My 3 year old lab starting having seizures in March, 2018 (age 2.75). He was put on Keppra, 750 mg., bid after his second seizure. Blood work was negative for “poisoning”. We have both Sago Palm and Lantana. He had normal liver function on blood work. He was sent to a neurology Vet who doubled the Keppra dose to 3000 mg. q.d. About 6 wks later, he started vomiting and had bloody diarrhea and would not eat anything. He had an abdominal X-ray which showed acute gastritis. He was hospitalized for two days-got IV Flagyl and Amoxicillin. He almost died but recovered fully. Three Vets said this could be due to toxicity from the high dose Keppra, but the neurologist states it is not even remotely possible. We cut back the Keppra to 750 bid. He has had no other Gi symptoms but continues seizures about every three weeks. The neuro Vet prescribed phenobarbital, but we don’t want to give it due to possible liver damage. Is it possible this could be the lantana? Would poisoning from this show up on blood work? They assured me this would not be poisoning from Sago, but we didn’t discuss Lantana. He loves to eat nut grass around the plants as does our other lab. She has never been sick. I’ll mention that his brother (litter mate) had PRAA at birth-not a really healthy litter. Thank you so much for any advice you can give me. I plan to take him to TAMU for a work-up when we can afford it.

Out rottie has been eating lantana for over a year now. No sign of reaction. Was just informed that lantana is poisonous to dogs. What should we do? Should we remove the lantana or leave it there? We have a dozen plants without berries.

My brother puppy sat my dogs and he has lantanas and since I picked them up they are both sick. I am scared I don't have money to take them to vet what do I do one is 7mnths and the other is 3 years old.

She is being treated for pneumonia but was doing well till she chewed on a lantana leaf then experienced rapid breathing but no sob I gave her half a 12.5 infant Benadryl she has now almost returned to normal breathing 48 a minute no distress should I take her in

My chihuahua goes NUTS over lantana! She really seems to enjoy it... and she is well fed otherwise! It made her throw up a little. But just to be on the safe side, I now keep it out of her reach. But I'm remembering how a cat I once had loved lantana too. And even when he was sick unto death, he wanted lantana - even when he was refusing all other food. Consequently, I'm wondering if lantana has some medicinal quality we're not aware of, something they know instinctively. Especially chihuahuas, for I understand lantana grows wild in Mexico. And chihuahuas supposedly originated in Mexico.

My dog Riley was diagnosed as having IMHA. He passed away from this at 4 yrs old. He used to bite off the flowers from Lantana plants constantly on our walks as we passed by. I always wondered if he was poisoned from these plants and if it caused the IMHA disease or if that was a false diagnosis. After reading this page I am even more convinced it may have had something to do with it. Wish I knew then what I know now. I miss my baby tremendously ever day!

I lost my 3 year old Rottweiler in July to DKA, Pancreatitis and liver failure. I had caught him eating the lantana in my backyard so I pulled all 7 plants out. It was a few months later that he became fatally ill and was in the ICU for 4 days. It's been 5 months and every day I wonder what happened to make him so sick so young. I've always wondered if the lantana could have done this?