Is it safe for my dog?

About The Pet Toxicity Checker

The Pet Toxicity Checker is a free reference for the moment your dog or cat has eaten something they should not have. Search a food or a plant — by English name, by local name, or by the name on the packet — and it gives you one of four severity levels, what to do, the signs to watch for, how soon they appear, and where the finding comes from. It covers 166 household foods and plants, including the garden, temple and festival plants common in India, and it handles whole dishes as well as single ingredients. It runs entirely in your browser: nothing you type is sent anywhere, and any vet numbers you save stay on your device.

What it covers

• 166 foods and plants, each rated separately for dogs and for cats where the evidence differs
• Local and regional names as well as botanical ones — kaner, supari, sadabahar, imli, kishmish and so on
• Whether the amount matters, and what a larger or concentrated amount escalates to
• Which parts are toxic and how preparation changes the risk, where that is known
• Signs to watch for and how soon after eating they appear
• Composite dishes — dal with tadka, biryani, sambar, momos, kheer — resolved to the ingredients already in the list
• Whether an entry was recorded for the other species, and why that is not the same as safe
• The evidence grade and published sources behind every entry

What the four levels mean

Tier 1 — Pet Safety Warning

Lethal, organ-damaging, or needing emergency care. Emergency — contact your vet now. Do not wait for signs to appear; with several of these, the delay between eating and the first symptom is the dangerous part.

Tier 2 — Caution

Significant injury risk, though not immediately lethal. Significant risk — call your vet and describe what was eaten and roughly how much.

Tier 3 — Note

Milder or self-limiting. Worth watching, and worth speaking to your vet if signs appear.

Safe — no toxicity recorded

Confirmed non-toxic, and listed so you are not left guessing. Monitor as you would with any new food.

What this tool cannot tell you

This is an educational reference, not a diagnosis, and it does not replace ringing your vet. It cannot tell you whether the amount your pet ate is enough to hurt them, because that depends on their weight, their health and how much actually went down — which is why it tells you to treat an uncertain amount as the larger one. Most importantly, not finding something here does not mean it is safe: the list covers what most often reaches pets at home, and plenty of other things are not in it yet. If your pet has eaten something you cannot find, ring your vet and describe it, and take a photo of the plant or the packet. The sources named on each entry are the published veterinary literature it draws on; those organisations are not affiliated with this tool and have not reviewed it.