30 Houseplants That Aren’t Good For Your Dog

Houseplants help your house more beautiful and closer to nature. So, a lot of people want to grow houseplants to decorate their houses. However, there are houseplants that aren’t good for dogs and cats. If you own a pet, it is better to know about them. And that’s the reason why we’ve listed 30 plants that you should keep your dog stays away from. Check them out!

As you know dogs are one of the curious animals, especially when they are young. They are extremely argus-eyed in their quest any things. And if your dog has a tendency to look for something to nibble on, this list of plants for dogs will help you to avoid. Even so, you can still grow these plants if you love them by placing them in sites that have a safe height to your pets can’t touch or eat. Save them.

#1 Sago Palm

This exquisite plant sago palm contains a toxin called cycasin, which is known to cause liver damage. Symptoms such as vomiting, jaundice, increased thirst, hemorrhagic gastroenteritis, bruising, clotting disorder, liver damage, liver failure, and death.

#2 Alocasia

If your dog eats this plant. Some symptoms can occur such as mucous membrane irritation, intense burning, and irritation of the mouth, lips, and tongue, excessive drooling, vomiting, difficulty in swallowing.

#3 Aloe

A kind of leaf succulents, many varieties have various medicinal uses. But aloes are the plants toxic to dogs but only when they ingest it. Symptoms like vomiting, depression, diarrhea, lack of appetite, change in the color of urine.

#4 Arrowhead Plant

The plant contains calcium oxalate in its sap, which is harmful if contacted or ingested. Symptoms like vomiting, depression, diarrhea, lack of appetite, chills, change in the color of urine.

#5 Calla Lily

Calla lilies are beautiful but when the plant is chewed, clinical signs are visible immediately such as oral pain, diarrhea, drooling, lack of appetite, pawing at the mouth.

#6 Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise)

Strelitzia is grown as an indoor plant, it contains Hydrogen Cyanide (prussic acid). Symptoms such as mild nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, difficulty in breathing, less appetite, death.

#7 ZZ Plant

ZZ plant belongs to the Araceae family. Symptoms such as mucous membrane irritation, intense burning, and irritation of the mouth and lips, tongue, excessive drooling.

#8 Dieffenbachia

Often called a dumb cane. Chewing or biting into this plant can cause injury. Symptoms such as mucous membrane irritation, intense burning, and irritation of the mouth and lips, tongue, excessive drooling, vomiting, difficulty in swallowing.

#9 Jade Plant

Jade Plant is mildly toxic. Symptoms such as nausea, retching.

#10 Kafir Lily

Kafir lily is an exquisite plant with succulent leaves and orange flowers. Its ingestion can cause kidney failure in cats; it is also one of the toxic plants to dogs. Symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. Large intake causes convulsions, low blood pressure, tremors, and cardiac arrhythmia.

#11 Dracaena Fragrans

Its common name is the cornstalk plant. Dracaena fragrans is mildly toxic to pets. Symptoms such as vomiting (sometimes with blood), depression, lack of appetite, drooling.

#12 Cyclamen

Cyclamen is a beautiful flowering annual houseplant that is grown for ornamental purposes. However, cyclamen contains saponins, and if its roots are ingested, it causes some clinical symptoms such as salivation, vomiting, diarrhea. At high intake cardiac, arrhythmia and convulsions are also possible.

#13 Desert Rose (Adenium)

A beautiful succulent that is commonly cultivated as an ornamental plant and can be grown in pots. Symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, anorexia, depression, irregular heartbeat, and death.

#14 Golden Pothos

An excellent climbing plant that can be grown without sun, golden pothos contains insoluble calcium oxalates that can cause mild clinical symptoms if chewed by your dog. Symptoms such as mucous membrane irritation, intense burning, and irritation of the mouth, lips, and tongue, excessive drooling, difficulty in swallowing.

#15 Kalanchoe

A genus of plants of the Crassulaceae family. Kalanchoe is a beautiful common houseplant with flowers. This plant contains a naturally occurring poison that affects the heart. Symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, abnormal heart rhythm (rare).

#16 Dracaena

Dracaena is a genus that consists 40 species of woody and shrubby plants. They are found in subtropical and tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and the Canary Islands and commonly grown as the houseplant. Symptoms such as vomiting (sometimes with blood), depression, lack of appetite, drooling.

#17 Eucalyptus

If you are growing eucalyptus as a houseplant and you have a dog then be aware, eucalyptus oil can trigger lethargy and irritate your dog. Symptoms such as salivation, vomiting, diarrhea, depression, weakness.

#18 Flame Lily (Gloriosa Superba)

The ingestion of flame lily has caused many accidental deaths. It has also been used to commit murder, suicide, to induce abortions, and to poison dogs. Symptoms such as salivation, vomiting (bloody), diarrhea (bloody), shock, kidney failure, liver damage, bone marrow suppression, paralysis, death.

#19 Ficus Benjamina

Also called weeping fig. Contact with skin can cause inflammation of the skin, ingestion may irritate the mouth. Similar symptoms occur when pets come in contact with the Rubber tree plant (ficus elastica).

#20 Flamingo Flower (Anthurium Scherzeranum)

Flamingo flower contains calcium oxalates that can irritate the mouth and other mild clinical symptoms if ingested such as mucous membrane irritation, intense burning, and irritation of the mouth, lips, and tongue, excessive drooling, difficulty in swallowing.

#21 Gardenia

Gardenia is one of the most fragrant flowers in the world. All parts can cause nausea and vomiting like symptoms to your pet, after ingestion.

#22 Geranium

Usually, pets don’t touch this plant, but geranium can cause mild clinical symptoms to your dog or cat with some symptoms such as vomiting, anorexia, dermatitis.

#23 English Ivy (Hedera helix)

Beautiful English ivy is one of the best plants you can grow in the shade, even indoors. But the plant must not be ingested as it contains a toxin called saponins. Symptoms occur such as drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain.

#24 Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)

Peace lily contains calcium oxalates if it is chewed by your dog or cat mild clinical symptoms may occur such as mucous membrane irritation, intense burning, and irritation of the mouth, lips, and tongue, difficulty in swallowing.

#25 Schefflera

Plants from this family contain calcium oxalate crystals that cause injury if chewed. Symptoms such as mucous membrane irritation, intense burning, and irritation of the mouth, lips, and tongue, excessive drooling, vomiting, difficulty in swallowing.

#26 Oleander

All parts of the plant contain toxic cardiac glycosides as digoxin. Its ingestion can cause colic, diarrhea (possibly bloody), sweating, difficulty with coordination, shortness of breath, difficulty in breathing, muscle tremors, and even death due to heart failure.

#27 Amaryllis (Amaryllis sp.)

Amaryllis belongs to the lily family. Symptoms such as vomiting, depression, drop in blood pressure, abdominal pain, drooling, loss of appetite.

#28 Asparagus Fern (Asparagus Setaceus)

Asparagus fern is a common houseplant. The consumption of its berries can cause gastrointestinal upset, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.

#29 Ti Plant (Cordyline Terminalis)

This tropical houseplant is extremely low maintenance though it is moderately toxic to dogs. Symptoms such as vomiting (sometimes with blood), depression, lack of appetite, drooling.

#30 Begonia

Begonia is one of the most attractive plants you can grow indoors. But it is mildly toxic; it contains insoluble oxalates. Symptoms such as mucous membrane irritation, intense burning, and irritation of the mouth, lips, and tongue, excessive drooling, vomiting, difficulty in swallowing.