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Is Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia) Toxic to Cats & Dogs?

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Dumb Cane is toxic to cats and dogs.
Severity : Highly toxic
Who Safety
🐱 CatsToxic · Highly toxic
🐶 DogsToxic · Highly toxic
🧑 HumansToxic · Highly toxic

Symptoms in pets

If a cat or dog chews or ingests Dumb Cane, reported signs include:

Most affected parts: all parts.

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Which Dumb Cane plants does this cover?

This applies across the Dieffenbachia genus (81 species in our database), including: Dieffenbachia acreana, Dieffenbachia aglaonematifolia, Dieffenbachia alexiadesii, Dieffenbachia amapaensis, Dieffenbachia amoena, Dieffenbachia antioquensis, Dieffenbachia aurantiaca, Dieffenbachia batistae, Dieffenbachia beachiana, Dieffenbachia bechiana, Dieffenbachia bowmanii, Dieffenbachia bowmanni….

⚕️ Important: General reference information, not veterinary advice. If your pet has eaten Dumb Cane, contact your vet or ASPCA Animal Poison Control (888-426-4435) right away.

Based on Leafy's botanical safety database (genus-level classification).

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