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cavycareinc@yahoo.com
 
 
Cavy Care Inc. is by appointment only. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sundays. 
We would hate to miss you.
4343 S. Jasper St. Aurora, CO  80015
303-593-2195
 
Dr. Sharyn Esposito
Medical Emergencies
Aurora Animal Hospital
16677 E. Smoky Hill Rd. 
Aurora, CO 80015
www.auroraanimalhospital.com
303-680-7305
 
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Last updated on 11/20/2008 by the four pawed staff of CCI.
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"Guinea Pig" in
German: Meerschweinchen 
Russian and Polish: word for them is similar, morskaya svinka (Морская свинка) and świnka morska
French: Cochon d'Inde,
Dutch: guinees biggetje
Norway, Sweden an
Denmark: marsvin 
Greek: indika xoiridia' or ινδικά χοιρίδια
Portuguese: porquinho da Índia
Italian: Porcellino D'India or Cavia Peruviana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: Caviidae
Subfamily: Caviinae
Genus: Cavia
Species: C. porcellus

A listing of poisonous or hazardous plants for you’re pets. 

This list is courtesy of NAPCC, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Acacia
  • Agapanthus
  • Almond
  • Aloe vera
  • Amaryllis (Naked Lady)
  • Apple (seeds)
  • Apple leaf croton
  • Apricot (pit)
  • Arrowgrass
  • Asparagus fern
  • Autumn crocus
  • Avocado (fruit & pit)
  • Azalea

B

  • Baby's breath
  • Bird of Paradise
  • Bittersweet
  • Black locust
  • Bleeding heart
  • Boxwood
  • Brachen fern
  • Branching ivy
  • Buckeye
  • Buckthorn
  • Buddist pine
  • Buttercup

 

C

  • Caladium
  • Calla lily
  • Camphor tree
  • Candelabra cactus
  • Caster bean
  • Ceriman
  • Cherry (seeds & leaves)
  • Chinaberry
  • Chinese evergreen
  • Chlorophytum
  • Choke cherry
  • Christmas rose
  • Cineraria
  • Clematis
  • Cockleburr
  • Coffee tree plant
  • Corn lily
  • Corn Plant
  • Cornstalk plant
  • Crocus
  • Croton
  • Crown of thorns
  • Cuban laurel
  • Cycads
  • Cyclamen

 

D

  • Daffodil
  • Daphne
  • Delphinium (larkspur)
  • Devil's ivy
  • Diffenbachia (dumbcane)
  • Dracaena (dragon tree)
  • Dutchman's breeches

E

  • Easter lily
  • Elaine
  • Elderberry
  • Elephant ears
  • Emerald feather
  • English ivy
  • European spindle tree

F

  • Fiddleneck
  • Fiddle-leaf fig
  • Fitweed
  • Florida beauty
  • Four-o-clock
  • Foxglove

G

  • Geranium
  • German ivy
  • Glacier ivy
  • Goldenchain
  • Golden Pothos
  • Greaseweed

H

  • Halogeton
  • Hemlock
  • Hibiscus
  • Holly
  • Honeysuckle
  • Horsebrush
  • Hurricane plant
  • Hyacinth
  • Hydrangea

I

  • Indian Laurel
  • Indian rubber plant
  • Iris
  • Ivy

J

  • Japanese Show lily
  • Jasmine
  • Jerusalem cherry
  • Jimson weed

K

  • Kalanchoe
  • Klamathweed

L

  • Lantana
  • Lily of the valley
  • Lobelia
  • Locoweed
  • Lords and ladies
  • Lupine

M

  • Marble queen
  • Marigold
  • Marijuana
  • Meadow death camas
  • Milk vetch
  • Milkweed
  • Mistletoe
  • Mock orange
  • Monkshood
  • Moonseed
  • Morning glory
  • Mother-in-law tongue
  • Mountain laurel
  • Mushrooms (amanita esp)

N

  • Narcissus
  • Nephthytis
  • Nettles
  • Nightshades

O

  • Oak
  • Oleander
  • Onion
  • Oriental lily

P

  • Peace lily
  • Peaches (pits & leaves)
  • Pencil cactus
  • Periwinkle
  • Peyote
  • Philodendron
  • Pigweed
  • Plumosa fern
  • Poinsettia
  • Poison ivy
  • Poison oak
  • Pokeberry
  • Potato (raw)
  • Pothos
  • Precatory beans
  • Primrose
  • Privit
  • Psilcybin mushrooms
  • Purple foxglove

R

  • Rain tree
  • Red emerald
  • Red princess
  • Rhododendron
  • Rhubarb leaves
  • Ribbon plant

S

  • Sago palm
  • Sansevieria
  • Satin pothos
  • Schefflera
  • Snake plant
  • Snow-on-the-mountain
  • Spider plant
  • String of pearls
  • Swiss cheese plant

T

  • Tansy ragwort (senecio)
  • Taro vine
  • Thornapple
  • Tiger lily
  • Tinsel tree
  • Tobacco
  • Tomato plant
  • Toyon
  • Tulip

W

  • Walnut (green husks)
  • Water hemlock
  • Weeping fig
  • Wisteria

Y

  • Yellow jasmine
  • Yellow star thistle
  • Yew
 
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