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05/18/08

Check Out the Dogster Vet Blog for Info on Foxtail Season
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Do you live in an area of North America with those pesky and dangerous plant pods known as Foxtails? If so, check out Dogster’s Vet Blog for info on Foxtail season.


Northern Hemisphere Alert: It’s Foxtail Season!

A Stories from the Vet’s Office entry posted 05/12/08 tagged cat, dog, foxtail
For those of you who live in foxtail territory, be careful! I just finished working a shift at an emergency hospital in northern California, where foxtails reign supreme. In a period of 12 hours, I was party to the removal of five foxtails from pets. Two were in ears, two were in noses, and one was in an eye.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with grass awns (colloquially called foxtails), I recommend that you check the link above. Foxtails aren’t present in every locale. But in areas where they grow, foxtails are public enemy number one as far as pets are concerned.

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2 Woofs

  1. JC

    Hello. I just want to say that you’re doing good in your blog.
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  2. DMD

    Foxtails are just about everyhwere but more common in certain arreas. This USDA map shows distribution. Be careful furs. Thanks for the barks about these nasty stickes.

    http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALGE2#

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