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Food products and household items commonly handled by humans can be toxic to dogs. The symptoms can range from simple irritation to digestion issues, behavioral changes, and even death. The categories of common items ingested by dogs include food products, human medication, household detergents, indoor and outdoor toxic plants, and rat poison. [1]
For the most toxic houseplants, it’s smart to keep them out of reach of pets or out of your home completely, says Dr. Wismer. Ditto for toxic landscape plants; either fence them or don't plant them.
A cat eating grass – an example of zoopharmacognosy. Zoopharmacognosy is a behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and ingesting or topically applying plants, soils and insects with medicinal properties, to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of pathogens, toxins, and even other animals.
Ideally, isolate your outdoor plants from your indoor plants for 4 to 6 weeks when you first bring them inside. If that’s not practical, keep them away from other plants for about 1 to 2 weeks ...
If you are like me, you brought your plants out to the patio or deck for spring and summer. They benefit from the natural rain and can make quite a lovely outdoor display.
Plants live in association with diverse microbial consortia. These microbes, referred to as the plant's microbiota, live both inside (the endosphere) and outside (the episphere) of plant tissues, and play important roles in the ecology and physiology of plants. [5] "The core plant microbiome is thought to comprise keystone microbial taxa that ...
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A bottle garden is a type of closed terrarium in which plants are grown. They usually consist of a plastic or glass bottle with a narrow neck and a small opening. Plants are grown inside the bottle with little or no exposure to the outside environment and can be contained indefinitely inside the bottle if properly illuminated. [1]