsafe medicines |
Safe medicines |
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Amoxycillin |
Baytril |
Please be aware that many antibiotics will cause an allergic and often deadly reaction in hamsters.
Please don’t use ANY medicines intended for humans on hamsters. Doing so will cause deadly harm.
Please take this list of medicine with you on any visit to your veterinarian. This can be very useful if you think your vet is unfamiliar or not as experienced as you would like with small animals.
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Foods to avoid |
Reasons to avoid |
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Alcoholic beverages |
Can cause intoxication, coma, and death. |
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Baby food |
Can contain onion powder, which can be toxic to dogs. (Please see onion below.) Can also result in nutritional deficiencies, if fed in large amounts. |
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Bones from fish, poultry, or other meat sources |
Can cause obstruction or laceration of the digestive system. |
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Cat food |
Generally too high in protein and fats. |
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Chocolate, coffee, tea, and other caffeine |
Contain caffeine, theobromine, or theophylline, which can be toxic and affect the heart and nervous systems |
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Citrus oil extracts |
Can cause vomiting. |
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Fat trimmings |
Can cause pancreatitis. |
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Grapes and raisins |
Contain an unknown toxin, which can damage the kidneys. |
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Hops |
Unknown compound causes panting, increased heart rate, elevated temperature, seizures, and death. |
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Human vitamin supplements containing iron |
Can damage the lining of the digestive system and be toxic to the other organs including the liver and kidneys. |
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Large amounts of liver |
Can cause Vitamin A toxicity, which affects muscles and bones. |
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Macadamia nuts |
Contain an unknown toxin, which can affect the digestive and nervous systems and muscle. |
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Marijuana |
Can depress the nervous system, cause vomiting, and changes in the heart rate. |
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Milk and other dairy products |
Some adult dogs and cats do not have sufficient amounts of the enzyme lactase, which breaks down the lactose in milk. This can result in diarrhea. Lactose-free milk products are available for pets. |
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Moldy or spoiled food, garbage |
Can contain multiple toxins causing vomiting and diarrhea and can also affect other organs. |
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Mushrooms |
Can contain toxins, which may affect multiple systems in the body, cause shock, and result in death. |
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Onions and garlic (raw, cooked, or powder) |
Contain sulfoxides and disulfides, which can damage red blood cells and cause anemia. Cats are more susceptible than dogs. Garlic is less toxic than onions. |
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Persimmons |
Seeds can cause intestinal obstruction and enteritis. |
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Pits from peaches and plums |
Can cause obstruction of the digestive tract. |
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Potato, rhubarb, and tomato leaves; potato and tomato stems |
Contain oxalates, which can affect the digestive, nervous, and urinary systems. This is more of a problem in livestock. |
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Raw eggs |
Contain an enzyme called avidin, which decreases the absorption of biotin (a B vitamin). This can lead to skin and hair coat problems. Raw eggs may also contain Salmonella. |
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Raw fish |
Can result in a thiamine (a B vitamin) deficiency leading to loss of appetite, seizures, and in severe cases, death. More common if raw fish is fed regularly. |
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Salt |
If eaten in large quantities it may lead to electrolyte imbalances. |
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String |
Can become trapped in the digestive system; called a "string foreign body." |
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Sugary foods |
Can lead to obesity, dental problems, and possibly diabetes mellitus. |
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Table scraps (in large amounts) |
Table scraps are not nutritionally balanced. They should never be more than 10% of the diet. Fat should be trimmed from meat; bones should not be fed. |
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Tobacco |
Contains nicotine, which affects the digestive and nervous systems. Can result in rapid heart beat, collapse, coma, and death. |
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Yeast dough |
Can expand and produce gas in the digestive system, causing pain and possible rupture of the stomach or intestines. |
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Drugs to avoid |
Source |
Toxic Dose - call vet!! |
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Acetaminophen |
Tylenol, Allerest, Anacin-3, Comtrex, Dayquil, Nyquil, SineAid, SineOff, Vanquish, and numerous other products that contain acetaminophen. |
Dogs: 45 mg per pound of body weight. |
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Amphetamine |
Amphetamines are illegal drugs also known as speed or uppers. Other drug agents in this class include methamphetamines, phenmetrazine, and mephentermine. There are some legal uses for amphetamines in human medicine. |
Death has been noted with the ingestion of 0.59 mg of methamphetamine per pound of body weight. |
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Antihistamines & |
Diphenhydramine, (Benadryl, Sominex, Nytol, Sleep-Eze, various cough preparations), clemastine (Tavist), brompheniramine and chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton and various cough preparations), dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), meclizine (Bonine), cyclizine (Marezine), terfenadine (Seldane), hydroxyzine (Atarax, Vistaril), and loratidine (Claritin). |
Varies depending upon the product.
