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Aspirin is used if dog has chronic pain or inflammation

Is this correct? I previously thought that, but on doing a bit of digging around on various veterinary websites, I came to the conclusion that I was misinformed

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Aspirin is safe for dogs, but deadly for cats

With regards to the rosehips, a long time ago we (Dorwest) used to manufacture rosehip tablets for dogs as yes they are very rich in Vitamin C.

I'll have a word with the herbal oracle (Mother!) regarding the rowanberries :thumbsup:

 

[Karen]

India and Harvee feast each morning on swollen seed pods from my fushcias  (w00t)   The others are all at it now ,   I do dead head them during the summer months to prolong flowering ( the plants not the whips    :lol: ) They dont seem to have come to any harm , theyve also eaten all my red current berries too  :b
They seem to prefer` Dancing Flame` to the others  :cheers:

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I (after my old boss) have eaten lots of fuchsia pods, they are very sweet, specially the fat ones. :*

 

[Janimal]

Aspirin is used if dog has chronic pain or inflammation

Is this correct? I previously thought that, but on doing a bit of digging around on various veterinary websites, I came to the conclusion that I was misinformed

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Aspirin is safe for dogs, but deadly for cats

With regards to the rosehips, a long time ago we (Dorwest) used to manufacture rosehip tablets for dogs as yes they are very rich in Vitamin C.

I'll have a word with the herbal oracle (Mother!) regarding the rowanberries :thumbsup:

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Its also similar with TCP - when I was informed this is also very dangerous to use on Cats. (w00t) I had no idea at all at the time - but thank goodness my cat is ok :thumbsup:

 

[kirislin]

I have a book about apples & it says roses (therefore rosehips) are distant relatives. My boys took to jumping up & tearing the actual roses off the bush last year & eating the petals & then the buds before I even got to enjoy them, next they turned their attention to the very unripe nectarines, leaping up high & even tearing off branches to get at the tiny, hard little immature fruit.

They're both still alive but the nectarine tree is looking a little worse for wear.

Linda

 

[alfyn]

Mmmm,i have similar probs with my weeping cherry tree.It doesn't have fruit on it,but my lot go mad when it comes into bud & happily munch away :blink: ,so the lower branches never have any blossom on it

 

[hellybobs]

I was told by my vet that aspirin can be used but not not on a regular basis i.e. if your dog is in pain and you have no other pain relief and cannot get into see the vet.

I've used it on Inca twice in her 3 years, first time the vet told me how much to use over the phone and the second time I judged how much to give by her weight and the vet said the amount was right.

If its used too often it can cause gastric upset.

 

[julie_s]

A few more things to add... to the autumn diet.

We've just been for a walk and she's added beech nuts to her foraging diet, I think they're ok (please let me know if I'm wrong). She also had a go at a conker but I thought that wasn't good for her at all so I managed to extricate that from her. I think she may be eating puffball fungi and some others too... which is a bit worrying. Puffballs are ok I think but I've no idea what else she's picking up, mind you it could just be poo.

Julie

 

[Seraphina]

I read somewhere that conkers are not very good for dogs, but as they are very bitter i doubt that a dog would eat many.

 

[~Helen~]

I think conkers are another one where you have to eat them in quantity to get sick, although obviously avoid them if you can. Josie managed to find a conker when she was a puppy - one I'd put into the corner of the living room to keep spiders away the previous year and forgot it was there (it didn't work, btw). She was having a good old munch and the conker was quite a big one, so I was worried. When I phoned the vet, they were really helpful, rang the poisons unit for me and said I didn't need to worry too much because she hadn't eaten a large quantity (had only had half a conker) but to feed her a meal ASAP and bulk out the food with plenty of rice and carbs.

My two love beech nuts as well, julie :wacko:

 

[~elizabeth~]

Sloes aren't there, but then that doesn't necessarily mean they aren't :b

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All stone fruits contain some cyanide in their seeds, so are poisonous to a degree. How much is actually ingested is another question. The foxes here live entirely on wild plums/sloes for a couple of months, their droppings are full of the stones, so even in large quantities they wouldn't appear to be instantly fatal, especially if the kernels are not chewed and pass through intact. I'd be worried they might be a bit sharp though.

Interestlingly Gelert has always been very careful to leave the pips when eating apple and pear stumps, which contain similar compounds.