PSA for pet owners

mrs. remy · July 2011

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 · July 2011

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

wlfpkbride · July 2011

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 · July 2011

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 · July 2011

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.