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Dogs • Cats • Birds • Small Animals
Plants Toxic to Small Animals
Small animals include pets such as mice, rats, gerbils, hamsters, guinea pigs and rabbits. The types of plants that are toxic will vary depending on the type of animal but below are some of the more common plants that are dangerous for small pets.
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1. Azalea & Rhododendron
There are over 1000 species in this family of related species. Even a tiny amount of these plants ingested can be toxic to small pets.
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2. Lily of the Valley
Sweet-smelling bell-shaped flowers that can grow in the shade but they can cause heart problems for your pet if any part of it is ingested.
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3. Onion, Garlic, Avocado
It's not only flowery & leafy plants that can be dangerous for birds. Onions & garlic can cause kidney damage while avocadoes can lead to breathing and heart problems.
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List of Plants Toxic to Small Animals
- Acokanthera
- Aconite
- African rue
- Agapanthus
- Agave (leaves)
- Almond
- Aloe
- Alsike clover
- Amanita
- Amaryllis belladonna
- Andromeda
- Anemone
- Angel’s Trumpet
- Anthurium
- Antirrhinums
- Apple (seeds)
- Apricot (seeds and skin)
- Arrowgrass
- Arrowhead vine
- Asian Lilly
- Asparagus Fern
- Atropa belladonna
- Australian Nut
- Avacado
- Azalea
- Baccharis
- Balsam
- Balsam Pear (seeds and skin)
- Baneberry
- Barbados Lily
- Beach pea
- Beargrass
- Beefsteak Plant
- Begonia
- Belladonna Lily
- Betel-nut Palm
- Bird of Paradise
- Bitter Cherry
- Bittersweet
- Bitterweed
- Black Nightshade
- Black Walnut
- Bloodroot
- Bluebonnet
- Bluebells
- Boston Ivy
- Buddhist Pine
- Busy Lizzie
- Buttercup
- Black Locust
- Black Nightshade
- Black Root
- Bladderpod
- Bleeding Heart
- Bloodroot
- Blue Cohosh
- Bog Kalmia
- Bottlebrush
- Boxwood
- Bracken Fern
- Branching Ivy
- Broomcorn
- Broomweed
- Bryony
- Buckeye
- Buckthorn
- Bull Nettle
- Bunchberry
- Burroweed
- Buttercups
- Cactus Thorn
- Caesalpinia
- Caladium
- Calendula
- Calico Bush (young leaves and shoots)
- California Fern
- California Geranium
- California Holly
- Calla Lilly (rhizome, leaves)
- Caladiur (leaves)
- Candelabra Cactus
- Cardinal Flower
- Carnation
- Carolina Jessamine
- Casava
- Cassine
- Castor Bean
- Celastrus
- Century Plant
- Ceriman
- Chalice Vine
- Cherry, Jerusalem
- Cherry Laurel
- Cherry, Natal
- Cherry Tree
- China Doll
- Chinaberry Tree
- Chinese Bellflower
- Chinese Lantern
- Chinese Evergreen
- Choke Cherry
- Christmas Berry
- Christmas Candle
- Christmas Rose
- Chrysanthemum
- Cineraria
- Clematis
- Climbing Nightshade
- Cloak Fern
- Cocklebur
- Coffee Bean
- Cohosh
- Colorado Rubberweed
- Columbine
- Common Privet
- Cone Flower
