POISONOUS PLANTS

The animals can have access the poisonous plants in several places; they can be inside of vases home, in the back yard, in lands where the animal will walk. Therefore it is important to know the plants that we put home, because many of them are common and very beautiful, but when ingested by the animal can have noxious effects.

The symptoms more common of intoxication they are inespecíficos, as vomits, diarrhea and intense salivation. But they can also happen burns, convulsions and alterations heart, renal and serious liverworts.

The ingestion of plants is common in dogs and cats. Nestlings of dogs are curious and he/she has the habit of biting everything that you/they find. Some dogs ingest plants for they be borne", others maintain in the adult age the destructive habit. The ingestion causes vary, but the dog doesn't get to discern between the poisonous plant and the no poisonous.

The cats ingest plants to facilitate the elimination of hair swallowed in the hygiene of the body, be through the vomit, be for the feces. In case it happens the ingestion and the animal begins to present any intoxication symptom, he to be taken to a veterinary doctor so that the treatment is instituted the fastest possible. It is not recommended to medicate the animal home, nor to induce the vomit. Although that is made with good intention, a lot of times it can worsen the picture. Also one should not wait to see if it gets better."

In some cases it is necessary the monitoração of the heart through electrocardiogram, gastric wash, induction holds of the vomit, and other procedures that only the veterinary doctor can do. Besides, the more fast the beginning of the therapy with medicines that can revert the picture, larger the chances of good recovery of the animal.

To avoid that the animal ingests a poisonous plant not always it is possible, but some measured simple they can avoid the intoxication. The first of them is to know the plants that we have home are poisonous. If we don't want to come undone of them, they should be lied enclosed or out of the reach of the dogs and cats. The animals should not walk loosened or alone; being arrested to the collar can be moved away quickly of any plant that you/they try to ingest. Whenever possible, it should be avoided that the dog or cat walks freely in ranches, small farms or farms. It should also be avoided home-made incomes done with plants without the veterinary doctor's orientation.

Below they are related some more common poisonous plants:

If his/her animal likes or they have habit of ingesting plants, he can be given a present" with a beautiful balm-mint stonemason, for instance.

Still speaking in plants, it is good to remind that many products used as fertilizer (for instance, the castor oil plant pie) or insecticides for control of curses in the plants, are also very dangerous sources of poisonous products for the animals. Every care is a little to maintain the health of our bugs!

Extracted text of the site: www.kennelclub.com.br
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