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What are these? Sick dog!

FirsttimegardenFirsttimegarden Posts: 6
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Moved into a new house recently and our dog has been obsessed with this little patch. We fenced it off but she managed to jump over and get into it. Does anyone know what plants these could be? She’s being sick and vets can’t see us until tomorrow so wondering whether to go to the emergency vets. We think it was this she was eating but I’ll post some more pics of the whole patch too.

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  • FirsttimegardenFirsttimegarden Posts: 6


    This is the whole patch, not sure what anything is to be honest!! Maybe chard and we think oregano too? 
  • FirsttimegardenFirsttimegarden Posts: 6
    And this is a close up of what we think she may have eaten.

    thanks in advance!!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2020
    They look to me like gladiolus or crocosmia 

    "Corms

    Corms look very similar to true bulbs but are missing the onion-like rings when cut open. Corms are a bulb-like organ that stores the food needed to produce the flower. Common corm plants include: crocosmia (Crocosmia sp.), gladiolus (Gladiolus sp.), freesia (Freesia sp.) and crocus (Crocus sp.). With ingestion of the above-ground parts of these plants, mild gastrointestinal upset can be seen. The corms are more irritating than the above-ground parts and can cause bloody vomiting and diarrhea."

    http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/bulbs-corms-tubers-and-rhizomes-what-potential-toxins-are-lurking-below-the-soil


    If the vomiting is bloody I'd get her straight to the  emergency vet ... if she's just bringing up what she's eaten and then stops vomiting I'd probably wait and take her to your own vet tomorrow ... but remember that I grew up on a farm and farm dogs are tough.  If you won't sleep tonight for worrying I'd go to the emergency vet.  

    And I'm not a vet ... I'm just telling you what I would do if it were my dog.   Good luck ... hope she's better soon.  




    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Crocosmia. Probably the invasive one - Montbretia, rather than a nice cultivated variety. 
    i know nothing about dogs, so I don't know if it would affect one. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Hello @Firsttimegarden,

    They look like crocosmia corms.
    A quick google search produced this thread .... see the fourth post.

    https://www.petforums.co.uk/threads/crocosmia-is-it-toxic-to-pets.452280/

    It would be worth speaking to a vet to be on the safe side.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • FirsttimegardenFirsttimegarden Posts: 6
    Thank you everyone! Got her booked in the vets tomorrow. No blood or anything so hopefully it’s just a tummy upset! 
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    I'll flag up @Steve the Gardening Vet in the hope he might see this today and give some guidance.
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • josusa47josusa47 Posts: 3,530
    I wonder whether the previous occupants used something like blood fish and bone meal as a fertiliser?  The smell attracts carnivores.  I've read on the forum of people's gardens being turned over by foxes or badgers after applying BFB.  This might account for your dog's obsession with that area.  Don't know that there's much you could do about it though, except maybe growing something with a pungent smell that would mask it.  I hope she gets better and stays well.
  • Steve the Gardening VetSteve the Gardening Vet Posts: 1,630
    Dog do love blood and bone meal and due to the fat content it can put them at risk of pancreatitis so always best avoided. I'd agree that looks like crocosmia and as others have googled, most likely to cause tummy upsets rather than disaster!
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