- Coral Berry
- Coral Plant
- Cordatum
- Corn Cockle
- Corn Lily
- Corn Plant
- Covotillo (berries)
- Cowbane
- Cowslip
- Crab’s Eye – seeds
- Creeping Charlie
- Crocus
- Croton
- Crow Poison
- Crown of Thorns
- Crown Vetch
- Cuban Laurel
- Cuckoopint
- Curcas Bean
- Cutleaf Philodendron
- Cycads
- Cyclamen
- Daffodils
- Dahlias
- Daisy
- Daphne
- Datura
- Day Lily
- Deadly Nightshade
- Death Camas
- Death Cup
- Delphinium
- Deadly Amanita
- Desert Tobacco
- Destroying Angel
- Devils Tomato
- Devil’s Ivy
- Dianthus
- Dieffenbachia
- Dog Mercury
- Dogwood
- Doll’s eyes
- Dogbane
- Dracaena
- Dracaena palm
- Dragon tree
- Drymary
- Durra
- Dumb Cane
- Dutchman’s Breeches
- Dutchman’s pipe
- Easter Lilly
- Eggplant (all but fruit)
- Elaine
- Elder Flower
- Elderberry
- Elephant Ear
- Emerald duke
- Emerald Feather
- English Laurel
- English Ivy
- Euonymus
- Euphorbia
- Evening trumpet
- Exotica perfection
- Eyebane
- False Hellebore
- False Henbane (all parts)
- False Parsley
- Fiddle Leaf Fig
- Fiddleneck
- Figwort
- Firecracker
- Firethorn
- Fireweed
- Flamingo Plant
- Florida Beauty
- Flowering Maple
- Flowering Tobacco
- Fluffy Ruffles
- Fly Agaril
- Fly-poison
- Fool’s Parsley
- Four 0’clock
- Foxglove
- Frijolito
- Fruit Salad Plant
- Garden Sorrel
- Gelsemium
- Geranium
- German Ivy
- Ghostweed
- Giant Dumbcane
- Giant Touch-me-not
- Glacier Ivy
- Gladiola
- Glecoma Hederacea
- Glory Lilly
- Goatweed
- Gold Dieffenbachia
- Gold Dust
- Golden Chain
- Golden Pothos
- Golden-toothed Aloe
- Greasewood
- Green-gold Nephythytis
- Ground Ivy
- Groundsel
- Guajillo
- Hahn’s Ivy
- Halogeton
- Hawaiian Baby Wood Rose
- Heartleaf Philodendron
- Heart Ivy
- Heavenly Bamboo
- Hedge Apples
- Hellebore
- Hemlock, Poison
- Hemlock, Water
- Henbane
- Hogwart
- Holly
- Horse Chestnut
- Horsehead Philodendron
- Horsetail Reed
- Hurricane Plant
- Hyacinth
- Hydrangea
- Impatiens
- Indian Hemp
- Indian Laurel
- Indian Rubber
- Indian tobacco
- Indian turnip
- Indigo
- Inkberry
- Inkweed
- Iris
- Ivy, Boston & English
- Jack-in-the-Pulpit
- Jamestown weed
- Japanese Euonymus
- Japanese Show Lily
- Japanese Yew
- Jasmine
- Jatropha
- Java Bean
- Jequirity bean
- Jerusalem Cherry
- Jessamine
- Jimmy fern
- Jimson Weed
- Johnson Grass
- Jonquil
- Juniper
- Kafir Kingcup
- Klamath weed
- Laburnum
- Lace Fern
- Lacy Tree Philodendron
- Lady Slipper
- Lambkill
- Lantana
- Larkspur
- Laurel
- Laurel Cherry
- Lecheguilla
- Leyland Cypress
- Ligustrum
- Lily of the Valley
- Lobelia
- Locoweed
- Lords and Ladies
- Lupine
- Macadamia Nut
- Machineel
- Madagascar Dragon Tree
- Majesty
- Manchineel Tree
- Mandrake
- Marbel Queen
- Marijuana
- Marsh Marigold
- Mauna Loa Peace Lily
- Mayapple
- Meadow Saffron Medicine Plant
- Mescal – cactus tops
- Mesquite
- Mexican Breadfruit
- Mexicantes
- Mescal Bean
- Milk Bush
- Milkvetch
- Milkweed
- Milo
- Miniature Croton Mistletoe
