Warning list for toxic household plants and some other household items
Select letter from table below to be taken to that section of the list
Submit another item to be added to the list (please quote references) 
Here is an alphabetical list of
common household plants (indoor and outdoor plants) as well as a list
of other household items that could pose a threat to your
rattie’s health/safety. Pay careful attention to the items
marked with an * indicator as these items are especially dangerous and could potentially be fatal.
A
Alcohol (all beverages, ethanol, methanol, isopropyl)
Almonds*
Alocasia
Amaryllis bulb*
Apricot*
Arrowgrass
Asprin or products containing Asprin *
Autumn crocus ( Colchicum autumnale)*
Avocado (leaves, seeds, stem, skin)*
Azalea (entire rhododendron family)
B
Baneberry
Bayonet
Beargrass
Begonia*
Bird of Paradise
Bittersweet
Black-eyed Susan
Black Locust
Bleeding heart*
Bluebonnet
Bloodrot
Box
Boxwood
Bracken fern
Buckeye
Burning Bush
Buttercup (Ranunculus)
C
Caffeine
Caladium*
Calla lily*
Canada Yew
Candelabra
Cactus
Castor bean* (can be fatal if chewed)
Cedar sawdust contains toxins BEWARE OF SAWDUST CONTENT
Ceriman
Cherry
Chinaberry
Chinese sacred or heavenly bamboo*
Chocolate
Choke cherry (unripe berries)*
Christmas Rose
Chrysanthemum (a natural source of pyrethrins)
Clematis
Coca Cola or other fizzy drinks - ratties can't burp due to the structure of their tummy. *
Coriaria
Cornflower
Corydalis
Crocus bulb
Croton (Codiaeum sp.)
Crown of Thorns
Cyclamen bulb
D
Daffodil
Daphne
Datura
Deadly Nightshade
Death Camas
Delphinium, larkspur, monkshood*
Dicentrea
Dieffenbachia
Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia)*
E
Easter Lily
Eggplant
Elderberry (unripe berries)
Elephant Ear
English ivy (All Hedera species of ivy)
F
Fig (Ficus)
Euonymus
Evergreen Ferns
Ficus
Fizzy drinks as rats can't burp due to the structure os their tummy*
Flax
Four-o'clocks (Mirabilis)
Foxglove (Digitalis)
G
Garlic*
Golden Glow
Gopher Purge
H
Hellebore
Hemlock
Henbane
Holly berries
Honeysuckle
Horsebeans
Horsebrush
Horse Chestnut
Hyacinth bulbs
Hydrangea*
I
Iris corms
Iris Ivy
J
Jack-in-the-pulpit*
Japanese Yew
Java Beans
Jessamine
Jerusalem Cherry
Jimson weed*
Jonquil
Jungle Trumpets
K
Kalanchoe*
L
Lantana*
Larkspur
Laurel
Lily (bulbs of most species)
Lily-of-the-valley
Lily Spider
Locoweed
Lupine species
M
Malanga
Marigold
Marijuana or hemp (Cannibus)*
Milkweed*
Mistletoe berries*
Mock Orange
Monkshood
Mould particularly on bread and grains*
Morning glory creeper*
Mountain laurel
Mushrooms
N
Narcissus, daffodil (Narcissus)
Nettles
Nightshade
O
Oak*
Oleander*
Onions*
Oxalis *
P
Peace Lily
Peach pip and skin*
Peanuts both shelled and unshelled should be used with caution in ratties.
Pencil cactus plant* (Euphorbia sp.)
Peony
Periwinkle
Peyote Cactus
Philodendron (all species)*
Pimpernel
Pine which contains phenols that are toxic to ratsBEWARE OF SAWDUST CONTENT *
Poinciana
Poinsettia (Christmas flower commonly available at Christmas time in
the supermarkets in South Africa). Available in many hybrids all
of which should be avoided*
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Pokeweed
Poppy
Potato (plant)
Potato (leaves and stem)
Precatory beans
Privet tree
R
Rhododendron (Azalea)
Rhubarb leaves*
Rosary Pea (Arbus sp.)* (Can be fatal if chewed)
Rubber Plant
S
Schefflera (umbrella plant)
Scotch Broom
Schefflera
Shamrock (Oxalis sp.)*
Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrops
Snow-on-the-Mountain
Spreading English Yew
Spurge (Euphorbia sp.)
Staggerweed
Starleaf
Star of Bethlehem
Sweetpea
T
Tansy Mustard
Tobacco
Tomatoes (leaves and stem)
Tuffroot
Tulip
V
Virginia Creeper
W
Walnut hulls
Water Arum
Weeping Fig
Wild Call Wisteria
Wild Calla
Wisteria
Y
Yellow Calla
Yew*
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