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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Poisonous plants ?

 

Also mountain laurel, azealas, boxwoods nightshade, lilies of the valley are all pretty toxic.


--- On Wed, 9/16/09, shirley <shirl.temple2@verizon.net> wrote:

From: shirley <shirl.temple2@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] Poisonous plants ?
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 8:30 PM

 
Ken,

So sorry for your loss. Just lost
one of mine. Wild Cherry tree
leaves are very toxic when they are green.

Shirley Dillon

Alpacas of Gemini Farm
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

www.alpacanation. com/geminifarm. asp
908-647-2995
----- Original Message -----
From: "bushwacker40359" <bushwacker37@ hotmail.com>
To: <AlpacaTalk@yahoogro ups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:43 PM
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Poisonous plants ?

>A warning as well as a question. I just lost my sweetest little girl. I'm
>new to alpaca and the 4 that I collected this summer have cleared the
>partially wooded 1-acre lot I had made them. So while I am at home and can
>watch them they have had access to the front yard, about 6 acres. Things
>were fine for a couple weeks then this Sunday it turned tragic. Willa was
>dead not 11 hours after I put them up for the night and everyone was
>healthy and fine. Preliminary report from the autopsy is Taxus toxicity.
>She had eaten from a Yew bush in the back yard by the fencing that I
>thought was another juniper bush. The Yew bush is very common in Kentucky
>and through out the USA. It is very poisonous and can cause death in
>minutes. I'm heart broken. What are the other plants I should be
>eradicating from my farm ? The leaves are falling and I think I read oak
>leaves are dangerous when not completely dry or growing and green. Is that
>true ? If so I am in serious trouble. The kids are
> locked in the dry lot until I hear back from the vet with a full report.
>
> Ken Hoh
> Alpaca Hoh Ranch
> Owenton, KY
>
>
>

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