23/03/2023
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☠️TOXIC PLANTS FOR PETS☠️
This third week of March is Poison Prevention Week.
To raise awareness we would like to alert you to three toxic plants to avoid in your gardens and homes if you have pets. We see the devastating effects from exposure to these poisonous plants at IVH from time to time. Owners are often not aware of the detrimental consequences and it can end tragically for their pets.
☠️Cycad - ingestion of any part of the plant, but especially its seeds will cause vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, and acute (often irreversible) liver damage, with signs of liver failure much later. It can also cause neurological signs like drowsiness, seizures, coma. Despite being a toxic plant, cycad leaves and seeds are palatable so dogs often ingest it if they have access to it.
☠️Syringa tree - the ripe berries are very toxic to children and dogs. If they ingest enough of the berries it causes vomiting, salivation, abdominal pain, diarrhoea, followed by poor coordination, convulsions, coma and death.
☠️Lily - the entire plant is toxic for cats: the stem, leaves, flowers, pollen, and even water in the vase! Cats are curious creatures and eating a small piece of a petal, licking few pollen grains while grooming, or drinking water out of the vase can cause fatal kidney failure within 3 days of ingestion.
Prevention is better than cure. Avoid these plants on your property if you have pets. If you suspect that your pet could be exposed to any toxic plant / or any poison - contact/take your pet to an Emergency vet or Inanda Veterinary Hospital immediately! ☎️ 031-7621816
