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Are Lillys Poisonous

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My greedy girls have eaten the petals of a bunch of lillys.

Whilst I'm sure its not good for them I wanted to see if anybody knew if.they were poisonous?
 
Lilies can be poisonous (all plants growing from bulbs are). I am not sure how bad just the petals are, though; I would expect them to be less bad than the green bits. it also depends on just how much.

Please keep an eye on your piggies and have them seen as an emergency if you notice anything untowards. Unfortunately, rodents can't vomit, so once eaten, it has to come out at the other end. :(
 
They ate the petals from two flowers.

I assume it was all of them could have been just one.

I have googled it but for every website that says it is poisonous another says it isnt.

Tha.ks again
 
The pollen and stamens are so there's a chance they have eaten some of the bad bits so I would keep a close eye on them and seek vet advice quickly if they seem out of the ordinary....

As a rule of thumb it's good to keep cut flowers and house plants out of a piggies reach but I know it's not always that easy especially if they free-range...
 
The pollen from some lillies can be deadly to cats, and lillies can also cause skin irritation to some people. For guinea pigs I do not know, but I agree - keep a very close eye. Does anyone else here go by Peter Gurney's books? Mine says crush a 100mg charcoal tablet in water and syringe it into your piggy's mouth, and an hour later give 1.5 ml of liquid paraffin, followed by a vitamin B injection (from the vet). The charcoal should absorb some of the toxins, and the paraffin helps to flush it out their back-end without the intestines absorbing too much of it.
 
Charcoal is best practice for poisons, however I do believe it would be worthless now. Charcoal inhibits absorption by the stomach mostly. But unfortunately as this was a few hours ago I don't believe it would make much difference.

If your worried I would suggest calling an out of hours vet service for advice on this.

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this is a post i want to know about. are water lilies poisonous to guinea pigs? there are both bulb and non bulb varieties, are either of them not poisonous?
 
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