AVIAN TOXIC & SAFETY LIST
Foods to Avoid
| Alcohol | Avocado | Chocolate |
| Moldy Foods | Raw Meat | Raw Poultry |
| Raw Onions |
Fumes to Avoid
Aerosol Propellant Aerosol Ingredients Arm & Hammer Pet Fresh carpet deodorizer. Bleach Carbon Dioxide Chlorine Chlordane Flea Bombs Drain Cleaners Febreze Floor / Dish Cleaners Floor Polish Formaldehyde Gasoline Hair Spray, Dyes Kerosene Nail Polish, Remover Naphtha Products Oven cleaners Paint, Lacquer, Varnish, Shellac Paint Remover, Thinner Perfume Pesticides / Insecticides Pot Scrubbers Propane Rat / Mouse Poison Reynold Hot Bags Smoke Teflon or Silverstone Wax Miscellaneous to Avoid
Asbestos Anti-freeze Aspirin Chimneys / Fireplaces Lead Shot Lye Match Tips Moth Balls Phone Cords Shoe polish
Potential Dangers
| Aquariums (Uncovered) | Carpet (Getting Snagged) | Frayed Electrical Wiring |
| Hot Pot, Pan, Utensils | Hot Water from Tap | Lit Electric Stoves |
| Lit Gas Stoves | Lit Wood Stoves | Poisonous Plants |
| Rotating Window or Ceiling Fan | Saliva from Dogs / Cats | Uncurtained Windows |
A.S.P.C.A. NATIONAL ANIMAL POISON CONTROL CENTER
Harmful Plants Reprinted by Pretty Birds
- Amaryllis - bulbs
- Azalea - leaves
- Balsam pear - seeds, outer rinds of fruit
- Baneberry - berries, roots
- Bird of paradise - seeds
- Black locust - bark, sprouts, foliage
- Blue-green algae - some forms toxic
- Boxwood - leaves, stems
- Buckthorn - fruit, bark
- Buttercup - sap, bulbs
- Caladium - leaves
- Calla lily - leaves
- Castor bean (castor oil) - beans, leaves
- Chalice vine - all parts
- Cherry tree - bark, twigs, leaves, pits
- Christmas candle - sap
- Coral plant - seeds
- Daffodil - bulbs
- Daphne - berries
- Datura - berries
- Deadly amanita - all parts
- Death camas - all parts
- Delffenbachia (dumbcane) - leaves
- Delphinium - all parts
- Eggplant - all parts but fruit
- Elephant's ear (taro) - leaves, stems
- English Ivy (ilex aquafolium) - berries, leaves
- False henbane - all parts
- Foxglove - leaves, seeds
- Golden chain (laburnum) - all parts, especially seeds
- Hemlock, poison - all parts, especially roots & seeds
- Hemlock, water - all parts, especially roots & seeds
- Henbane - seeds
- Holly - berries
- Horse chestnut - nuts, twigs
- Hyacinth - bulbs
- Hydrangea - flower bud
- Indian turnip (jack-in-the-pulpit) - all parts
- Iris (blue flag) - bulbs
- Java bean (lima bean) - uncooked bean
- Jerusalem cherry - berries
- Jimsonweed - leaves, seeds
- Juniper (j. virginiana) - needles, stems, berries
- Lantana - immature berries
- Larkspur - all parts
- Laurel - all parts
- Lily of the valley - all parts, including water they were kept in
- Lobelia - all parts
- Locoweed - all parts
- Lords and ladies (cuckoopint) - all parts
- Marijuana - leaves
- Mayapple - all parts, except fruit
- Mescal bean - seeds
- Mistletoe - berries
- Monk Orange - fruit
- Monkshood - all parts
- Morning glory - all parts
- Narcissus - bulbs
- Nightshades (all types) - berries, leaves
- Oak - acorns, foliage
- Oleander - leaves, branches, nectar of blossom
- Philodendron - leaves, stem
- Pokeweed - leaves, roots, immature berries
- Poinsettia - leaves, flowers
- Poison ivy - sap
- Poison oak - sap
- Potato - eyes, new shoots
- Privet - all parts, including berries
- Rhododendron - all parts
- Rhubarb - leaves
- Rosary peas - seeds (seeds illegally imported to make necklaces and rosaries)
- Skunk cabbage - all parts
- Snow on the mountain (ghostweed) - all parts
- Snowdrop - all parts especially buds
- Sweet pea - seeds, fruit
- Tobacco - leaves
- Virginia creeper - sap
- Wisteria - all parts
- Yam bean - roots, immature pods
- Yew (american english, japanese) - needles, seeds
Safe Plants Reprinted by Pretty Birds
House & Potted
- Ferns - (asparagus, bird's nest, Boston, maidenhair)
- Fig plant - (ficus species)
- Grape ivy
- Herbs - (oregano, rosemary, thyme, etc.)
- Pothos
- Swedish ivy
- Spider plant
Outdoor
- Alder
- American bittersweet
- Apple
- Autumn olive
- Bamboo
- Barberry
- Beech - (american, european)
- Bladdernut
- Blueberry
- Confrey
- Coralberry
- Cotoneastor firethorn
- Crabapple
- Dogwood
- Elderberry - (common, European, red)
- Fir - (balsam, douglas, subalpine, white)
- Grape vine
- Huckleberry
- Marigold
- Nasturtium
- Pine - (ponderosa, spruce, Virginia, white)
- Pyracantha
- Raspberry
- Rose
- Snowberry
- Spruce - (black, Norway, red, white)
- Viburnum
- Wax plant
- White poplar
- Willow
Reprinted by Pretty Birds from P.I.J.A.C. Reference Manual
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