What flowers and household plants are harmful for house cats?

The thing with poisonous plants I found was the quantity! I researched the plants I had in my house and found one was poisonous. Upon further research I found that it was only poisonous if a certain amount was eaten. So I figured that by the cats weight and found the cat would have to eat ONE POUND of whatever it was that was poisonous for it to even affect the cat. However I wouldn't take any chances! But that is a good thing to know at least. One leaf wouldn't hurt them, but I STILL WOULDN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES.

What flowers and household plants are harmful for house cats?
This link takes you to the ASPCA Toxic Plants page.

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pag...



This link takes you to the ASPCA Non Toxic Plants page.

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pag...



Their website is VERY helpful. I recommend you keep it bookmarked because it has a lot of great information and links that can assist you whenever you have a question n regards to the health and care of your pet.

Hope it helps!

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Reply:Many of us love to decorate our homes with lush, green plants, and if you are like me, you prefer the live variety to silk or plastic. The downside to live plants, however, is that many of them are toxic to cats in one degree or another. Cats love to chew plants, so if you have any on this list, it's best to display them in a way that keeps them (and your cats) out of harm's way.



The following is a partial list of plants that are poisonous or hazardous to your cats, including some popular holiday plants. This list is by no means exhaustive, but will be updated from time-to-time, so bookmark this page.



If You Think Your Cat Has Been Poisoned



Contact your veterinarian or the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center at one of the numbers below

1-900-443-0000 ($45.00 per case. The charge is billed directly to caller's phone.)

1-888-426-4435. $45.00 per case, credit card only.)

Follow-up calls can be made for no additional charge by dialing 888-299-2973.



Indoor Plants

Plant Common NameEffects/Symptoms

AmaryllisStomach and intestinal upset (vomiting, diarrhea)

AzaleaIncoordination, trembling, collapse



Cactus Punctures skin, infection

Caladium Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, shaking head, difficulty breathing

Creeping CharlieVomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain, cramps

Easter LilyAll parts can cause kidney failure

Dieffenbachia Affects central nervous system

Ivy Vomiting, diarrhea, excitable behavior

Mistletoe Ingesting berries can cause vomiting, diarrhea, blistering in the mouth, difficulty breathing

Philodendron Same as Caladium

Poinsettia Same as Mistletoe
Reply:the common ivy plant, poinsAlmond (Pits of)

Aloe Vera

Alocasia

Amaryllis

Apple (seeds)

Apple Leaf Croton

Apricot (Pits of)

Arrowgrass

Asparagus Fern

Autumn Crocus

Avacado (fuit and pit)

Azalea

Baby's Breath

Baneberry

Bayonet

Beargrass

Beech

Belladonna

Bird of Paradise

Bittersweet

Black-eyed Susan

Black Locust

Bleeding Heart

Bloodroot

Bluebonnet

Box

Boxwood

Branching Ivy

Buckeyes

Buddist Pine

Burning Bush

Buttercup



Cactus, Candelabra

Caladium

Calla Lily

Castor Bean

Ceriman

Charming Dieffenbachia

Cherry (pits, seeds %26amp; wilting leaves)

Cherry, most wild varieties

Cherry, ground

Cherry, Laurel

Chinaberry

Chinese Evergreen

Christmas Rose

Chrysanthemum

Cineria

Clematis

Cordatum

Coriaria

Cornflower

Corn Plant

Cornstalk Plant

Croton

Corydalis

Crocus, Autumn

Crown of Thorns

Cuban Laurel

Cutleaf Philodendron

Cycads

Cyclamen



Daffodil

Daphne

Datura

Deadly Nightshade

Death Camas

Devil's Ivy

Delphinium

Decentrea

Dieffenbachia

Dracaena Palm

Dragon Tree

Dumb Cane



Easter Lily *

Eggplant

Elaine

Elderberry

Elephant Ear

Emerald Feather

English Ivy

Eucalyptus

Euonymus

Evergreen



Ferns

Fiddle-leaf fig

Florida Beauty

Flax

Four O'Clock

Foxglove

Fruit Salad Plant



Geranium

German Ivy

Giant Dumb Cane

Glacier IvyGolden Chain

Gold Dieffenbachia

Gold Dust Dracaena

Golden Glow

Golden Pothos

Gopher Purge



Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy

Heartland Philodendron

Hellebore

Hemlock, Poison

Hemlock, Water

Henbane

Holly

Honeysuckle

Horsebeans

Horsebrush

Horse Chestnuts

Hurricane Plant

Hyacinth

Hydrangea



Indian Rubber Plant

Indian Tobacco

Iris

Iris Ivy



Jack in the Pulpit

Janet Craig Dracaena

Japanese Show Lily *

Java Beans

Jessamine

Jerusalem Cherry

Jimson Weed

Jonquil

Jungle Trumpets



Kalanchoe



Lacy Tree Philodendron

Lantana

Larkspur

Laurel

Lily

Lily Spider

Lily of the Valley

Locoweed

Lupine



Madagascar Dragon Tree

Marble Queen

Marigold

Marijuana

Mescal Bean

Mexican Breadfruit

Miniature Croton

Mistletoe

Mock Orange

Monkshood

Moonseed

Morning Glory

Mother-in Law's Tongue

Morning Glory

Mountain Laurel

Mushrooms

Narcissus

Needlepoint Ivy

Nephytis

Nightshade



Oleander

Onion

Oriental Lily *



Peace Lily

Peach (pits and wilting leaves)

Pencil Cactus

Peony

Periwinkle

Philodendron

Pimpernel

Plumosa Fern

Poinciana

Poinsettia (low toxicity)

Poison Hemlock

Poison Ivy

Poison Oak

Pokeweed

Poppy

Potato

Pothos

Precatory Bean

Primrose

Privet, Common



Red Emerald

Red Princess

Red-Margined Dracaena

Rhododendron

Rhubarb

Ribbon Plant

Rosemary Pea

Rubber Plant



Saddle Leaf Philodendron

Sago Palm

Satin Pothos

Schefflera

Scotch Broom

Silver Pothos

Skunk Cabbage

Snowdrops

Snow on the Mountain

Spotted Dumb Cane

Staggerweed

Star of Bethlehem

String of Pearls

Striped Dracaena

Sweetheart Ivy

Sweetpea

Swiss Cheese plant



Tansy Mustard

Taro Vine

Tiger Lily *

Tobacco

Tomato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves)

Tree Philodendron

Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia

Tulip

Tung Tree



Virginia Creeper



Water Hemlock

Weeping Fig

Wild Call

Wisteria



Yews --

e.g. Japanese Yew

English Yew

Western Yew

American Yew

sorry so long, but better safe than sorry