LIBARY
DANGER TO HERPS
THE FOLLOWING FELLOW LIVING CREATURES CAN BE DANGEROUS TO PET HERPS:
- Humans who are not used to being around herps
- Cats
- Humans who are not careful
- Dogs
- Humans who are children (literally and figuratively)
- Other pet herps
- Humans who are distracted or in a hurry
- Humans who are drunk or on drugs
- Ferrets, weasels and such
- Humans who do not watch out for their pet herp at all times
- Raccoons, opossums and such
- Humans who are angry at their herp
- Humans who do not properly care for their herp
(In other words, humans are by far the most dangerous creatures that a pet herp will ever likely encounter)
THE FOLLOWING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES & FACILITIES CAN BE DEADLY TO PET HERPS:
(This is only a partial list. Be "herp alert" to other possible dangers in your environment)
- Electrical cords
- Sinks and tubs of water
- Open toilets
- Ceiling fans
- Ovens and stove top burners
- Scalding water in pots or from faucet
- Heavy objects or books that could topple
- Lids and doors to microwaves, toasters, bread boxes, etc.
- Gas leaking from heater, stove or other appliance
- Toxic fumes from overheated non-stick cookware
THE FOLLOWING HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS & FOOD ITEMS CAN BE DEADLY TO PET HERPS
(This is only a partial list. Be "herp alert" to other potential disasters waiting to happen)
- Cleansers, soaps and detergents
- Gasoline, kerosene and other fuel-oils
- Caustic agents such as liquid drain cleaners
- Insecticides, rodent poisons and similar chemicals
- Paint, thinners and similar products
- Alcoholic beverages
- Prescription and non-prescription drugs
- Rancid or moldy food
THE FOLLOWING PLANTS CAN BE POISONOUS TO PET HERPS:
(This is only a partial list. Be "herp alert" with any plant or food you are not completely certain about)
- Acocanthera (fruit and flowers)
- Amaryllis (bulbs)
- Amsinckia -- Tarweed (foliage, seeds)
- Anemone -- wildflower (all parts)
- Angel Trumpet Tree (flowers and leaves)
- Apple (seeds)
- Apricot (pits, inner seed)
- Atropa Belladona (all parts, especially black berries)
- Autumn Crocus (bulbs)
- Avocado (foilage
- Azalea (all parts)
- Balsam pear (seeds, outer rind of fruit)
- Baneberry (berries, roots, foliage)
- Beach Pea (all parts)
- Betel Nut Palm (all parts)
- Belladonna (all parts)
- Bird of paradise (seeds)
- Bittersweet (berries)
- Black locust (bark, sprouts, foliage)
- Bleeding Heart (foliage, roots)
- Bluebonnet (all parts)
- Bluegreen Algae (some forms are toxic)
- Bloodroot (all parts)
- Bottlebrush (flowers)
- Boxwood (all parts)
- Buckeye Horse Chestnut (sprouts, nuts)
- Buckthorn (fruit, bark)
- Buttercup (sap, bulbs)
- Calla lily (all parts)
- Caladium (all parts)
- Cardinal Flower (all parts)
- Carolina Jessamine (foliage, flowers, sap)
- Cassava (roots)
- Castor bean (oil, beans, leaves)
- Chalice vine -- Trumpet vine (all parts)
- Cherry tree (bark, twigs, leaves, pits)
- Cherry Laurel (foliage, flowers)
- Chinaberry tree (berries)
- Christmas Berry (berries)
- Christmast Cactus (sap)
- Christmas candle (all parts)
- Christmas Rose (foliage, flowers)
- Columbine (foliage, flowers, seeds)
- Common Privet (foliage, berries)
- Coral plant (all parts)
- Crocus (bulbs)
- Croton (foliage, shoots)
- Cyclamen (foliage, stems, flowers)
- Daffodil (bulbs, foliage, flowers,pods)
- Daphne (berries)
- Datura -- Jimsonweed (berries, leaves, seeds)
- Deadly amanita (all parts)
- Deadly nightshade (all parts)
- Death camas (all parts)
- Death cap mushroom (all parts)
- Dephinium (all parts)
- Deiffenbachia -- Dumb cane (leaves)
- Destroying Angel -- Death cap (all parts)
- Dogwood -- (fruit)
- Dutchman's Breeches (foliage, roots)
- Eggplant (all parts but fruit)
- Elderberry (foliage)
- Elephant's ear -- Taro (leaves, stem)
- English ivy (berries, leaves)
- Equisetum (all parts)
- Euphorbia -- Spurges (foliage, flowers, sap)
- False Hellebore (all parts)
- False henbane (all parts)
- Fiddleneck -- Senecio (all parts)
- Fly Agaric -- Amanita (all parts)
- Four O'Clock (all parts)
- Foxglove (leaves, seeds)
- Gelsemium (all parts)
- Ghostweed (all parts)
