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The following foods may be dangerous to your pet:
- Alcoholic beverages
- Apple seeds
- Apricot pits
- Avocados—toxic to birds, mice, rabbits, horses, cattle, and dairy goats
- Cherry pits
- Chocolate (baker's, semi-sweet, milk, dark)—poisonous to dogs, cats, and ferrets
- Coffee (grounds, beans, chocolate covered espresso beans)
- Hops (used in home beer brewing)
- Macadamia nuts
- Moldy foods
- Mushroom plants
- Mustard seeds
- Onions and onion powder
- Peach pits
- Potato leaves and stems (green parts)
- Rhubarb leaves Salt Tea (caffeine)
- Tomato leaves and stems (green parts)
- Walnuts Yeast dough
Sources: ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, The Toronto Humane Society, and St. John's Poison Resource Center
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