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Mom of three need help
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There are countless common household plants that will actually hurt or poison your cats.
Nothing much you can do to stop this other than putting them up where they are unable to get to them, maybe a shelf on the wall, hanging plants, etc.
The list of plants that are harmful is endless, check it out.
Nothing much you can do to stop this other than putting them up where they are unable to get to them, maybe a shelf on the wall, hanging plants, etc.
The list of plants that are harmful is endless, check it out.
| Alfalfa Almond (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 & 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 |
Hi there welcome along to TCS 
I like to have plant's to and Flash likes to have a bit nip at them to, I have to keep only little ones that I can keep on the mantle piece so they cant get to them!
I like to have plant's to and Flash likes to have a bit nip at them to, I have to keep only little ones that I can keep on the mantle piece so they cant get to them!
Yes, you really need to keep them out of reach (remember, cats can jump). I love flowers, but I don't put them in my house, it's just not worth it. I make dried flower wreaths, but they are hung on walls with no way of accessing them (i.e., no tables under the wreath). Even then, I'm careful. I have dried flowers in vases, but mainly roses. I'm lucky in that--Ritz hasn't chewed anything.
There are some safe plants, like spider plants. You can also try growing cat grass (kits available in your local pet store), but your cats may not be able to differentiate between safe plants and unsafe/toxic plants.
There are some safe plants, like spider plants. You can also try growing cat grass (kits available in your local pet store), but your cats may not be able to differentiate between safe plants and unsafe/toxic plants.
I put grannick’s bitter apple on my plants, it won't hurt the plant and believe me, they will take one sniff, maybe a bite, and it will be one of the last times they do. At least in my experience. The look on my cats face the first time he bit into that was amusing for me. Not so much for him. None of my plants are toxic to cats, but as many said already, there are a lot plants toxic to cats. Be aware of the one that are not good for them, if you really want plants. Honestly though, if your cats are that determined, there may not be much you can do to stop them. Maybe relocation to areas they can't get to them or put double sided tape on the surface around them to discourage going there. Offer alternatives, there are many chew toys out there for cats that may be more appealing. Good luck to you!
You could grow them their own grass to eat, they sell kits at Walmart, etc., my cats like it a lot better then my plants and leave them alone. Worth a try anyway! And if that doesn't work, get the repellent sprays for your flowers. The main problem I had was them trying to go to the bathroom in my big plants, big rocks placed on the soil took care of that!
