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Originally Posted by mimimomo  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!
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. |
Yep....the squirrel here sits and taunts my pups. Crazy little thing.
YIKES...I just posted that the queen palm is ok....did not think of a blockage. I do rake them up but once in a while they get one of them. But I thought the one that Judy was talking about was the Date Palm My Queen Palm seeds don't have hairy stuff on them.