Poisons on Christmas Trees

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Posted on 12/15/2024 9:55:41 PM PST by tsomer

A Yuletide greeting/warning/ query to Freepers!

We bought a Christmas Tree, a Frazier Spruce at a nursery in Pennsylvania North of Philadelphia. The trees were nice and symetric and full.

We got it home and stood it up and my wife noticed it had an uncharacteristic smell--not like spruce, but like a chemical. This morning our Shiba Inu was trembling. Then she became lethargic. Her nose was warm. We wondered if it was the tree. A friend of ours came over and confirmed my wife's suspicion about the smell. I took the tree outside and the stand/basin as well. The dog has improved noticeably.

I think the trees were brought in from West of here along the Appalachians, maybe North Carolina. Does anyone know what kinds of crap tree farmers are using on these trees? Or could there be fungi of some sort?

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I've never seen this & while I know the "post hoc ergo..." thing is a common fallacy, I think it's related.

1 posted on 12/15/2024 9:55:41 PM PST by tsomer

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