[Jan Fisher]

This Christmas be aware of foods that are delicious to us, but toxic to dogs and cats, just in case you are tempted to sneak a snack to Fido and Mittens.

For dogs, mince pies, alcohol, macadamia nuts, chestnuts, Christmas cake, blue cheese, cooked bones, raisins and currants, avocado, chocolate, anything from the onion family including garlic and chives and artificial sweeteners with xylitol.

For cats, the list includes onions, chives and garlic, raw eggs, raw meat, chocolate, alcohol, grapes and raisins.

And rethink any plans for a beautiful spray of lilies this Christmas if you have cats. The entire plant is toxic to cats and even licking a few pollen grains off its fur can lead to fatal kidney failure.

[Rod63]

NB: The pies referred to in this story are fruit-mince pies. Mince pies are fine as they are mainly meat and pastry.

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