I live in Washington and have 2 goats we keep out in the pasture. Everyday i enjoy bringing them treats -- picking them leaves and other vegetation or bringing them fruit and veggies on my lunch break. I know that rodedenrons and poisonous, but is there anything else i should avoid feeding them? Thanks so much!!!
What plants are poisonous to goats besides rhododendrons?
Andromeda (related to foxglove)
Avocado- South American Avocado leaves/tree such as Haas or crosses with Haas
Avocado- Fuarte (definitely)
Brouwer's Beauty Andromeda
China Berry Trees, all parts
Choke Cherries, wilting especially
Choke Cherry Leaves in abundance
Dumb Cane (diffenbachia) (Houseplant)
"Fiddleneck"- know by this common name in CA. It is a fuzzy looking, 12" to 15" plant, with small yellow blossoms, shaped on a stem shaped like the neck of a fiddle.
Japanese pieris (extremely toxic)
Lantana - appears on both lists
Larkspur- a ferny, flowering plant in shades of blue, pink and white.
Lily of the Valley (Pieris Japonica)
Lupine - appears on both lists
Madreselva (Spain) patologia renal
Nightshade- appears on both lists: Whether this is really poisonous is questionable because I have received a post saying "my goats eat nightshade all the time". We also have a lot of Nightshade on own property and none of our goats have died from it. I tend to think it is ok in moderation.
Pieris Japonica (extreamly toxic)
Tu Tu (the Maori name for Coriaria arborea)
Wild Cherry, -wilted- leaves (fresh and fully dried are not poisonous)
Reply:I would try a yahoo search on goat sites and find out the facts from people that raise goats. I have heard of goats (and cow and sheep) getting sick from grazing under and around black walnut trees.
Reply:Outside of avacado and possibly chocolate anything that you eat your goat can eat. Wormwood or artimisia is actually something that your goat will eat and it does act as a wormer.
But I don' t think you need to worry about anything that you'd pick out of a vegetable garden or from most trees. Goats are really good at not eating much of a new food and are usually hard to poision even if you try to.
Reply:goats are not dumb and will usually sus what is bad for them. However: oleander, henbane, cassia, ivy, euphorbias, wormwood, digitalis, deadly nightshade/rauwolfia, will all kill.