Dog Eating Morning Glory Leaves
They contain a chemical similar to lsd.
Dog eating morning glory leaves. Toxic to dogs toxic to cats toxic to horses. Can you dry the leaves and smoke them. I found some leaves of ivy in a pile in the house she had thrown up. Morning glory flowers are lovely but they can be a dangerous addition to any home that has dogs.
Dogs that ingest morning glory flowers or its seeds may suffer serious adverse effects. Then i saw a post on this sub about some guy who licked a morning glory leaf and apparently tripped from it but it sounds like complete bullshit. Those who say it is edible claim its connection to water spinach which is from the same family. The seeds from the flowers of some species contain the toxin lysergic alkaloids.
Our six year old german shepherd cattle dog mix began vomiting and initially i noticed grass and ivy shaped leaves. Fortunately eating morning glory flowers is not dangerous unless the child chokes. Vomiting large amounts of seeds may cause hallucinations. While not all species are poisonous some may cause significant signs when large amounts of seeds are ingested.
Wild morning glory a prolific ground crawling weed in the pacific nw inland high desert. The morning glory is a beautiful flowering climbing vine although a shrub variety is also available. Indole alkaloids lysergic acid lysergamide elymoclavine and chanoclavine clinical signs. I have heard speculation online that the leaves and flowers contain a small amount of lsa but i don t know if this is true.
Morning glories are in season blooming early in the day and in the evening. But the seeds can be poisonous especially in large quantities. Morning glory flowers are members of the convolvulaceae family and are most commonly found in warm areas. Eating leaves may be a part of your dog s primal instincts but the behavior could also be a sign of other medical issues nutritional deficiencies or even boredom.
Today my dog has been eating the pachysandra ground cover in the yard as well as a lot of grass. It no longer flowers but there are still stalks and leaves.