Linda, keeping your fur babies in my prayers...we had a rascal squirrel living in the bamboo trees in our old house. It would sit on the wall & just stare @ my guys going nuts. He would leave all sorts of nuts & peach pits all over our tiny back yard. I never allowed them outside until I sweeped the place every inch, good thing it was a small space!
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Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  The people all around me have those HUGE, 50 foot tall palm trees, that have those HUGE clusters of orange ball looking thing, on them....I thought those were dates, but I dont think so....all I know is the squirrels pick them and then drop them in MY yard, and I have no idea if they are toxic or not.... They are about the size of a large pecan, and they develop a brown hairy looking covering after several days......Linda, there is NO end to the dangers in our back yards....we "puppy proof" everything in our homes and yards, double fence, put railroad ties all around the bottom of the fencing so it is harder for them to dig out of something to dig in, keep toxic plants off our property, keep trash and trash cans up and away from our babies so they dont get bones or stuff they can choke on....and what happens? Squirrels and birds BRING dangers in form all around us! Neighbors put out rat poison......what happens? The nasty mice and rats climb the fence, fall into MY yard to succumb to the effects of the poison! It takes me 30 minutes to sweep my yard before I let the dogs out, terrified they will get to something before I can get to them! |
Those are queen palm trees...Momo ate one of the orange fruits from those trees w/the seed & it caused a blockage & he had to have surgery to remove it. It was a horrible & very expensive experience. I was sure he swallowed it, so the vet sent me to an emergency specialist & Momo suffered for 7 days.
Since it didn't appear on x-ray or colonoscopy, the specialist kept refusing my request for exploratory surgery & kept pushing anti vomit & anti diarrhea meds. Finally, the specialist felt the seed lodged between the entrance of the large intestine (on the 6th day
) & got it out. Every time I see those trees, I get heart palpitations & they're everywhere here! It's not poisonous (the fruit or seed) but it gave Momo multiple severe ulcers in his stomach lining.