--- title: Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies», a lesson of the biology course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A dog's body and a cat's body are built differently from yours, so some foods you eat happily work --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/) / Foods that are dangerous for pets: cho… # Foods that are dangerous for pets: chocolate, grapes, onions and lilies Lesson 331 of the biology course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/0/) — A dog's body and a cat's body are built differently from yours, so some foods you eat happily work like poison inside them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/1/) — Picture Easter morning: chocolate eggs on the coffee table, the family out in the garden, and the dog's nose already twitching. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/2/) — A bar that gives you a treat can send a dog to the vet, because its body clears one chemical in chocolate very slowly and it builds up. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/3/) — The same goes for raisins in a hot cross bun, onion in the gravy, a dropped piece of sugar-free gum, and even the yellow dust from lilies in a vase, which a cat licks off its fur without meaning to. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/4/) — The safe rule is simple: keep human snacks out of reach, read labels before sharing, and if a pet eats something dangerous, call the vet at once, even before the pet looks ill. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/5/) — Chocolate contains a chemical that dogs break down very slowly, so it builds up in the body and makes them ill; dark chocolate and cocoa powder are the most dangerous. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/6/) — Vets treat many dogs for eating chocolate at Christmas and Easter, when there is lots of chocolate lying around the house. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/7/) — Grapes, raisins and sultanas can badly damage a dog's kidneys; some dogs get very ill from a few and others less, so no amount is known to be safe. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/9/) — Onions, garlic, leeks and chives damage red blood cells in cats and dogs, and cooked, dried or powdered onion is still dangerous; onion powder hides in gravy, stock and many ready meals. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/10/) — Lilies are very dangerous to cats: licking a little pollen off the fur or drinking the water from the vase can harm a cat's kidneys, so a cat that touches lilies needs a vet at once. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/11/) — Xylitol, a sweetener in some sugar-free gum and sweets, makes the sugar in a dog's blood, the fuel its body runs on, drop fast, and it can be deadly to dogs, though it is fine for people. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/12/) — Cooked bones splinter into sharp pieces that can hurt a dog's throat and gut; chews made for dogs are safer, whatever the cartoons show. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/14/) — Macadamia nuts can make dogs weak, wobbly and sick for a day or two, and nobody knows exactly why. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/15/) — A Christmas kitchen holds many pet dangers at once: chocolate, raisins in pudding and mince pies, onions in stuffing, cooked bones and alcohol. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/16/) — If a pet eats something dangerous, call a vet straight away and take the packet along; never try to make a pet sick yourself, only a vet should decide. - ← previous: [Unusual pets: stick insects, giant snails, ant farms and hermit crabs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/) - next →: [Lost pets, microchips, holidays and moving house](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/332-lost-pets-microchips-holidays-and-moving-house/) - ↑ back to [Biology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/)