Holiday Hazards for Dogs & Cats

Wow, holidays are to celebrate and you’d never guess it looking at how many ways our dogs, cats, & birds can get into trouble over the next few weeks.

 Here’s a list of dangerous plants, foods, and other hazards you’ll want to protect your pets from:

• Angel hair
• Antifreeze with ethylene glycol
• Chocolate, especially dark chocolate
• Christmas tree water with preservatives
• Grapes
• Hiding under a car’s hood and being torn by the fan belt when the car is turned on
• Holly bushes & berries,
• Leavening agents and bread dough 
• Lights & extension cords
• Lillies
• Macadamia nuts
• Onions
• Poinsettias
• Raisins
• Road salt and ice-melt products
• String that secured the turkey’s legs
• Sugar-free candy & gum that contains xylitol
• Sugar-free drinks with xylitol (Propel water)
• Tinsel
• Turkey carcass in the garbage can
• Windshield de-icer with isopropanol
• Windshield wiper fluid with methanol

ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control Center (888-426-4435)

ASPCA Web site http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-controlfor information.