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Aspirin |
Aspirin, Pepto-Bismol, and many other pain and fever medications. |
Dogs: 22 mg per pound per day. |
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Cocaine |
Pets may gain exposure by eating bags of cocaine, sniffing the drug, or ingesting or licking drug paraphenalia such as used facial tissues. |
Varies depending on type and concentration. |
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Iron |
Nutritional supplements such as vitamin-mineral preparations with iron, injections of iron, and plant fertilizer |
Varies depending on source and route of exposure. |
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Marijuana |
Hashish, marijuana, and hemp, Cannabis. |
Depends on the concentration of THC and the form of marijuana ingested. |
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Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) |
Many analgesics, fever medications, and anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, Nuprin, Vick's DayQuil), indomethacin, piroxicam (Feldene), phenylbutazone (Bute and Butazolidin), and naproxen (Naprosyn and Aleve). Veterinary NSAIDs include products such as Aspirin, carprofen (Rimadyl), ketoprofen, and etodolac (EtoGesic). |
Varies with each medication and species. Example: Ibuprofen is toxic at 22-50 mg per pound of body weight. |
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Sodium Phosphate Enemas |
Fleet enemas |
Over 25 pounds of body weight - 4 fl. oz |
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Tricyclic Antidepressants |
Medications such as imipramine, desimipramine, trimipramine, amitriptyline, and doxepin. Trade names include Asendin, Elavil, Endep, Etrafon, Limbitrol, Ludiomil, Norpramin, Pamelor, Sinequan, Tofranil, Triavil, and Vivactil. |
Varies depending upon the specific TCA. |
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Zinc |
Pennies made since 1982, zinc oxide skin preparations such as Desitin, and galvanized metal such as nails and staples. Other sources include calamine lotion, suppositories, shampoos, zinc undecylenate (Desenex), sunblock containing zinc oxide, fertilizers, and paint |
Varies depending on form of zinc and time period of exposure |
This chart is for CATS ONLY
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Foods that are SAFE |
Foods that are Dangerous |
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Almond – sweet only. Some almonds contain cyanide. |
Artichoke |
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Apple |
Brussels sprouts |
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Apricot |
Cabbage |
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Asparagus |
Chocolate |
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Avacado |
Garlic |
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Banana |
Onions |
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Bell & Sweet peppers |
Orange |
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Blackberries |
Rhubarb |
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Carrots |
Candy |
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Cantaloupe |
Bleu Cheese |
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Cauliflower |
Avoid excess salt & sugar |
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Celery |
Check for onion or garlic powder in prepared foods |
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Cherries |
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Cilantro |
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Clover |
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Collard Greens |
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Corn on the cob |
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Coriander |
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Cucumber |
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Dill |
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Endive |
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Escarole |
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Fennel |
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Grapes |
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Grass |
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Green Beans |
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Honeydew Melon |
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Kale |
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Kiwi |
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Romaine Lettuce ONLY |
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Mango |
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Mint |
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Mustard Greens |
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Nectarine |
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Oats |
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Okra |
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Papaya |
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Parsley |
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Passion Fruit |
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Peach |
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Pear |
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Peas |
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Pineapple |
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Plum |
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Raspberries |
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Radish Tops |
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Sage |
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Spinach |
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Sprouts |
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Squash |
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Strawberries |
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Sweet Potato |
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Turnip Greens |
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Water Cress |
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Watermelon |
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Zucchini |
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Foods that are SAFE |
Foods that are DANGEROUS |
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Anise |
Almond |
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Apple |
Bleu Cheese |
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Apricot |
Candies |
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Arugula |
Chocolate |
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Artichoke |
Excess Salt |
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Asparagus |
Excess Sugar |
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Banana |
Garlic |
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Basil |
Onion |
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Beet greens |
Iceberg Lettuce |
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Bell and Sweet peppers |
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Blueberries |
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Bok Choy |
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Broccoli |
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Brussels Sprouts |
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Cabbage |
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Carrots |
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Cantaloupe |
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Cauliflower |
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Celery |
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Chamomile |
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Cherries – remove pits |
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Chickweed |
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Chicory |
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Cilantro |
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Clover |
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Collard Greens |
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Corn on the cob |
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Coriander |
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Cranberries |
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Cucumber |
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Dandelion |
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Endive |
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Escarole |
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Figs |
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Gooseberries |
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Grapefruit |
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Grapes |
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Grass |
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Green Beans |
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Guava |
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Honeydew |
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Kale |
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Kiwi |
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Lemon |
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Romaine Lettuce ONLY |
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Lime |
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Mango |
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Mint |
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Mustard greens |
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Nectarine |
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Oats |
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Okra |
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Orange |
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Papaya |
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Parsley |
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Parsnip |
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Passion Fruit |
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Peach |
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Pear |
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Peas |
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Persimmon |
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Pineapple |
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Plum |
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Pumpkin |
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Raspberry |
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Radish tops |
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Sage |
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Spinach |
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Sprouts |
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Squash |
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Strawberries |
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Sweet potato |
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Swiss Chard |
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Tangerine |
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Thistle |
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Thyme |
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Tomatoes |
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Turnips |
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Turnip greens |
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Water Cress |
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Watermelon |