Pet Emergency
When to seek medical care is when your pet is showing these signs of distress:
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Choking, difficulty breathing or nonstop coughing, and gagging
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Severe bleeding
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Bloated or painful abdomen
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Fractured bones, severe lameness or inability to move leg(s)
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Inflammation, swelling or irritation to the eye(s)
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Heat stress or heatstroke
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Collapse or loss of consciousness
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Ingestion of poison or foreign materials
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Lacerations, such as bite wounds and penetrating wounds
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Prolonged vomiting and diarrhea
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Seizure activity
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Severe hives or severe itching
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Injuries to your pet's eye(s)
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Inability to delivery puppies or kittens
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Inability to urinate or defecate
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Loss of balance or consciousness
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Obvious signs of pain or extreme anxiety
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Rapid heartbeat or breathing rate
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Dilated pupils
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Bleeding from nose, mouth, rectum, coughing up blood, or blood in urine or stools
Common house plants
People food
Safe
Apples
Bananas
Blueberries
Bread
Broccoli (cooked)
Cantaloupe
Carrots (cooked)
Chicken & Turkey (cooked)
Eggs (cooked)
Green Beans (cooked)
Oatmeal (cooked)
Peas (cooked)
Pumpkin (cooked)
Salmon (cooked)
Unsafe
Alcohol
Avocado
Chocolate, coffee, caffeine
Citrus
Coconut water
Grapes & raisins
Macadamia nuts
Milk & Cheese
Nuts
Onions, garlic, chives, shallots
Raw/undercooked meat, eggs & bones
Salt & salty snack foods
Xylitol
Yeast dough
Safe
African violet
Air plant
Bamboo
Banana Tree
Boston fern
Bromeliad
Calathea
Cast Iron plant
Christmas cactus
Haworthia
Herbs (basil, sage, thyme)
Palms (Not sago palm)
Phalaenopsis orchids
Spider plant
Venus flytrap
Wax plant
Unsafe
Aloe vera
Amaryllis
Asparagus fern
Chrsanthemum
Corn plant
Cyclamen
Dieffenbachia
Elephant ear
English ivy
Herbs (chives, lavender, oregano)
Jade
Lillies
Philodendron
Rubber tree plant
Sago palm
Tomato plant