Are White Ground Grubs Poisonous For Dogs?

[poodle proud]

We have been digging up the garden and midnight has a nose for finding the grubs. Everytime she has found one I have got it off her but she was too quick today and swallowed it whole.

She has since vomited it up and is acting fairly normal.

Should I be worried?

Edited July 12, 2009 by poodle proud

[Golden Rules]

No, you don't need to be worried

I remember when I had Witchetty Grubs at a restaurant, they were very cleverly placed in an apple to look like they were coming out of the apple. All it lacked was movement!

[Andisa]

Are you sure they are not the common white ground grub?

Edited July 12, 2009 by Andisa

[Scales of Justice]

If you are digging the grubs out of the ground, chances are they are not witchety grubs but curl grubs. I am not sure they are as edible as witchety grubs so they might be a problem.

[puggy_puggy]

I think that you are probably finding some other sort of grub as Witchetty grubs are found in the roots of only some particular bushes/plants.

I would think tat most grubs are basically protein.

Edited July 12, 2009 by puggy_puggy

[poodle proud]

Thanks everyone for the info.

I googled images of the white grub and I think thats what it is. When I compared that to the witchetty grubs I definitely recognised the white grub. And as someone suggested that the wittchety grubs are found only under certain plants, so that clinched it. In this garden there is only one plant and its not even doing so well

I feel duped! I cant believe I buried them back in the ground. We couldnt work out why an Australian Native plant that was supposedly indestructible would deteriorate so quickly. We just thought we had managed to kill another plant.

Our neighbours said their dogs and cats had always eaten them over the years.

So the general consensus is they are protein? Has anyone elses dog eaten them?

[Patters]

White curl grubs(Chafer Grub). The Kookaburras line up on my guttering when I start digging in the frontyard. 2 of them actually come down and eat them out of my hands(with gardening gloves on).

When I'm working in the back garden, the dogs try to grab them as I dig them up and if I squash them on the ground, the dogs lick them off the dirt.

No one has had the slightest signs of ill effects, but I don't encourage them like I do the kookaburras.

Once, when my daughter was visiting (before she moved back in) she complained that she was getting "swooped by crazy kookas". The kookas weren't "crazy", they were "stupid" if they thought she was going to do any gardening work!!

Edited July 12, 2009 by Clankaree

[poodle proud]

White curl grubs(Chafer Grub). The Kookaburras line up on my guttering when I start digging in the frontyard. 2 of them actually come down and eat them out of my hands(with gardening gloves on).

When I'm working in the back garden, the dogs try to grab them as I dig them up and if I squash them on the ground, the dogs lick them off the dirt.

No one has had the slightest signs of ill effects, but I don't encourage them like I do the kookaburras.

Once, when my daughter was visiting (before she moved back in) she complained that she was getting "swooped by crazy kookas". The kookas weren't "crazy", they were "stupid" if they thought she was going to do any gardening work!!

Thanks Clankaree,

That's hilarious! Its the magpies that come searching at our place.

She's had a bit of an upset tummy lately so I wanted to make sure I didnt jump to conclusions about the grubs being responsible. She seems fine today.

And now that I know they are a pest, its war!

Thanks to all