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Can My Dog or Cat Eat This? Human Food Safety Checker

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Search more than 60 common foods to see whether they are safe, best limited, or toxic for dogs and cats. Every answer assumes a small, plain portion — no salt, butter, seasoning, sugar or sweetener.

Can My Dog or Cat Eat This?

Search 60+ human foods: safe, limit, or toxic.

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General guidance for healthy adult pets, in small plain portions with no seasoning, salt, sugar, butter or sweeteners. Based on ASPCA and veterinary guidance. If your pet ate something marked toxic, call your vet or a poison line now.

The most dangerous foods for pets

Chocolate, grapes and raisins, onions and garlic, the sweetener xylitol, macadamia nuts, alcohol and caffeine cause the most poisonings. For cats, lilies are an emergency: every part of the plant, even pollen, can cause kidney failure.

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Our articles are for general information only and are not a substitute for an examination or advice from your own veterinarian. If your pet is unwell, contact a vet.

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