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Sad, but something to remember.
Recently a friend of mine lost her husband. Some friends/family chose
to send potted plants to her home. She did not spend the night after the funeral at home, and you can guess where this horrible story is going. Her cat ate one of the plants, and she found him dead when she got home. The sender of the plant was one of her best friends, and you can imagine how sick she was about it too. Not entirely sure, but I think the plant was a peace lily. I'm not telling this just as an awful story, but it really hit close to home for me. Many times I have sent flowers out-of-state via internet, and when you do that, you never really know what they're sending, even if you request a specific thing. I think from now on I will donate to a charity. Flowers are getting horrifically expensive anyway, so the price of a nice arrangement/ plant + fees is a decent donation. Sherry |
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Sad, but something to remember.
Sherry wrote:
Recently a friend of mine lost her husband. Some friends/family chose to send potted plants to her home. She did not spend the night after the funeral at home, and you can guess where this horrible story is going. Her cat ate one of the plants, and she found him dead when she got home. The sender of the plant was one of her best friends, and you can imagine how sick she was about it too. Not entirely sure, but I think the plant was a peace lily. I'm not telling this just as an awful story, but it really hit close to home for me. Many times I have sent flowers out-of-state via internet, and when you do that, you never really know what they're sending, even if you request a specific thing. I think from now on I will donate to a charity. Flowers are getting horrifically expensive anyway, so the price of a nice arrangement/ plant + fees is a decent donation. Sherry Thank you for the reminder, Sherry. We were blessed in that only one person sent flowers and he sent then to the cemetery. Pine Cone AKA Plant Ciller, is the reason the two plants we have are hanging out of, we hope, his permanent reach. We have been very careful about plants after Berfert almost died after sampling an Aloe Vera plant. Not a good thing to have happen. Pam S. |
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Sad, but something to remember.
On Jun 9, 9:04*am, Sherry wrote:
Recently a friend of mine lost her husband. Some friends/family chose to send potted plants to her home. She did not spend the night after the funeral at home, and you can guess where this horrible story is going. Her cat ate one of the plants, and she found him dead when she got home. The sender of the plant was one of her best friends, and you can imagine how sick she was about it too. Not entirely sure, but I think the plant was a peace lily. I'm not telling this just as an awful story, but it really hit close to home for me. Many times I have sent flowers out-of-state via internet, and when you do that, you never really know what they're sending, even if you request a specific thing. I think from now on I will donate to a charity. Flowers are getting horrifically expensive anyway, so the price of a nice arrangement/ plant + fees is a decent donation. Sherry Thank you for reminding everyone of lilies deadliness to cats. I am extremely picky about what plants live with my cat as he is alone quite a bit. Luckily, where I come from, lilies are not popular house plants, as they are considered mainly a first choice for ordering for funerals and viewings exclusively. How sad that this happened to your friend. |
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Sad, but something to remember.
Bruce wrote:
On Jun 9, 9:04?am, Sherry wrote: Recently a friend of mine lost her husband. Some friends/family chose to send potted plants to her home. She did not spend the night after the funeral at home, and you can guess where this horrible story is going. [snip sad story] Thank you for reminding everyone of lilies deadliness to cats. I am extremely picky about what plants live with my cat as he is alone quite a bit. Luckily, where I come from, lilies are not popular house plants, as they are considered mainly a first choice for ordering for funerals and viewings exclusively. How sad that this happened to your friend. I was once given lilies for my birthday - I had to refuse them! I suppose that's not very polite of me, but I'd rather commit a social faux pas than have one of my kitties die of poisoning. Someone also once brought me a poinsettia plant as a gift, which I left out on my balcony. It's not deadly, but might cause a cat gastric upset, so I didn't want that inside, either. Unfortunately I have cats who like to chomp on anything that grows. Joyce -- Excuse for Not Doing One's Homework: My pit bull, here, ate it. -- J.D. Berry, Springfield |
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