Foolhardiness

[muninnhuginn]

We've induced another avocado stone to grow (actually in this case it was already halfway there when we removed it from the fruit with the root already working its way through a split--irresistable!). It's got three long roots and already one failed shoot and one that's about to produce its first baby leaves. The wire cage we built last time didn't deter Biggle from pruning when Avocado's number was attained, so does anyone have any idea how to stop the cat eating the avocado?

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[muninnhuginn]

But we do keep Biggle indoors. And he won't learn: avocado's poisonous (well anything you're warned to keep your pygmy goats off must be pretty deadly, mustn't it?) and he pukes it up fairly rapidly.

[armb.livejournal.com]

Make that "Put the avocado in a greenhouse (outdoors) and continue to keep Biggle indoors?" if that's clearer.
(You probably don't have to worry about Biggle getting mastitis (http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/poison/plants/ppavoca.htm) as much as goat owners do, and if he's puking it up promptly that presumably reduces the dose he gets, but keeping it away from him does sound a good idea.)