- Moccasin Flower
- Mock Orange
- Monkshood
- Moonflower
- Moonseed
- Morning Glory
- Mother-in-law
- Mountain Laurel
- Mushrooms (some varieties)
- Mustard
- Nandina
- Narcissus
- Needlepoint Ivy
- Nephtytis
- Nicotiana
- Nightshades
- Nutmeg
- Oak (acorns, foliage)
- Orange Milkweed
- Orange Sneezeweed
- Oleander
- Ornamental Tobacco
- Oxalis
- Palma Christi
- Panda
- Paper Flowers
- Paradise Plant
- Parlor Ivy
- Partridge Breast
- Pathos
- Patience Plant
- Peace Lily
- Peach (leaves, twigs, seeds)
- Pear (seeds)
- Pear, balsam – seed and outer rind of fruit
- Pencilbush
- Pencil Cactus
- Peony
- Pennyroyal mint
- Peregrina
- Perill Mint
- Periwinkle
- Peyote
- Philodendron (leaves, stem)
- Pigweed
- Pingue
- Pinks
- Plum
- Plumosa Fern
- Poinsettia
- Poison Hemlock
- Poison Ivy
- Poison Oak
- Poison Parsnip
- Poison Sumac
- Poke Salad
- Pokeberry
- Pokeroot
- Pokeweed
- Poppy
- Pot Marigold
- Pot Mum
- Precatory Bean
- Prickly Copperweed
- Prickly Poppy
- Primrose
- Primula
- Privet
- Purge Nut
- Purple Sesbane
- Purple Thornapple
- Psychic Nut
- Pyracantha
- Queen Anne’s lace Queensland Nut
- Ragwort
- Ranunculus
- Rattlebox
- Rattleweed
- Rayless Goldenrod
- Red Emerald
- Red Lily
- Red Clover
- Red Margined Dracaena
- Red Princess
- Red Sage (green berries are fatal)
- Rhododendron
- Rhubarb (leaves)
- Ribbon Plant
- Ripple Ivy
- Rosary Bean
- Rosary Pea
- Rubrum Lily
- Rum Cherry
- Sacahuista
- Saddle Leaf philodendron
- Sage (some varieties)
- Sago Palm
- Sand Begonia
- Satin Pothos
- Schefflera
- Scotch Broom
- Self-branching Ivy
- Sennabean
- Senecio
- Sesbane
- Shamrock Plant
- Sheep laurel
- Silver Pothos
- Silverleaf
- Silverling
- Skunk Cabbage
- Slinkweed
- Snake Palm
- Snakeroot, white
- Snakeweed
- Snapdragon
- Snapweed
- Snowdrop
- Snow-on-the-Mountain
- Solanum
- Solomon’s Seal
- Sorghum
- Spathe Flower
- Spider Mum
- Spindleberry
- Split Leaf Philodendron
- Spotted Dumb Cane
- Sprengeri Fern
- Spurges
- Squill
- Squirrel Corn
- St Johnswort
- Staggergrass
- Star of Bethlehem
- Stinkweed
- Stranomium
- String of Pearls
- Striped Dracaena
- Sudan Grass
- Swamp Laurel
- Sweet Potato
- Sweet William
- Sweetheart Ivy
- Swiss cheese Plant
- Tansy
- Taro Vine
- Thornapple
- Tiger Lily
- Toadstools
- Tobacco
- Touch Me Not
- Toyon
- Tree Philodendron
- Tropic Snow
- True Aloe
- Trumpet Plant
- Trumpet Vine
- Tulips
- Tullidora
- Turpentine Weed
- Umbrella Plant
- Variegated Philodendron
- Venus Flytrap
- Victoria Regia
- Vinca
- Violet
- Virginia Creeper
- Walnuts
- Warneckei Dracaena
- Water Hemlock
- Weeping Fig
- Western Lily
- White Snakeroot
- Windflower
- Wisteria
- Wolfsbane
- Woodbine (sap)
- Wood Lily
- Wood-rose
- Woody Nightshade
- Yam Bean
- Yaupon Holly
- Yellow Jasmine
- Yellow Knapweed
- Yellow Oleander
- Yellow Star Thistle
- Yerba Depasmo
- Yew
- Yucca
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