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Iris flowers and cats: toxicity? FOLLOW THE LINK
a link with information and pictures right from the ASPCA http://www.aspca.org/Pet-care/poison...=toxic-to-cats wrote in message ... chaniarts wrote: On 9/29/2011 11:47 AM, Bill Graham wrote: From having lived with and around cats all of my life, and being in many houses filled with potted plants, I think that, in general, there are no plants found in the average home that are toxic to cats or other pets. If there were such plants, everyone would know about them by now, and they would be "common knowlege". Of course, any pet might be allergic to anything, so there will always be exceptions. In general, however, I wouldn't worry about it. huh? there are plenty of toxic house plants available in local stores all over that are toxic to humans, and would also be toxic to all house pets. this is well documented. or did you mean something else? No. I meant exactly what I said. Why don't you assemble and give us a list of these plants? It would be very useful to this group. there's multiple places around on the net that have lists. some common ones off the top of my head: rhododendron chrysanthemum philodendron daffodil mistletoe all of these are commonly found as house plants or purchased flowers Don't forget lilies! They're among the worst - very deadly. -- Joyce May the great galactic kitten always purr you to sleep. |
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Iris flowers and cats: toxicity?
chaniarts wrote:
On 9/29/2011 7:21 PM, Bill Graham wrote: wrote: chaniarts wrote: On 9/29/2011 11:47 AM, Bill Graham wrote: From having lived with and around cats all of my life, and being in many houses filled with potted plants, I think that, in general, there are no plants found in the average home that are toxic to cats or other pets. If there were such plants, everyone would know about them by now, and they would be "common knowlege". Of course, any pet might be allergic to anything, so there will always be exceptions. In general, however, I wouldn't worry about it. huh? there are plenty of toxic house plants available in local stores all over that are toxic to humans, and would also be toxic to all house pets. this is well documented. or did you mean something else? No. I meant exactly what I said. Why don't you assemble and give us a list of these plants? It would be very useful to this group. there's multiple places around on the net that have lists. some common ones off the top of my head: rhododendron chrysanthemum philodendron daffodil mistletoe all of these are commonly found as house plants or purchased flowers Don't forget lilies! They're among the worst - very deadly. But all these grow in the garden too. They are available to any cat who ever gets outside. Perhaps that's where the conflict arises.... I am a keeper of outside cats. all of my cats (I currently have five) can come and go at any time. There is no way in hell I cold keep any of them from eating any plant they happened to come across in their daily (and nightly) meanderings through the neighborhood. As a matter of fact, I had one die this Summer from eating/drinking "Round-up", which is a weed killer my neighbor used on his back lawn, and which contaminated a water supply that my cat was accustomed to using. But this is rare, and I have never lost any cat from eating a plant. Cats are normally carnivores and outside of taking small tasts of stuff I eat, will not normally eat much of anything thats vegitable. true, but that's anecdotal evidence. some more anecdotal evidence: i have 7 indoor only cats, and there is not one house plant, including store bought cut flowers, that they don't regularly nibble on (except for my indoor cactus). Yes. Kittens can be seriously harmed by certain cactus plants. I have heard of several instances of this...... I will add it to my list of things that can hurt or kill outside cats... |
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Iris flowers and cats: toxicity?
chaniarts wrote:
On 9/29/2011 7:21 PM, Bill Graham wrote: wrote: chaniarts wrote: On 9/29/2011 11:47 AM, Bill Graham wrote: From having lived with and around cats all of my life, and being in many houses filled with potted plants, I think that, in general, there are no plants found in the average home that are toxic to cats or other pets. If there were such plants, everyone would know about them by now, and they would be "common knowlege". Of course, any pet might be allergic to anything, so there will always be exceptions. In general, however, I wouldn't worry about it. huh? there are plenty of toxic house plants available in local stores all over that are toxic to humans, and would also be toxic to all house pets. this is well documented. or did you mean something else? No. I meant exactly what I said. Why don't you assemble and give us a list of these plants? It would be very useful to this group. there's multiple places around on the net that have lists. some common ones off the top of my head: rhododendron chrysanthemum philodendron daffodil mistletoe all of these are commonly found as house plants or purchased flowers Don't forget lilies! They're among the worst - very deadly. But all these grow in the garden too. They are available to any cat who ever gets outside. Perhaps that's where the conflict arises.... I am a keeper of outside cats. all of my cats (I currently have five) can come and go at any time. There is no way in hell I cold keep any of them from eating any plant they happened to come across in their daily (and nightly) meanderings through the neighborhood. As a matter of fact, I had one die this Summer from eating/drinking "Round-up", which is a weed killer my neighbor used on his back lawn, and which contaminated a water supply that my cat was accustomed to using. But this is rare, and I have never lost any cat from eating a plant. Cats are normally carnivores and outside of taking small tasts of stuff I eat, will not normally eat much of anything thats vegitable. true, but that's anecdotal evidence. some more anecdotal evidence: i have 7 indoor only cats, and there is not one house plant, including store bought cut flowers, that they don't regularly nibble on Well, I lot of cats will nibble on most anything. But unless whateveritis is very very poisonous, a little nibble is usually harmless. I had one who ate an artichoke plant down to ground level as soon as it grew about a foot high many years ago, but it wasn't poisonous at all, so it did the cat little harm. My wife had a cat that liked cantaloupe, but that didn't hurt him either. Very few plants are poisonous enough to hure a cat from a little nibbling now and then. If they did, they would also hurt children. Some toddlers will eat anything. My cats nibble on the food we are eating for breakfast or dinner. We even put some on a seperate plate for them to sample, (but they prefer to get it directly off of our plates.....) |
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