In early February, a puppy named Amber of a Houston-area family died after eating the common houseplant Sago palm plant, reports the ASPCA.

Amber’s story is all too common.

Since 2003, the ASPCA has seen an increase by more than 200 percent of sago palm and cycad poisonings, and 50 to 75 percent of those ingestions resulted in fatalities. According to Dr. Sharon Gwaltney-Brant, veterinary toxicologist and vice president of the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, all parts of the plant are toxic, not just the seeds or nuts, and common signs of ingestion include vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, depression, seizures and liver failure.

Here is the link to the ASPCA article: http://www.aspca.org/news/tri-state/03-20-09.html#1