Re: Poisonous Foods

Originally Posted by
Jen
Avocados—toxic to birds, mice, rabbits, horses, cattle, and dairy goats
Thank god not to dogs! My pups LOVE avocado!!
But then again, they love everything....
I've actually seen a dog with macadamia nut toxicity! It was really weeird. We didn't know what as wrong with it (this was when I was working at a hospital). It couldn't walk. It was uncoordinated. It had just lost control of it's legs. I took it outside and he poo'd and there were these macadamia nuts in it... I mentioned it to the vet and she said it was probably inconsequential, but looked it up and sure enough! Macadamia nuts cause temporary paresis (not as bad as paralysis) of legs in dogs! Major problem in Hawaii, appparently, with dogs eating the nuts off the beaches. (?) There's nothing you can do except wait and they just get better on their own! But how scary...
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
--Roger Caras
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