My_chestnut_mare
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Can anybody tell me if docs are poisonous?
as my mare was tied up and she started to chew a docking but then dropped it
as my mare was tied up and she started to chew a docking but then dropped it
ARE DOCK LEAVES POISONOUS?????
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trundle
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Do you mean dock leaves?
They are quite bitter, which is probably why your horse spat it out. They are poisonous if a horse eats loads and loads....but the bitterness means most horses won't eat them, and a horse would genuinely have to eat shedloads of docks to be poisoned. So i think your mare will be OK.
They are quite bitter, which is probably why your horse spat it out. They are poisonous if a horse eats loads and loads....but the bitterness means most horses won't eat them, and a horse would genuinely have to eat shedloads of docks to be poisoned. So i think your mare will be OK.
Wasrandyra
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No, they are definately not. Horses just dont like the taste at all - very bitter.
Dont panic, your horsey must have plucked one by accident.
Dont panic, your horsey must have plucked one by accident.
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Donkeymad
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If you mean docks, then no, they are perfectly safe for horses to eat.