Foods that are Potentially Dangerous to Me

I know I try to beg, borrow and steal your food from you. Sometimes this really aggravates you and sometimes you're sympathetic and give me a few bites of your food.

I want you to know that many foods you enjoy can cause me illness and death if I eat them.

Please NEVER EVER feed me the following items:

• Chocolate
• Onions
• Macadamia nuts
• Pear pips, the kernels of plums, peaches and apricots, apple core pips (contain cyanogenic glycosides resulting in cyanide posioning)
• Potato peelings and green looking potatoes
• Rhubarb leaves
• Mouldy/spoiled foods
• Alcohol
• Yeast bread dough - yeast from homemade bread produce alcohol-ingestion of raw yeast dough can result in serious alcohol intoxication. Additionally, I will have a risk of bloat and gastrointestinal obstruction from the dough as it rises in my stomach.
• Coffee grounds, beans & tea - caffeine is a no-no for me, as it acts as a stimulant and can cause severe heart acceleration and seizures
• Hops (used in home brewing)
• Tomato leaves & stems (green parts): a Nightshade plant, tomatoes contain trace elements of nicotine, mostly concentrated in the leaves and stems
• Cooked Bones - bones become brittle in the cooking process and splinter when broken. These splinters have sharp edges that can rupture/puncture my stomach lining. The most dangerous cooked bones are ham bones, pork chop, chicken and turkey legs.
• Raisins and grapes
• Cigarettes, tobacco, cigars