PSA for pet owners

mrs. remy

My friend took her cat to stay at her parent's house (she does this a lot when they go on vacation, etc) and he nibbled on one of their houseplants and is now in the vet's office very sick. He has kidney damage and is on IVs, etc. Not sure what his prognosis is going to be yet. So, just a reminder to check your houseplants as many of them are toxic to cats (and dogs too, I imagine). The particular plant he ate was a kalanchoe (sp?). I hope he is ok......we went to the shelter and picked him out together 11 years ago when we were in college

glittergal73

I hope he will be ok:-(  Very important tip, so thank you for sharing.

wlfpkbride

Thanks for posting, I hope he is alright! The ASPCA has a list of plants that are toxic to pets. Some of them are very common household plants, so it's definitely a good idea to check it out.

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/ 

Joanis018

How scary, I hope he's alright.  Luckily for me I couldn't keep a house plant alive if I tried, so no dangers for Brady there.

Kaiene

wlfpkbride:

Thanks for posting, I hope he is alright! The ASPCA has a list of plants that are toxic to pets. Some of them are very common household plants, so it's definitely a good idea to check it out.

http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/poison-control/plants/ 

I love this site.  I have to check it frequently because one of our cats gets into everything, no matter how well we think we've picked stuff up or put it away, etc.

linzee

this is my excuse for not having plants in my house.

thanks for the PSA.

when bowser was sick a few months back we learned that macadamia nuts are extremely toxic to dogs.

mrsbecky07

how scary - I hope he's okay!