Plant Toxicity

[~JO~]

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I was at the British Small Animal Vet Congress last week as our company has a stand there for 4 days - one of us attended the 'Plant Toxicity' lecture and I thought that I ought to post on here the top3 toxic plants to small animals...

1. Lilies - this does vary between the species but some are EXTREMELY toxic and account for by far the highest numbers of deaths per year

2. Cannabis ( (w00t) )

3. Daffodils - all parts are very toxic but especially the bulbs.

So please be careful everyone :b

 

[Nicky Co.]

Thanks for the info - do dogs actively eat these things, or is it only a problem when they are puppies? I ask because we have daffodils, and was wondering if I should pull them out before we get our dog!

 

[whippetmad]

Thanks for the info Jo :thumbsup:

 

[Rae]

Thanks Jo. LOL at cannabis - I thought foxgloves might have been in the top 3 but cannabis is obviously more widespread :- "

I thought that anything that grew from a bulb was toxic to small animals?

 

[midlanderkeith]

I was at the British Small Animal Vet Congress last week as our company has a stand there for 4 days - one of us attended the 'Plant Toxicity' lecture and I thought that I ought to post on here the top3 toxic plants to small animals...
1. Lilies - this does vary between the species but some are EXTREMELY toxic and account for by far the highest numbers of deaths per year

2. Cannabis ( (w00t) )

3. Daffodils - all parts are very toxic but especially the bulbs.

So please be careful everyone  :b

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Been doing some gardening over the past few days and dug up some daff bulbs so i left them on my garden to dry out and save for next year, sally my goldie has been faffin obout with em, so thanks for the warning, bulbs now shifted, just hope her hasn't eaten any, will keep my eye on her

keith :thumbsup:

 

[~JO~]

I was at the British Small Animal Vet Congress last week as our company has a stand there for 4 days - one of us attended the 'Plant Toxicity' lecture and I thought that I ought to post on here the top3 toxic plants to small animals...
1. Lilies - this does vary between the species but some are EXTREMELY toxic and account for by far the highest numbers of deaths per year

2. Cannabis ( (w00t) )

3. Daffodils - all parts are very toxic but especially the bulbs.

So please be careful everyone  :b

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Been doing some gardening over the past few days and dug up some daff bulbs so i left them on my garden to dry out and save for next year, sally my goldie has been faffin obout with em, so thanks for the warning, bulbs now shifted, just hope her hasn't eaten any, will keep my eye on her

keith :thumbsup:

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Apparently this is the classic situation when they ingest some and end up down the vets - so yes best moved!!! I have left my daff bulbs to dry out up on a shelf in teh shed now!!

Rae- These are the top 3 because of number of incidents I believe - Lilies are now top due to their increased popularity recently

 

[Zephyr]

Useful information - Thanks, Jo :thumbsup:

 

[hely]

i was just thinking about this the other day, we got our whippet last week and i had bought a load of bulbs to plant.........so thats for this

best get rid of the cannabis (w00t)