| Common Household Poisons | |
|---|---|
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Acetone Ammonia Antifreeze Ant syrup or paste Arsenic Bathroom bowl cleaner Bleach Boric acid Camphophenique Carbon tetrachloride Charcoal lighter Clinitest tablets Copper and brass cleaners Corn and wart remover Crayons Deodorants Detergents Disinfectants Drain cleaners Epoxy glue Fabric softeners Garbage toxins Garden sprays Gasoline Gun cleaner Gunpowder Hair dyes Herbicides Hexachlorophene (in some soaps) Indelible markers Insecticides Iodine Kerosene Lighter fluid |
Linoleum (contains lead salts) Matches Model glue Mothballs Muriatic acid Mushrooms (some varieties) Nail Polish Nail polish remover Oven cleaner Paint Paint remover Paint thinner Perfume Permanent wave solutions Pesticides Photographic solutions Pine oil Plants Prescription and non-prescription drugs Red squill Rodenticides Rubbing alcohol Shaving lotion Silver polish Snail bait Spot remover Spray starch Strychnine Sulphuric acid Suntan lotion Super glue Turpentine Weed killers Window cleaners |
Source: Adapted from Gary Gallerstein, Bird Owner’s Home Health and Care Handbook (New York: Howell Book House, 1984); Sheldon Gerstenfeld, The Bird Care Book (Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, 1981); and Margaret L. Petrak, ed., Diseases of Cage and Aviary Birds, 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger, 1982
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