Tag: Yew

What Plants are Toxic to Horses?

.Reading time 4 minutes.
Toxic plant Chart

After Zelda and Curly’s experience with the acorns, I’ve been thinking about the other plants that are toxic to horses. Let’s face it. Some horses — like Zelda — will eat just about anything they can get their mouths on. This propensity for sampling new foods can lead to horses eating plants that are toxic. […]

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PSA: Plants that are toxic to horses, Part I

.Reading time 6 minutes.

I read a sad story last week. A horse owner found her young, apparently healthy, horse dead in the field when she went to bring him in that evening. He had been fine in the morning. One of the possible causes of death: ingesting leaves from a Yew tree. The leaves of the Yew are […]

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