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Potential Pet Poisons

If your believe that your pet has consumed any poison contacting the ASPCA Poison Control Center, can help save your pet's life. The following are the most common poisons ingested and are the top 10 reasons for calls received by the ASPCA Poison Control Center. If your pet has consumed any of the following call the ASPCA Poison Control Center.

1. Pills and other people medications, including prescription drugs, over-the-counter remedies, and dietary supplements.

2. Insecticides used to kill fleas, ticks, and other insects.

3. Mouse and rat poisons.

4. Pet medicines, such as heartworm preventatives, arthritis relievers, and nutritional supplements.

5. Chocolate.

6. Household cleaners, such as bleaches, detergents, and disinfectants.

7. Herbicides.

8. Plants, such as lilies, rhododendron, azalea, sago palm, kalanchoe, schefflera.

9. Home improvement products such as glue, paint and solvents.

10. Fertilizers.

If you feel like your pet has consumed any poisonous substance, contact the ASPCA. You will speak with a specially trained ASPCA toxicologist.

Round-the-Clock Service

The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center is the only 24hour, 365-day facility of its kind, dispensing emergency lifesaving advice to pet parents and veterinarians from throughout North America, and across the globe. Staff includes 28 veterinarians, many board-certified in toxicology, aided by dozens of certified veterinary technicians and assistants, including students from the nearby College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana,where the call center first started nearly 30 years ago.

"The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center has a vast amount of knowledge on so many different toxins" says Dr. Chalfant. "That's why we use them solely, and advise people who attend our pet first-aid class to keep their phone number on hand, along with other important contacts."

Because the service is not supported by state or federal grants, as human poison control centers are, the ASPCA must charge a $55 fee to cover costs in most cases. "It may seem like a lot of money," says Novick. "But they give you a tremendous amount of follow-up and follow-through. Not only did they talk to me several times during the course of the night. They talked to the emergency room vet several times as well."