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SkwerlGirl
10-15-2008, 01:16 PM
Are chrysanthamums toxic for squirrlies?

Can't find any info on the most populat toxic plant lists...:thankyou
FallensMommie
10-15-2008, 01:24 PM
NO....I would not let them eat.
They can eat mums though...definitely in season at this time :D

List I go by:
http://www.moondance-sugargliders.com/sugar_glider_plant-tree_information.htm
TexanSquirrel
10-15-2008, 03:01 PM
Aren't they used as some sort of insecticide?:dono
digiandchipper
10-15-2008, 03:35 PM
I thought a 'mum' WAS a chrysanthemum?!?!:thinking
SkwerlGirl
10-15-2008, 04:22 PM
NO....I would not let them eat.
They can eat mums though...definitely in season at this time :D

List I go by:
http://www.moondance-sugargliders.com/sugar_glider_plant-tree_information.htm


Mums, Chrystanthamums....they're the same difference where I'm at.....?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum
SkwerlGirl
10-15-2008, 04:23 PM
I thought a 'mum' WAS a chrysanthemum?!?!:thinking

It is down here in the south!
island rehabber
10-15-2008, 05:59 PM
chrysantheMUMS are fine....mine always love them :D
Lark
10-15-2008, 06:00 PM
Mum is the shortened name of chrysanthemum. And I saw that chrysanthemum is listed as a safe food on that pet squirrel diet list. Gave her 2 flowers, but she seems more content eating the acorns we brought in.
FallensMommie
10-15-2008, 06:03 PM
chrysantheMUMS are fine....mine always love them :D


Yes it is..i'm not sure why I didn't put those together :jump

Then they are safe regardless of what that website I gave you said.
People can eat mums too :D

So yes let your squirrels have the mums or the longer version chrysanthemums :jump

Sorry for the confusion...I confused myself :poke :D ...it comes with age :shakehead
acorniv
11-03-2008, 09:50 PM
They make tea from them in Asia, and when my mom was a little girl her family had a Japanese man who worked for them, and he used to eat them straight off the stem, to her amusement and delight.