cat eating houseplant

my cat keeps eating the fushcia I just brought in the house for the winter.
He eats it and then vomits about 10 minutes later. Should I be calling
poison control or remove the plants? Or will he eventually learn to stop
eating the plant? He doesn't eat any other plants besides his catnip.

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REMOVE PLANT
Safest bet

What is the plant exactly


"kitkat via CatKB.com" u26561@uwe wrote in message
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my cat keeps eating the fushcia I just brought in the house for the
winter.
He eats it and then vomits about 10 minutes later. Should I be calling
poison control or remove the plants? Or will he eventually learn to stop
eating the plant? He doesn't eat any other plants besides his catnip.

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"kitkat via CatKB.com" u26561@uwe wrote in message
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my cat keeps eating the fushcia I just brought in the house for the
winter.
He eats it and then vomits about 10 minutes later. Should I be calling
poison control or remove the plants? Or will he eventually learn to stop
eating the plant? He doesn't eat any other plants besides his catnip.

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I don't see fuchsias listed but if it's making him throw up can you find a
place where he can't get to the plants? One of my cats loves fresh (not
dried) catnip but will eat it in quantities that will make him throw up if I
let him.

I found several links--maybe they'll help.

Bonnie

http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants.html

http://www.kingstownecatclinic.com/poisonous_plants.htm

http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/pr...us_plants.html

Um, remove the plant. straight away. Vomiting is never good. And ask your
vet!! Common sense, people....cat eats plant, cat vomits= poisonous plant
and sick cat. I love fuschias too, butthey live on the doorstep!!

"kitkat via CatKB.com" u26561@uwe wrote in message
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my cat keeps eating the fushcia I just brought in the house for the
winter.
He eats it and then vomits about 10 minutes later. Should I be calling
poison control or remove the plants? Or will he eventually learn to stop
eating the plant? He doesn't eat any other plants besides his catnip.

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I'm happy to report that fuschia is NONTOXIC - I'm still going to keep my
eyes out though. I'm going to try to put the plants somewhere he can't get
to them.

Thanks for the links - they were really helpful.

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Phew that's a relief!! It's also annoying to have your plants chewed

"kitkat via CatKB.com" u26561@uwe wrote in message
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I'm happy to report that fuschia is NONTOXIC - I'm still going to keep my
eyes out though. I'm going to try to put the plants somewhere he can't
get
to them.

Thanks for the links - they were really helpful.

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on Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:20:38 GMT, "meeee"
wrote:

Phew that's a relief!! It's also annoying to have your plants chewed


my kitten has destroyed all of my houseplants. *sigh*

Anyway, the plant may not be listed as toxic, but it's obviously not good
for your cat ( vomiting). Perhaps you can put the plant under a milk
crate or something similar so your cat cannot get to it?

- Lynne

"meeee" wrote in
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Phew that's a relief!! It's also annoying to have your plants chewed


Reminds me of a kitten I had. One day I was in the living room and
eventually noticed there had been a swoosh, swoosh, swoosh sound happening
in the kitchen. When I got there, I found him in the plant which was on top
of the cabinets, digging to the bottom, sending the earth flying throughout
the kitchen. No more plants after that!

Bobble


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