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Hells99
10-01-2006, 08:39 PM
Are cherry stones (which contain cyanide,I believe) poisonous to owls?



Kevin Massey
10-01-2006, 08:40 PM
what suggested to you they were?
Hells99
10-01-2006, 08:46 PM
The fact that they are listed as poisonous for people to eat so I wondered if they were also poisonous to owls. I was reading up on plant pharmacology to see if there was anything in my garden that would potentially be harmful. I couldn't find a definitive answer on their effect on owls and thought someone on here would probably know the answer.
IAmTheWeasel
10-01-2006, 09:16 PM
Easy fix....Don't feed the owl cherries.
Hells99
10-01-2006, 09:17 PM
Easy fix....Don't feed the owl cherries.
LOL! Wasn't intending to feed them to an owl but I have a huge cherry tree in my garden - was thinking more of him picking them up accidentally.:lol:
Tarqers
10-01-2006, 09:53 PM
what rangle,,,tarqs
Hells99
10-01-2006, 09:57 PM
maybe, just need to know if there's any danger
Tarqers
10-01-2006, 10:04 PM
if i had cherries in the garden most of the stones would be in the bin,,,,yummy,,,tarqs
IAmTheWeasel
10-01-2006, 10:11 PM
LOL! Wasn't intending to feed them to an owl but I have a huge cherry tree in my garden - was thinking more of him picking them up accidentally.:lol:
PMSL! I know, but I had to post it as I had this visual of someone handing cherries to an owl as it kicks back in a lawn chair next to the pool!.....Cheers mate!
Hells99
10-01-2006, 10:13 PM
PMSL! I know, but I had to post it as I had this visual of someone handing cherries to an owl as it kicks back in a lawn chair next to the pool!.....Cheers mate!
RPMSL! :supz: I knew this post would get a bit of joke stuff going! Funnily enough it is a serious question!!! :)
IAmTheWeasel
10-01-2006, 10:13 PM
what rangle,,,tarqs Rangle is any object(usually stones) that the bird will intentionally ingest to aid in cleaning the crop out. Since Owls have no crop, I do not beleive that they do this......could be wrong though.........In my RT's I have seen them cast up small stones that have a thick greasy layer of crud on them.
Jester
10-01-2006, 10:22 PM
Rangle is any object(usually stones) that the bird will intentionally ingest to aid in cleaning the crop out. Since Owls have no crop, I do not beleive that they do this......could be wrong though.........In my RT's I have seen them cast up small stones that have a thick greasy layer of crud on them.


yeah Jester sometimes eats the pea gravel.


maybe its rangle or maybe the brain cell doesnt tell him not to eat stones:lol:
Hells99
10-01-2006, 10:28 PM
yeah Jester sometimes eats the pea gravel.


maybe its rangle or maybe the brain cell doesnt tell him not to eat stones:lol:
That's what worries me slightly - apparently it does no harm to parrots but a lot of seeds and nuts contain small degrees of toxicity and maybe parrots are evolved to deal with it.
Tarqers
10-01-2006, 10:34 PM
he would probably cast them back before they were disolved,,,tarqs
Hells99
10-01-2006, 10:48 PM
he would probably cast them back before they were disolved,,,tarqs
Good point, tarqs.
RabbitHawker
11-01-2006, 07:16 AM
I'd agree, the toxin is in the kernel, so the stone would have to be split.