You may feel your pet is safer in the winter because they spend more time indoors but that might not be true. There are many indoor hazards you need to be aware of to keep your pet happy and healthy. Danger may be lurking where you least expect it.

According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, the following foods could be harmful or potentially deadly to dogs and cats:

• Coffee grounds
• Chocolate
• Yeast dough
• Macadamia nuts
• Fatty foods
• Avocado
• Grapes/raisins
• Onions
• Tea
• Alcohol
• Salt
• Garlic
• Chewing gum, candy and breath fresheners containing xylitol
• Garbage - rotting foods contain molds or bacteria that could produce food poisoning

Check around sheds, garages, crawl spaces and other areas for charcoal lighter fluid, antifreeze, gasoline, paint products and other products. Make sure they are stored so that pets cannot get into them and become poisoned.

Many houseplants are toxic to pets. Place your houseplants where pets cannot eat them. Azaleas, daffodils, lily of the valley, yew, dieffenbachia, caladium and philodendron are just a few that are dangerous. There are over 700 species of plants poisonous to pets in all.

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