- Golden chain -- Laburnum (all parts, especially seeds)
- Hemlock (all parts, especially roots and seeds)
- Henbane (seeds)
- Holly -- English and American (berries)
- Horse Chestnut (nuts, twigs)
- Horsetail Reed -- Equisetum (all parts)
- Hyacinth (bulbs)
- Hydrangea (flower buds)
- Indian turnip -- Jack-in-the-pulpit (all parts)
- Impatiens -- Touch-me-not (all parts)
- Iris (bulbs)
- Ivy -- all forms (foliage, fruit)
- Jasmine (foliage, flowers, sap)
- Jasmine star (foliage, flowers)
- Jatropha (seeds, sap)
- Java bean (uncooked bean)
- Jerusalem cherry (berries)
- Jessamine (berries)
- Jimsonweed (foliage, flowers, seed pods)
- Johnson grass (all parts)
- Juniper (needles, stems, berries)
- Laburnum (all parts)
- Lambkill -- Sheep laurel (all parts)
- Lantana (foliage, flowers, immature berries)
- Larkspur (all parts)
- Laurel (all parts)
- Lily of the valley (All parts, including water they have been kept in)
- Lima bean -- Java bean (uncooked bean)
- Lobelia (all parts)
- Locoweed (all parts)
- Lords and ladies -- Cuckoopint (all parts)
- Lupine (foliage, pods, seeds)
- Machineel (all parts)
- Marijuana (leaves)
- Mayapple (all parts, except fruit)
- Mescal bean (all parts)
- Milkweed (foliage)
- Mistletoe (berries)
- Moccasin flower (foliage, flowers)
- Mock orange (fruit)
- Monkshood (leaves, flowers, roots)
- Morning glory (all parts)
- Mountain laurel (leaves, shoots)
- Mushrooms -- most wild forms (caps, stems)
- Narcissus (bulbs)
- Natal cherry (berries, foliage)
- Nectarine (seeds, inner pit)
- Nicotine bush (foliage, flowers)
- Nightshades (berries, leaves)
- Oak (acorns, leaves)
- Oleander (all parts)
- Peach (fruit pit)
- Pear (seeds)
- Pennyroyal (foliage, flowers)
- Peony (foliage, flowers)
- Periwinkle (all parts)
- Philodendron (leaves, stems)
- Pikeweed (leaves, roots, immature berries)
- Plum (foliage, inner seed)
- Poinsetta (leaves, flowers)
- Poison hemlock (foliage, seeds)
- Poison ivy (sap)
- Poison oak (foliage, fruit, sap)
- Poison sumac (foliage, fruit, sap)
- Pokewood -- Poke cherry (roots, fruit)
- Poppy (all parts)
- Potato plant (new shoots, eyes)
- Privet (all parts)
- Redwood (resinoids, leached wet wood)
- Rhododendron (all parts)
- Rhubarb (leaves, uncooked stems)
- Rosary peas (seeds, flowers, pods)
- Rosemary (foliage in some species)
- Russian thistle (foliage, flowers)
- Sage (foliage in some species)
- Salmonberry (foliage, fruit)
- Scarlet pimpernel (foliage, flowers, fruit)
- Scotch broom (seeds)
- Senecio -- Fiddleneck (all parts)
- Skunk cabbage (all parts)
- Snapdragon (foliage, flowers)
- Snowdrop (all parts, especially buds)
- Snow on the mountain -- Ghostweed (all parts)
- Spanish bayonet (foliage, flowers)
- Sudan grass (all parts)
- Star of Bethlehem (foliage, flowers)
- Sundew (foliage)
- Sweet pea (seeds and fruit)
- Tansy (foliage, flowers)
- Taro -- Elephant's ear (foliage)
- Tarweed (foliage, seeds)
- Thornapple (flowers, foliage, pods)
- Tiger lilly (foliage, flowers, seed pods)
- Toad flax (foliage)
- Tobacco (leaves)
- Tomato plant (foliage, vines)
- Touch-me-not (all parts)
- Toyon berry (berries)
- Trillium (foliage)
- Trumpet vine (all parts)
- Venus flytrap (all parts)
- Verbena (foliage, flowers)
- Virginia creeper (sap)
- Water hemlock (roots, foliage)
- Wildflower (leaves, flowers)
- Wild parsnip (rootes, foliage)
- Wisteria (all parts)
- Yam bean (roots, immature pods)
- Yellow star thistle (foliage, flowers)
- Yew (American, English, Japanese) (needles, seeds)
THE FOLLOWING ARE GENERALLY SAFE PLANTS FOR PET HERPS TO MUNCH ON AND PLAY WITH (in moderation):
- American bittersweet
- Autumn olive
- Bamboo
- Barberry
- Beech (American and European)
- Bladdernut
- Blueberry
- Comfrey
- Coralberry
- Cotoneaster firethorn
- Crabapple
- Dogwood
- Elderberry
- Eucalyptus
- Ferns
- Fig plants
- Fir
- Grape ivy
- Grape vine
- Herbs (most, but not all -- use caution)
- Huckleberry
- Marigold
- Nasturtium
- Pine (all)
- Pothos
- Pyracantha
- Raspberry
- Rose
- Snowberry
- Spruce
- Spider plant
- Spruce (all)
- Swedish ivy
- Viburnum
- Wax plant
- White poplar
- Willow
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