Hey Alabama: These Things Could Kill Your Pet

This is great info for all of us who love our furry friends.

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These are things that have nearly, or tragically, killed pets/animals in the past year.

All of the data is from 2023 and a bit of 2024. You may want to print this list and keep it in your home for reference in the future. You never know when you could need this list next year or sooner than that!

The data comes from the group known as the Pet Poison Helpline.

Some of these are surprising and others are items that many of us have heard our entire lives.

It breaks out into three different categories for your pet.

• Top things that can kill your pet
• Top things that can kill your dog
• Top things that can kill your cat

So, let's talk about these toxic substances for our pets.

Top things that can kill your pet:

Chocolate

Grapes/raisins

Ibuprofen

Xylitol

Bromethalin (rat poison)

Marijuana

Onions/chives/leeks/shallots

Vitamin D3 (supplement form)

Carprofen

Another drug ie, Ibuprofen

Anticoagulant rat poison

See above rat poison

Now, let's look at the other two categories.

Top things that can kill your dog:

1. Chocolate
2. Grapes/Raisins
3. Xylitol
4. Ibuprofen
5. Bromethalin (Rat Poison)
6. Marijuana
7. Anticoagulant Rat Poison
8. Onions/Chives/Leeks/Shallots (Allium species)
9. Vitamin D3 (supplement)
10. Carprofen (pain medication)

But what about the pet with nine lives?

I do not think that holds up if you allow your kitty to get into one of these toxic substances.

Here comes the list of things that can kill your cat:

1. Lilies
2. Chocolate
3. Onions/Chives/Leeks/Shallots (Allium species)
4. Garlic
5. Ibuprofen
6. Vitamin D3 (supplement)
7. Alstroemeria, Peruvian lily (Alstroemeria species)
8. Amphetamine combos (ADHD medication)
9. Tulips (Tulipa species)
10. Daylily (Hemerocallis species)

*All lists from petpoisonhelpline.com

Yeah, cats love plants and flowers so beware of the lilies.

Those are the things that can kill your animal in 2024.