[AlpacaTalk] Re: Poisonous Plants
Thanks Heather,
We're in NJ - and I believe it's "mountain laurel"? We've just been
very laid back with all of our other animals - never any problems.
And I certainly don't want any problems with Alpacas. But what
about what I read about a leaf of something blowing into their
field? We can't control what our neighbors have. Where we're already
fenced is narrow and cleared out (flat and sand from the horses, we
are planning on moving the horses and seed) but we have close
neighbors. But where we back up to acres of woods is where we had
hoped put more permanent fencing to expand (it's already wire fenced
for the horses) - that opens up but has alot of different plants &
grasses that I know NOTHING about. (My dh may though). I'll have to
take an ag rep with me to tell me what they all are (besides the
blueberry bushes).
Ridgley
--- In AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
wrote:
>
> Hi Ridgley,
> We haven't had any cases of plant poisonings, but we do make sure
to
> pull any weeds that we know are toxic, like tansy ragwort, for
example.
>
> What kind of Laurel do you have? Where are you located? It looks
like
> Great Laurel and Cherry Laurel (neither are true laurels) are
> poisonous. Indeed, any rhododendron species can be toxic,
especially
> that one used widely in California as an ornamental, but I don't
find
> it attractive at all...
>
> I just googled "laurel" and many plants called laurel are toxic,
> whether in the rhodie family or not! However, it appears that
true
> laurels are not poisonous.
>
> I would make sure to remove any toxic plants from pastures, and
cut
> back any branches that might grow over your fencelines into the
> pastures.
>
> Alpacas generally don't eat anything poisonous as long as they
have
> adequate forage and hay, but why take a chance?
>
>
> Heather
>
> Heather Zeleny
> White Lotus Alpacas
> Creswell, OR
>
> Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
> http://www.whitelot
> http://tech.
>
> On Mar 2, 2009, at 3:38 PM, rollinridge wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > Newbie question here. I am doing LOTS of research in hopes of
> > purchasing alpacas. My husband has had horses of and on all of
his
> > life, me for 14 years. (Though I rode for years as a kid). And
we've
> > competed and bred dogs for many years. We also have chickens. I
never
> > really thought twice before purchasing a horse - just did it. But
> > since Alpacas are so "different" I figured I better look into
them.
> > And boy am I finding out alot. I just finished reading "Caring fo
> > Llamas & Alpacas" by Clare Hoffman DVM. So - my qestion
concerning
> > poisionous plants. There is a long list of poisonous plants in
the
> > book. With our horses we have never had a problem with anything
> > poisionous. Of course, I could also be very ignorant to some of
the
> > plants on the list I did know about and we don't have those on
the
> > property. But some of the flowers - we have let the horses into
our
> > backyard to graze and they have stayed away from what they
shouldn't
> > eat. But - some of the others - we do have all around us that are
> > poisonous to Alpacas - such as laurel (we back up to woods) for
one.
> > I've read different message board posts about poisonings. Do
Alpacas
> > eat the poisonous plants they shouldn't-just becayse it's there?
Are
> > Alpacas really that sensitive that they die that easily from all
of
> > these plants? I don't mean to sound harsh if that is the way
this is
> > coming across - just trying to understand how to keep them
separated
> > out from detrimental environmental issues.
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Ridgley
> > Rollin'Ridge Farm
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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>
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