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Laura M.

Laura M.

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Somewhere I read that buttercups were poisonous - is this true? If so, how do I prevent my piggies from eating any?
 
futurefame said:
Somewhere I read that buttercups were poisonous - is this true? If so, how do I prevent my piggies from eating any?
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Hi!

Any variety of buttercup (or in fact pretty much any member of the ranunculaceae family, including buttercups and delphinium) is poisonous to many mammals.

The one to specifically look out for is creeping buttercup, which is quite common on lawns. They spread by making offshoots, so you often have got quite a cluster.
You'd best to a thorough check of your lawn and dig out any you come across; you can eliminate them over the course of a few years.
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You need to worry if your piggy is eating a just little; that won't kill. But it is not something you want your piggies to expose to if at all possible.
 
Does anyone know what happens to them if they eat a bit. A friends piggy is suddenly dragging her back legs and she was in the run the day before and we were wondering if she ate buttercup and if it paralizes you.
 
Piggy foster mum said:
Does anyone know what happens to them if they eat a bit. A friends piggy is suddenly dragging her back legs and she was in the run the day before and we were wondering if she ate buttercup and if it paralizes you.
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She needs to be taken to the vet as soon as. We can’t tell you why she’s dragging her legs.
 
Yes leg dragging needs an emergency vet trip, but is unlikely to be caused by buttercups. Buttercups contain a toxin that causes more like chemical burns in the mouth and gut- a blistered mouth and bloody diarrhoea and gut pain are symptoms of buttercup poisoning...
 
She’s been to the vet this morning and they found a cyst on her back which they drained but the vet also thinks she might have ovarian cysts and has suggested fitting a hormone implant. She’s not sure if this is why her legs aren’t working properly. She’s eating, drinking and pooping and has metacam for 6 days and then another vet appointment.
she wasnt going to not take her to the vets we were just wondering if anyone had experienced something similar after their piggy ate buttercups. It was so sudden and so we were trying to think of anything that might have caused it
 
I got rid of them in my grass patches (can't call them lawn) by digging down around the root with an old bread knife and lifting the root out. It took a couple of years but other than a few small patches round the edge where I don't put the runs it's gone. I fill any holes left behind from the roots with a handful of compost and the grass soon grows into the gap.
 
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