:0 What Happens To Your Pig If It Eats A Poisons Plant ?!

[ASTRID]

what happens to your pig if it eats a poisons plant ?!
My little bakewell ate a plant this morning dark green leaves with white lines a little bit like this every time she eats her food she paws at her mouth as if to say thats disgusting she stoped doing that now and shes fine just her usual self i can identify it to even see if it is poison's just need some one to tell me its name and whether its poison's and what the symptoms are so i can keep an eye on her Astrid x

 

[Wiebke]

Guinea pigs don't have a vomit reflex, so once something has been swallowed, has to go through the system.

Keep an eye on her in case she shows symptoms of feeling off/lethargy/oss of appetite etc, in the next day ot two and see a vet immediately if that is the case.

Hopefully, she will be OK.

 

[Guinea-pigGaga]

I believe/ have identified the plant in the picture to be that of a variety of 'Dieffenbachia/ Dumb Cane'!

Unfortunately, Dieffenbachia/ Dumb Cane species are toxic/poisonous!

Typical symptoms include:

*Oral irritation - Intense burning, and irritation of the mouth, tongue, and lips
*Excessing drooling
*Vomiting (As Wiebke has mentioned, guinea pigs do not have a vomit reflex)
*Difficulty swallowing

Please contact your veterinarian for further advice!

 

[ASTRID]

I believe/ have identified the plant in the picture to be that of a variety of 'Dieffenbachia/ Dumb Cane'!

Unfortunately, Dieffenbachia/ Dumb Cane species are toxic/poisonous!

Typical symptoms include:

*Oral irritation - Intense burning, and irritation of the mouth, tongue, and lips
*Excessing drooling
*Vomiting (As Wiebke has mentioned, guinea pigs do not have a vomit reflex)
*Difficulty swallowing

Please contact your veterinarian for further advice!

Thankyou ever so much she did have irritation of the mouth but thats gone now i will keep a very close eye on her it happened because we closed off part of the garden because it was such nice weather and these plant were just in our lawn ?! we have that plant in the bushes but now its in the lawn so I'm going to have to pull it up !

 

[piglet_and_rogers_mama]

Hope she's ok!

 

[Julesie]

I don't mean to scare you but this is how I lost my first ever guinea pig, Itchy. He was a good age of 8 and he ate a plant my mother got for Christmas (poisonous). We DID manage to get him to the vets and they managed to get him better, so I'm sure they can help you but sadly he found the plant again (we placed it up high) and knocked it down and ate it a second time. This time we got him to the vet too late and he sadly died from it.

 

[ASTRID]

I don't mean to scare you but this is how I lost my first ever guinea pig, Itchy. He was a good age of 8 and he ate a plant my mother got for Christmas (poisonous). We DID manage to get him to the vets and they managed to get him better, so I'm sure they can help you but sadly he found the plant again (we placed it up high) and knocked it down and ate it a second time. This time we got him to the vet too late and he sadly died from it.

How long will it take be for we know it out of her system and its not poisoned her !

 

[Katherine]

I'd agree with Guinea-pigGaga that the plant in question is probably Dieffenbachia. I've just looked it up on Wikipedia, and read that in children and pets, although the symptons from ingesting it can be very unpleasant, they are not usually life threatening. However, I must stress that I am most definitely not any sort of medical expert - have you asked your vet about it? They will be the ones to really tell you.

To be honest, if this happened on Sunday morning, and it's now 3 days later, I would have thought she'd be okay. Maybe she only had a very small nibble, and it wasn't enough to do serious harm? How does she seem now - any problems at all?

 

[Wiebke]

How long will it take be for we know it out of her system and its not poisoned her !

Guinea pigs have a very fast metabolism, so you should know within about 24 hours if there are any bad reactions or not. Make sure that you have any house plants safely out of reach; piggies can be very determined and amazingly athletic to get at them!