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Clematis is Poisonous To Pets

Name: Clematis (aka. Addison's Leather Flower, Whitehair Leather Flower, Alpine Clematis, Apple Blossom' and 'Snowdrift' cultivars, Pine Hyacinth, Bigelow Clematis, Portuguese Clematis, Satin curls, Virginia Whitehair Leather Flower, British Columbia Virgin's-bower, Curly Virginsbower, Cabellos de Angel, Drummond Clematis, Fragrant Virgin's Bower, Asian Clematis, Fremont's Leather Flower, Whiteleaf Leather Flower, Hairy Clematis, Jackman's Clematis, Pipestem Clematis, Virgin's Bower, New Zealand Dwarf Clematis, Anemone Clematis, Huntsville Vasevine, Western Blue Virginsbower, Curlyheads, Chinese Clematis, Palmer Clematis, Ropevine, Clematis, Bluebill, Ground Clematis, Netleaf Leather Flower, Alabama Leather Flower, Kusabotan, Golden Clematis, Leatherleaf Clematis, Clematis paniculata, Scarlet Leather Flower, Manycolored Leather Flower, Vasevine or Traveller's joy, Devil's Darning Needles, Virginia Bower, Traveller's Joy or Old Man's Beard, Millboro Leather Flower, Italian Clematis, may also include Polish Spirit)

Toxins: Ranunculin which by process of enzymatic breakdown results in Protoanemonin

Symptoms: hyper-salivation, vomiting of blood, weakness, bloody diarrhea, bloody urine dizziness, confusion, fainting, convulsions and when a large amount is ingested the symptoms will progress to respiratory failure and fatal ventricular fibrillation.

Additional Information: Clematis is a largely generic term that describes some 290+ individual species of clematis. Clematis is a deciduous or evergreen climbing plant with attractive flowers and a member of the ranuculacea family (buttercups). Fatalities from the ingestion of Clematis are rare, due mainly to the fact that ingestion produces rapid and intense irritation of the mouth and throat, there by limiting the amount that tends to be ingested.

All parts of the plant should be considered toxic and are known to contain ranunculin which by process of enzymatic breakdown results in protoanemonin ( a toxic, irritating antibiotic substance) when ingested.

The toxic effects of protoanemonin on the body include respiratory failure and fatal ventricular fibrillation.

Typically the symptoms of Clematis ingestion include hyper-salivation, vomiting of blood, weakness, bloody diarrhea, bloody urine dizziness, confusion, fainting, convulsions and when a large amount is ingested the symptoms will progress to respiratory failure and fatal ventricular fibrillation.

First Aid: If fear that a large quantity had been ingested you should contact a veterinarian immediacy and they should empty the stomach content by way of gastric lavage. This should then be followed with demulcents such as pectin, glycerin, honey and syrup that form a film to soothe the irritated membranes.

The remaining treatment is purely symptomatic.