Indoor plants - a warning to all us cats.

Dear George,

Look at me�.don�t I look like a young professional? Of course I do as I just graduated from an Interior Design School!

I�m kidding you not! My only problem is that I�m not that familiar with herbs and plants!

I don�t know which are good for cats and which are not! And that�s a big �no-no� in my business! I know how to set up a room but�.am I sitting in a pot with catnip?

I don�t think so! I need your help � PLEASE post a list with poisonous plants for cats!

If your secretary is up for the task�.please tell me where there is a list with bad plants for cats! With your help I can foresee a bright future for myself!

In gratitude

Buster

Dear Buster,

The plant you are sitting on is not catnip. It's a jade plant (Crassula ovata). It's safe, but there is a list here of other indoor plants that are poisonous. Any human employing an interior designer better check this list.

Danger - Lilies.

It's not just the plants humans keep in your home: it's also the cut flowers that they put in their homes. Lilies are the most dangerous of all for cats. Everything about them is poisonous - flowers, leaves and pollen. If even a tiny amount of pollen falls on a cat's coat, the cat will lick it off when grooming and can be severely ill, sometimes fatally ill. So humans should ban lilies from the home. Or at least cut off the stamens with their pollen and keep the lilies completely away from our reach.
If you are an indoor cat, there are other house plants that will make you sick if you nibble them - poinsettia, Christmas cherry (solanum), dumb cane and others here.
So tell your human to buy you some kitty grass. So you can nibble safely. We indoor cats cannot get grass from outdoors.
Yours
George.

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