mulch warning for pets
coyote's corner
I don't know if this is an urban legend...but if it's not.....
I just received this and thought I should pass it along!
this email was discussed on the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy board.
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient called "Theobromine".
It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a word of caution -- check what you are using in your gardens and be aware of what your gardeners are using in your gardens.
Theobromine is the ingredient that is used to make all chocolate -- especially dark or baker's chocolate -- which is toxic to dogs.
Cacao bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.
Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
Addresses:
Post message: [email protected]
Subscribe: [email protected]
Digest: [email protected]
Unsubscribe: [email protected]
List owner: [email protected]
URL to this page: http://www.egroups.com/group/American_Indians_Tulas_list
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
I just received this and thought I should pass it along!
this email was discussed on the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy board.
Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient called "Theobromine".
It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a word of caution -- check what you are using in your gardens and be aware of what your gardeners are using in your gardens.
Theobromine is the ingredient that is used to make all chocolate -- especially dark or baker's chocolate -- which is toxic to dogs.
Cacao bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.
Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
Addresses:
Post message: [email protected]
Subscribe: [email protected]
Digest: [email protected]
Unsubscribe: [email protected]
List owner: [email protected]
URL to this page: http://www.egroups.com/group/American_Indians_Tulas_list
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Shari
---
My dh who works for Home Depot brought home some mulch so I read it
and it does have Theobromine in it.This is pretty nasty stuff so do
keep your pets away from it(if you can,I know how pets can be).
Shari
In [email protected], "coyote's corner" <jana@c...>
wrote:
called "Theobromine".
deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a word of
caution -- check what you are using in your gardens and be aware of
what your gardeners are using in your gardens.
theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch
made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17
hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao
bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.
My dh who works for Home Depot brought home some mulch so I read it
and it does have Theobromine in it.This is pretty nasty stuff so do
keep your pets away from it(if you can,I know how pets can be).
Shari
In [email protected], "coyote's corner" <jana@c...>
wrote:
> I don't know if this is an urban legend...but if it's not.....board.
>
>
>
>
> I just received this and thought I should pass it along!
>
> this email was discussed on the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy
>and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient
> Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply
called "Theobromine".
>really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several
> It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it
deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a word of
caution -- check what you are using in your gardens and be aware of
what your gardeners are using in your gardens.
>especially dark or baker's chocolate -- which is toxic to dogs.
> Theobromine is the ingredient that is used to make all chocolate --
>theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and
> Cacao bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of
theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch
made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17
hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao
bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.
>http://www.egroups.com/group/American_Indians_Tulas_list
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>
>
>
> Addresses:
> Post message: [email protected]
> Subscribe: [email protected]
> Digest: [email protected]
> Unsubscribe: [email protected]
> List owner: [email protected]
> URL to this page:
>Service.
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Michele Evard
At 07:48 PM 5/16/2003 -0400, coyote's corner wrote:
my favorite urban legend site http://www.snopes.com/ didn't have anything
with the words "cocoa mulch" or Theobromine. however, those words typed
into www.google.com brought me to several sites including another urban
legend check site that i didn't know about before (hoaxinfo.com).
if you want more details, check these out:
http://hoaxinfo.com/chocolate.htm
http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Common/Documents/protpois.htm (UNH Cooperative
Extension) had this:
scanned had a case report of a dog who was poisoned by eating cocoa
mulch. all agreed that it's a danger.
michele
p.s. this was really cool in a weird way. normally when i get email saying
"i'm not sure if this is true" and i search the urban legend sites, i find
that indeed it isn't true. :-)
>I don't know if this is an urban legend...but if it's not.....it is true, not an urban legend, from what i could find.
my favorite urban legend site http://www.snopes.com/ didn't have anything
with the words "cocoa mulch" or Theobromine. however, those words typed
into www.google.com brought me to several sites including another urban
legend check site that i didn't know about before (hoaxinfo.com).
if you want more details, check these out:
http://hoaxinfo.com/chocolate.htm
http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Common/Documents/protpois.htm (UNH Cooperative
Extension) had this:
>We called the national Animal Poison Control Center in search of moreother sites included some by animal rescue organizations, and one site i
>information, not only about cocoa mulch, but about preventing pet
>poisoning in general, and talked with Dr. Michael Knight, the Center's
>medical director.
>
>Knight said all parts of the cocoa plant contain a compound called
>theobromine, a central nervous system and cardiovascular stimulant. "There
>are no hard numbers on just how much of the substance might be in a given
>batch of cocoa shell mulch, but the caller's dog was exhibiting symptoms
>consistent with theobromine poisoning - restlessness, panting, pacing,
>anxious behavior."
scanned had a case report of a dog who was poisoned by eating cocoa
mulch. all agreed that it's a danger.
michele
p.s. this was really cool in a weird way. normally when i get email saying
"i'm not sure if this is true" and i search the urban legend sites, i find
that indeed it isn't true. :-)
coyote's corner
Thanks, Shari, for validating that for us. We get so much information via the computer....and we all know about those myths!
Janis
Janis
----- Original Message -----
From: Shari
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 7:57 PM
Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: mulch warning for pets
---
My dh who works for Home Depot brought home some mulch so I read it
and it does have Theobromine in it.This is pretty nasty stuff so do
keep your pets away from it(if you can,I know how pets can be).
Shari
In [email protected], "coyote's corner" <jana@c...>
wrote:
> I don't know if this is an urban legend...but if it's not.....
>
>
>
>
> I just received this and thought I should pass it along!
>
> this email was discussed on the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy
board.
>
> Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply
and other Garden supply stores, contains a lethal ingredient
called "Theobromine".
>
> It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it
really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several
deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Just a word of
caution -- check what you are using in your gardens and be aware of
what your gardeners are using in your gardens.
>
> Theobromine is the ingredient that is used to make all chocolate --
especially dark or baker's chocolate -- which is toxic to dogs.
>
> Cacao bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of
theobromine, a xanthine compound similar in effects to caffeine and
theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch
made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17
hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao
bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
>
>
>
> Addresses:
> Post message: [email protected]
> Subscribe: [email protected]
> Digest: [email protected]
> Unsubscribe: [email protected]
> List owner: [email protected]
> URL to this page:
http://www.egroups.com/group/American_Indians_Tulas_list
>
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service.
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
ADVERTISEMENT
~~~~ Don't forget! If you change topics, change the subject line! ~~~~
If you have questions, concerns or problems with this list, please email the moderator, Joyce Fetteroll (fetteroll@...), or the list owner, Helen Hegener (HEM-Editor@...).
To unsubscribe from this group, click on the following link or address an email to:
[email protected]
Visit the Unschooling website: http://www.unschooling.com
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]