Good Plants, Bad plants

- Knowing what is safe makes all the difference to the safety of your pet rat - As the summer approaches, have you considered getting some plants for your room or for your yard? Well, not all the vegetation / plants are safe for the rats if it is consumed.  I have created a list of the plants that the rats should avoid coming in contact with, or should only be given with caution. Some toxic plants for rats: Almonds        (kernel in the pit contains cyanide)  Amaryllis bulb    Anthurium  Apricot         (kernel in the pit contains cyanide)   Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) VERY POISONOUS, *  Avocado (leaves, seeds, stem, skin)    Azalea (entire rhododendron family)  Begonia Bird of Paradise Bittersweet Bleeding heart Boxwood Bracken fern Buckeye Buttercup (Ranunculus) Caffeine Caladium Calla lily Castor bean (can be fatal if chewed) Cedar Cherry (kernel in the pit contains cyanide)  Chinese sacred or heavenly bamboo,  contains cyanide Choke cherry, unripe berries  contains cyanide, Chrysanthemum (a natural source of pyrethrins)  Clematis Crocus bulb  Croton (Codiaeum sp.) Cyclamen bulb Delphinium, larkspur, monkshood Dumb cane (Dieffenbachia)     severe mouth swelling,  Elderberry, unripe berries     contains cyanide  English ivy (All Hedera species of ivy) Fig (Ficus) General allergan, dermatitis Four-o'clocks (Mirabilis) Foxglove (Digitalis), can be fatal,  Garlic (raw or spoiled)  Golden pothos Hyacinth bulbs  Hydrangea contains cyanide,  Holly berries Iris corms Jack-in-the-pulpit Jimson weed Kalanchoe  Lantana    liver failure  Lily (bulbs of most species)  Lily-of-the-valley      can be fatal,  Lupine species Lycoris Marijuana or hemp (Cannabis)   can be fatal,  Milkweed Mistletoe berries Morning glory  (Seeds toxic) Mountain laurel  Narcissus, daffodil (Narcissus)  Oak (remove bark for use as a perch)  Oleander, very poisonous, can be fatal,  Onions  (raw or spoiled)   Peach (kernel in the pit contains cyanide)   Pencil cactus/plant  (Euphorbia sp.)  dermatitis,  Philodendron (all species)  Pine Poinsettia (many hybrids, avoid them all)  dermatitis Potato (leaves and stem) Pothos (Golden) Red Spider lily (Lycoris) Rubber plant Rhubarb leaves Rosary Pea (Arbus sp.) (Can be fatal if chewed)   Sago Palm Scheffelera (umbrella plant) Shamrock (Oxalis sp.) Spurge (Euphorbia sp.) Tomatoes (leaves and stem) Tulip Yew (yew product) Forbidden food: Bleu cheese, Licorice, Raw dry beans or peanuts, raw sweet potato, raw red cabbage and brussel sprouts, raw artichokes, green bananas, green potato skin and eyes, wild insects, rhubarb, orange juice  (for male rats only). Raw bean & potato & red cabbage must be cooked well before giving them. Food that should be given with caution: dried corn (often sold as entire cobs in pet and feed stores), cucumber, radishes, spinach, collards and turnip greens, beets, almonds, swiss chard. Food with higher concentration of pesticides: strawberries, bell peppers, spinach, cherries, peaches, cantaloupe grown in Mexico, celery, apples, apricots, green beans, grapes grown in Chile, and cucumbers The produce with the least pesticides: avocados, corn, onions, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, grapes grown in the US, bananas, plums, watermelon, and broccoli Beneficial food: -Foods that help to prevent strokes: celery, prunes, parsley , oranges (no orange juice for males). -Foods with antibiotic properties: banana, prunes/plums, tea, eggplant, raspberries, onion, mustard. -Food with some anti-virus properties: cranberries, prunes/plums, strawberries. -Foods are good for arthritis: clove, dates, ginger.

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