Paths for rabbits and rodents

If you are the happy owner of a rodent – whether it is a hamster, mouse or homemade – you must know that some plants that you probably keep or take home at certain months are poisonous to your animal friends (but also to you). Find out what are the poisonous plants for rodents: here are the four dangerous.

Paths for animals and humans

The natural world is fascinating, but it can be dangerous. A fire will warm you pleasantly on a fresh evening of September, but it can burn you. The duality of the natural world also appears in the world of plants, because some of them not only delight us with their beauty, but at the same time, when consumed, they are a threat to our health and our lives and are harmful to pets.

Furthermore, it is not unusual that a plant is at the same time healing and poisonous. It all depends on the dose, on the side or on the processing of the ingested plant.

Toxic plants for rodents and rabbits

Ratti, mice or hamsters are herbivores who love Rontane the leaves, stems and roots of the plants. Our pets are intelligent, but unfortunately they do not always recognize foods that are poisonous for them. Paths are dangerous because they contain toxic substances. Toxin can be present throughout the body or in its individual parts (for example, in the roots, that our mouse would eat with pleasure). The problem is serious, because this is not only a temporary diarrhea, apathy or vomiting (symptoms of rodent poisoning), but even the death of the animal that can occur due to ingestion.

Because the plants are poisonous

Plants are poisonous for a simple reason. This is their defense mechanism that protects them from being eaten or damaged and guarantees their survival. For example, the defense of poisonous plants is:

• Glycosides
• Alkaloids
• Saponine

Symptoms of poisoning from rodents and rabbits

The symptoms of the intoxication depend, among other things, on the type, quantity and on the part of the plant consumed. The most common symptoms are:

• Acute diarrhea
• Difficulty breathing (due to upper airways burns or heart problems)
• Vomit
• Weakness, apathy
• Tremo, convulsions
• Blood in rodents’ feces
• Cardiac stop
• Lack of appetite
• tears of eyes
• Death

What should you do if you see the small chewing a poisonous plant? We immediately remove the waste of toxic foods from the mouth. Our rapid reaction will minimize the amount of poison that enters the rodent’s body. Our reflections can even save his life. The second step in the case of rodents’ poisoning is a quick visit to the vet.

Paths for rabbits, hamsters and other rodents

We bet that you have at least a dangerous plant in the house or on the balcony that your friend could hurt and you don’t even know. If we are wrong, point for you and your pet. But now we advise you to read a description of common and dangerous plants. We will talk about 5 poisonous plants for rodents, which we often grow or have in our homes or gardens.

tulips

We can already see the surprise on your face. Tulips are beautiful flowers that we can find in many colors and … houses. They have thousands of varieties and several times their petals decorate desserts, frozen and cakes. The vision of the tulips evokes joy.

Their sweet scent is incredible, but also relaxing. Therefore, it is so difficult to believe that the tulip has toxic substances in it. However, not all tulips are so dangerous. The petals of this flower, which are used for cooking, are safe, but there are already toxins in the other parts of the tulip and should not necessarily be touched by a rodent, because they contain alkaloids and compounds harmful to glycoside.

The highest concentration of toxins is in the bulb. Can the consumption of a tulip bulb to damage people? YES. At a certain point there was a well -known story of the poisoning of children who were served with tulip light bulb soup. Bulbul Lalea recalls an edible onion and has merged into the pot! If they cultivate tulips or like flowers to decorate your apartment, be careful that your Roder does not cuddle with a dizzying leaf.

Brânduse (Crocus)

Coconut is a flower that brings Spring Hope and smell. When we look at their golden or purple ends, we know that cold and gray winter has passed and that it is time to open our hearts to the summer that is slowly approaching. Crocus is beautiful, but dangerous for rodents. The bumps contain colchicin and, unlike the tulip, whose petals are not dangerous, contain a toxin on each side.

Lanandru (Oleander)

The common oleandr is a plant that often adorns our balconies, terraces and apartments. It is beautiful and toxic to rodents. Oleandru flowers bloom between May and September. They are white, pink, bats or red. The plant is delicious, easy to grow and crazy dangerous when ingested.

If you have a rodent, a cat or a dog in the house (not to mention a small child), don’t even look at the oleandr in the Garden Store. At some point, Oleandru’s leaves were used to create poison for rats.

Oleandr damages both people and animals. At a certain point, when the knowledge of the Aleand was not so widespread, numerous poisoning of children and animals were reported with this plant. Entrance also a small piece of leaves after 2-3 hours can lead to death.

The entire plant is poisonous because from head to toe contains harmful glycosides and alkaloids that influence the cardiac function. The oleandr is harmful when eating, but it is certain that it will reach, smell and admire.

LrantRiant (Vallaria Majalis)

Tears delight through its sweet scent and its innocent appearance. At the same time, this delicate flower has very harmful substances that are dangerous for rodents. It may surprise you, but Germany has appointed LrantRiantara as a poisonous plant of 2014.

From head to toe, liantriantoara contains toxic compounds, so -called cardiac glycosides, as well as saponins and fennelic acids.

As the name suggests, glycosides influence heart function. The consumption of tears will damage both the people (attention to children) and animals, including our rodent. The symptoms of poisoning are similar to humans and our animal friends, here are the most common:

• diarrhea
• Nausea
• heart disorders
• View problems

If you see your Roder (topi, hamster) chewing, for example, a tear, remove it immediately from the mouth and go to the vet.

How to protect your rabbit and poisoning Roderti

If you want to protect your pet from the poisoning, remove dangerous plants from the apartment, house or garden. On the other hand, if you want to delight yourself with decorative tulips or lepers, you must be careful that they are not tasted by the rodent. When you leave the house and on the table there are tulips, close your pet in the cage.

It is also important to provide toys and chews to chew for your friend. Most of the time, a pet will not reach a dangerous plant because of hunger, but out of curiosity, the need for teeth, chewing and also boredom. If you give your pet cheered pet to take care of the teeth and spend time playing together, you will distract them from the herbs.

Fruit trees also work as a chewing products, which you can organize in hide and seek and tunnels to increase the possibilities that your little one is interested in them more. Of course, chewing products and toys will not completely eliminate the danger of eating the plant, but they will surely reduce it. It is worth enriching the diet of your rodent with goodies, such as granulated food, whose shape favors the abrasion of rodents’ teeth.

Laleaua, Brândušele, the Municipality Oeand and tears are, of course, the only poisonous plants for rodents. There are many more dangerous plants and it is worth knowing if you have a rodent friend at home.

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Dominika Tarnacka