tomato????

[MyLittlePrissy]

Oh I have been trying this homecooking/raw diet for my baby. I haven't seen anything about tomatoes? Are they ok to give her, for lunch I had made her a scrambled egg, frozen spinach, fresh tomato and shredded cheese. Am I doing this wrong. Can someone please help me...

[browniesmom622]

Tomatoes (plant and fruit) contain tomatine, an alkaloid related to solanine. As the fruit ripens, the tomatine is metabolized. Therefore, ripe tomatoes are less likely to be problematic for animals. Clinical signs of poisoning include lethargy, drooling, difficulty breathing, colic, vomiting, diarrhea or constipation, widely-dilated pupils, paralysis, cardiac effects, central nervous system signs (e.g., ataxia, muscle weakness, tremors, seizures), resulting from cholinesterase inhibition, coma and death. (This information comes from veterinarians, and the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center.) (All parts of the plant except the tomato itself are poisonous to humans, although some people are sensitive to the ripe fruit also.)

Tomatoes also contain atropine, which can cause dilated pupils, tremors, and heart arrhythmias. The highest concentration of atropine is found in the leaves and stems of tomato plants, with less in unripe (green) tomatoes, and even less in ripe (red) tomatoes.

[Lexi Rae]

oh boy!! thanks for that... i sometime cut up tomatoes and put some
in lexi's food..

[Potter]

I do sometimes give one small ripe grape tomato to my yorkie and he loves loves loves it! I think a little ripe tomato is good for them. Just not too much.

[Jeri Cunningham]

Wow you learn something new every day. I never heard before tomatoes are not good for dogs. Over 30 years ago my Cocker-poo loved spagetti and ate it all the time. She lived to be 14 before getting cancer and being put to sleep.

Of course this was before I knew it really isn't great to table feed dogs. My Yorkies I'm very careful what they get. Cheese, Cottage cheese, meat, and sometimes sherbert ice cream in all we normally allow, oh and carrots!! they love carrots as a treat.