Hi
I keep birds and finding info .for them is really hard to find.Generally speaking ,I find the bird won't eat the toxic plant so becomes a real advantage!!lol
Now if I kept parrots I'd be VERY careful ,they won't necessarily eat it but will certainly chew on everything.
I keep several of the plant species listed but the cat has never chewed on them at all. Maybe animals are bit smarter than we are?? gary

I can say from experience that Sagos and dogs are a very bad mix. Our now 5 year old lab mix chewed up/ate 4 sgao abies when she was a pppy and was very sick for a week. We almost lost her and wow it was messy but she hasnt ever chewed another plant since.

Now all we have to do is wait on our newest addition to figure out plants are NOT FOOD! She chews everything and digs up grubs out of the ard.. UGGhhhh I forgot what it was like to have a puppy around but Im etting good at remembering..

Happy gardening
Donna

I'm glad to see that bromeliads are not on the list because my 6 month old puppy loves to shred them just as they begin to bloom.

I'm surprised that amaryllis is not on the list. I thought they were poisonous. And avocados are not on the list either, which are toxic at least to birds and dogs.

Very interesting list, Saintpfla. Thanks for sharing. Babalu, I kept birds for years, and I do know that avocado seeds are toxic to them, and any of the flesh CLOSE to the seed, but the outer flesh is safe. I always figured it wasn't worth the risk of cutting too deeply, so I never let my birds have it. Also, apple SEEDS are very toxic...they contain arsenic, I believe, or a compound similar to it. Never let any of your animals chew up an apple core.

AND, for those who haven't seen it, the report circulating on the internet about grapes and raisins being toxic to dogs is absolutely true. Even a couple raisins can cause liver failure that can't be reversed, so be very careful not to let your dog eat them. The info on exactly how many per size of dog before it becomes a danger is sketchy, but vets say that even a few can be fatal for some dogs. I had never heard about this until this past year.

Marcia

What you really have to worry about with small animals are the seeds of the "cardboard palm", Zamia furfuracea. All a small dog has to do is eat a few seeds and it is about to die within 2 days of liver and kidney failure. In case this happens to anyone, there ARE medicines available to vets that help do some of the functions for the liver while it gets better and I have heard animals get well because of this where otherwise, they would have been dead. Just to add to the list EVERYTHING on any cycad species (almost 300 species) is poisonous. Leaves, stem, seeds, even the pollen has neurotoxins and some of the strongest natural carcenigens known. When I sell furfuraceas, I usually just sell males so the homeowner will not buy a plant that may produce seeds. (even if they don't own a male, they still can produce seeds)

Manature, I didn't know it was only the avocado seeds and flesh close to the seed that is toxic to birds. I do know that the wild birds don't mess with the avocados on my tree, though the squirrels eat them. My neighbor had to rush her large shepherd/lab mix to the emergency animal clinic to have his stomach pumped this past fall after he aparently gobbled up a couple of fallen avocados.

Hi
Have a friend in California who feeds avocado to his toucans on a regular basis!! He is FAR more concerned about iron storage disease in fruit eating birds. According to him Avocado is an excellent food. Since he has kept birds for over 30 years and Toucans are going for over 8 grand each it's hard to ignore his opinion lol
For me , i don't feed it .Papaya is the mainstay ,mainly because I grow my own. gary

Babalu, Bird Talk magazine regularly had articles on this subject, and according to them, the first inch or so (on a big avocado) is an excellent food source for parrots. BUT, they always cautioned that as you get close to the seed, it was toxic, and the seed itself is, too. So...I was always afraid that I would cut too much off and get the toxic bits, and I never gave it to them.

Gary, toucans are very different from parrots, and it is possible the toxins don't bother them. They are full bore fruit & veggie eaters, from what I have read, and parrots have a wider variety of needs. Mine ate a pelleted diet, with supplements of fruit, vegetables, meat (they love chicken & cracking open a chicken bone to get the marrow), pasta, red beans and rice, and more. They got seeds as a treat only, as they tend to overeat on them otherwise, and become fat. My big parrots were all worth four figures, too, and I tried very hard to keep up with all available information on dietary and social needs. NOT saying avocados are bad for your friend's toucans. Just that they may react differently than parrots do. Or maybe he's just careful about what parts he gives them?

But honestly, the list is endless when it comes to plants and things that are toxic to one animal or another. I mean, we can eat chocolate all day long, and only pay the price of gaining weight. Chocolate can kill dogs. So it isn't easy keeping up with what's safe for your animals and what's not. You just have to do your best.

Marcia

Marcia
If interested he has a website at Emerald forest bird gardens . He Breeds 20 species of Toucans about a dozen species of softbills. I think he has about 20/25 species of parrots that he breeds. He also has Fruit doves and several species of Pheasants.
He holds at least a half dozen breeding records for numbers as well as firsts. He regularly out produces all the zoos lol
This is why I NEVER argue with the man lol
His name is Jerry Jennings located in Falbrook Cal.
gary