Now that Thanksgiving is here, you find yourself biting into and swallowing a whole lot of various delicacies and sweet foods. If you’ve a pet, you would obviously want your lovely creature to have a taste too. Oh, just DON’T!

It’s all medical and very scientific, so you need to take this on a serious note. Care2 reports that most of the favorite foods we eat don’t really do any justice to pets. Humans can eat whatever they want anyway. Well, animals, especially cats and dogs, don’t seem to enjoy that luxury.

You might be tempted to slip a small bite to your pet,just for the taste, but that small crump could have a lasting effect on the animal’s health, and you really don’t want that. To help you better avoid this kind of miscalculation during this nice season, this video has been packed with some 10 foods that you need to kick away from your pet.

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• Nuts

 

The first food on our list is one of the most dangerous! Whether you’re baking or throwing them into other dishes, keep those nuts – specifically walnuts and macadamia nuts – away from your pets. They can cause vomiting, neurological issues, seizures, and a scary condition called “macadamia nut toxicosis.” Even other kinds of nuts can cause pancreatic problems over time, due to high fat content, so play it safe and don’t let your pets near any kinds of nuts.

 

• Mashed Potatoes

 

While potatoes aren’t toxic to animals – and are fine in moderation – it’s the

other

 ingredients in mashed potatoes that cause problems. Dairy additions like milk and butter will upset their stomachs, and garlic and onion – in all forms, including powdered – are toxic.

 

• Turkey Bones

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It’s time to let that image of a “dog with a bone” die. Never let any of your pets near

any

 type of bone! They can splinter and puncture internal organs. Even if they somehow stay intact, bones can also cause vomiting. Not worth it! And while we’re on the subject of turkey . . .

 

• Turkey Skin

 

 

Try to avoid giving your pet any part of the bird! Undercooked and raw meat is obviously bad for them and people – can you say “salmonella?!” – and only lean white meat is even close to being OK to slip under the table. However, we say just avoid it altogether, since the spices often rubbed into the turkey – onion, garlic, sage, etc. – are toxic, making the skin especially an absolute pet no-no.

 

• Cranberry Sauce

 

Like so many other ones on this list, it’s what we add to cranberries to make the sauce that makes this dish one pets should avoid: sugar! Even if it’s in the form of high fructose corn syrup, your pets should not eat it. Be careful of some other additions found in some homemade recipes: nuts – as we’ve mentioned – and raisins are both bad news for dogs and cats.

 

• Pies

 

The same idea applies to our pies! While we all know we should never feed our pets chocolate pie, we might be tempted to share the pumpkin or sweet potato versions since those veggies can, in moderation, be good for Fluffy and Fido. Don’t do it! Most pumpkin and sweet potato pie recipes call for nutmeg and cinnamon, two animal-toxic spices that can cause vomiting, diarrhea, liver disease, seizures, and neurological disorders.

 

• Fruit Salad

 

We’ve already highlighted how nuts – a popular addition to holiday-friendly Waldorf fruit salads – can be bad for pets, but there are other things in this otherwise healthy dish that are decidedly unhealthy for pets. Grapes – and their dried descendants, raisins – cause kidney problems in pets, especially dogs.

 

• Uncooked Carbs

 

This one should be obvious, right? I mean, even we humans shouldn’t be eating uncooked bread dough or cake batter, thanks to the salmonella risk. Even if you’re willing to risk it yourself, don’t put your pet through the potential problem. Plus, uncooked bread dough can actually rise in the stomach, which would be absolutely painful for your poor cat or dog. Be careful!

 

• Green Bean Casserole

 

You can guess why this one is a problem by now, right? Green beans on their own— a great snack for man or beast. Green beans covered in mushroom soup and a fried onion topping— no go for our canine and feline friends.

 

• Stuffing

 

The only thing in this dish that’s

not

 toxic for pets is the bread. Everything else – mushrooms, onions, sage, garlic, leeks, chives, peppers, scallions – is toxically dangerous. Don’t let your pet near it!

Basically, if you’re making a dish with spices, nuts, eggs or any dairy, keep it away from your pets. Did anything on this list surprise you? Do you know of any other ones we should add? Who here is guilty of slipping some “people food” to your pets?

What do you think?