ココアモルチ

日本には入っていないと思うけれど、ココアの殻から作られたココアモルチがアメリカではバーグダスト、木の樹種から作られたもののかわりに売られています。これはお庭にひくものだけれど、犬、猫に対して、猛毒です。チョコレートを食べる事と一緒だそうなので、ペットを飼っている人は気をつけてくださいね。香りもチョコレートの香りだそうな。

Cocoa Mulch, which is sold by Home Depot, Foreman's Garden Supply and other Garden supply stores contains a lethal ingredient called 'Theo bromine'. It is lethal to dogs and cats. It smells like chocolate and it really attracts dogs. They will ingest this stuff and die. Several deaths already occurred in the last 2-3 weeks. Theo bromine is in all chocolate, especially dark or baker's chocolate which is toxic to dogs. Cocoa bean shells contain potentially toxic quantities of Theo bromine, a xanthenes compound similar in effects to caffeine and theophylline. A dog that ingested a lethal quantity of garden mulch made from cacao bean shells developed severe convulsions and died 17 hours later. Analysis of the stomach contents and the ingested cacao bean shells revealed the presence of lethal amounts of theobromine.



Please don't put this stuff in your yard.




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ポチっとPlease!