Connie Sutherland wrote 12/10/2010 08:46 PM tomato plants and dogs #306678 - 12/10/2010 08:46 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	A reminder from another thread: Tomato plants (the green plants) are toxic to dogs.
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Barbara Schuler wrote 12/10/2010 08:51 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #306682 - 12/10/2010 08:51 PM
Barbara Schuler Webboard User Reg: 01-15-2009 Posts: 5090 Loc: Lanexa Virginia Offline	Connie, do you mean when the tomato is green it is toxic or the foliage of the plants?
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Connie Sutherland wrote 12/10/2010 08:54 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Barbara Schuler ] #306684 - 12/10/2010 08:54 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	The stem and foliage of the plant, as opposed to the fruit, and regardless of the ripeness of the fruit, is toxic to dogs.
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Betty Landercasp wrote 12/10/2010 08:57 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #306685 - 12/10/2010 08:57 PM
Betty Landercasp Webboard User Reg: 11-30-2009 Posts: 3724 Loc: minnesota Offline	How do you know all this, Connie? I didn't know that. http://s922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/Grasvaly/
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Connie Sutherland wrote 12/10/2010 09:10 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Betty Landercasp ] #306689 - 12/10/2010 09:10 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: Betty Landercasp How do you know all this, Connie? I didn't know that. I don't know. I guess from one of the lists online of things that are poisonous to dogs. The SPCA keeps a good updated one, and so do several other sites. But I also have a ton of dog nutrition books, so I'm not sure where the tomato plant info came from. I do know that I always double- and triple-check this kind of info before posting it. I even look up the exact toxin and what the mechanism is (if known).
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Kristin Mortensen wrote 12/10/2010 09:19 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #306693 - 12/10/2010 09:19 PM
Kristin Mortensen Webboard User Reg: 10-10-2006 Posts: 223 Loc: UT Offline	Yeah, that is right. Tomatoes are in the nightshade family of plants. Potatoes and I think there are some other fairly common garden plants are in there too (eggplant?). Leaves and stems are very toxic to people and many animals. Don't know what the exact chemical is. I suppose I should learn to use google more.
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Kristin Mortensen wrote 12/10/2010 09:27 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Kristin Mortensen ] #306695 - 12/10/2010 09:27 PM
Kristin Mortensen Webboard User Reg: 10-10-2006 Posts: 223 Loc: UT Offline	Here we go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanaceae It just says "alkaloids" I don't know if all of them have poisonous leaves. but there are some real nasties in there. I know Jimson weed is some pretty scary stuff.
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Betty Landercasp wrote 12/10/2010 09:28 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Kristin Mortensen ] #306696 - 12/10/2010 09:28 PM
Betty Landercasp Webboard User Reg: 11-30-2009 Posts: 3724 Loc: minnesota Offline	Hey, I wasn't argueing, I was impressed! http://s922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/Grasvaly/
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Connie Sutherland wrote 12/10/2010 09:29 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Kristin Mortensen ] #306697 - 12/10/2010 09:29 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Yup, very close, in that the nightshade family contain toxic (to one degree or another) alkaloids. Tomatine, though, the glycoalkaloid in the tomato plant, is not found in eggplant, etc. I think it is found in small quantities in tomatillos, though.
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Kristin Mortensen wrote 12/10/2010 09:35 PM Re: tomato plants and dogs [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #306699 - 12/10/2010 09:35 PM
Kristin Mortensen Webboard User Reg: 10-10-2006 Posts: 223 Loc: UT Offline	So are the tomatoes (fruit) themselves poisonous? Sorry I know you tried to answer it before, but I'm not understanding it. I have heard they are poisonous to cats... but I can't remember where I heard it from. That and the ASPCA website isn't working for me right now
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