Poinsettia plant and cats
Neal
read somewhere they could be poison. The cat is trying to eat the
leaves. Anyone know about this?
Thanks!
Neal
CLJ1219
I remember reading somewhere that poinsettias were poisonous, not just to
animals but to humans as well. I'd keep the cat away from it.
I'm so happy--I have a poinsettia that I bought last year that is still alive.
I didn't put it in a dark closet or anything, so it hasn't changed color but
that thing is about 3 times the size it was last year.
Carol
American by birth. Southern by the grace of God.
Melinda Meahan
YEP! It is poisonous. I bet a web search would net you a whole list of
poisonous plants -- I'm sure I have seen one out there -- but I know
poinsettias are definitely poisonous.
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Neal
but I think will move the plant where the cat cannot get to it, just in
cast.
Links:
http://www.rabbit.org/care/poinsettia.html
http://www.rosefloral.com/poins.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/poinsettia981207/
http://blankees.com/house/plants/index.htm
Neal
Chuck in Minot ND
There are some little kits you can buy for appartment indoor cats that grow
nice little blades of grass that they can nibble on. Not sure of who makes
it. Call your vet, I am sure that you might be able to even go buy some
cheap grass seed and some potting soil and a few egg trays and grow some for
your kitty in the window seal.
Chuck
"Neal" <nmto...@cableone.net> wrote in message
news:384916C3...@cableone.net...
We have a nice poinsettia plant for Christmas, but my wife thinks she
read somewhere they could be poison. The cat is trying to eat the
leaves. Anyone know about this?
Thanks!
Neal
Melinda Meahan
> Cats love to nibble on plants.. This type of plant is very bad for cats.
> There are some little kits you can buy for appartment indoor cats that grow
> nice little blades of grass that they can nibble on. Not sure of who makes
They sell those here and they are made of wheat grass. Wheat berries are
very easy to find these days with all the survivalists and Y2K just around
the corner. ;)
JJo3408074
>cheap grass seed and some potting soil and a few egg trays and grow some for
>your kitty in the window seal.
Call me anal (again) but I was fearful of the grass seeds I found locally which
were treated with something that made them inedible. Sometimes my cats pull
this stuff out by the roots. I went to a feed store and got hay seed and oat
seed (untreated, I asked). Word of warning, though, don't buy too much or it
will get bugs before you use it all up. I thought I was being real smart
buying a year's supply because it was cheap....not so smart after all.
My local pet store, and even the grocery stores have grass for cats. Most of
the online pet suppliers have it, too.
JoyJ
JJo3408074
>
>Alfalfa
>Almond (Pits of)
>Aloe Vera, etc.
WOW. I had no idea that Aloe Vera was dangerous and I'm also growing elephant
ears right at the favorite cat windowsill, but they don't seem interested in
anything but the grass I grow for them.
Liz
gardeners with many of the below-listed plants. As a matter of fact,
now that I think of it I don't think we have much of anything growing
that ISN'T on that list! Maybe our boys don't care for a vegetarian
diet.
Liz
nojunk wrote:
>
> In article <s4ik1du...@corp.supernews.com>, "Chuck in Minot ND"
> <c...@ndak.net> writes:
>
> >"Neal" <nmto...@cableone.net> wrote in message
> >news:384916C3...@cableone.net...
> >We have a nice poinsettia plant for Christmas, but my wife thinks she
> >read somewhere they could be poison. The cat is trying to eat the
> >leaves. Anyone know about this?
>
> Plants Poisonous to Cats:
>
> 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
>
> Non-Toxic Plants:
>
> Achira
> Achyranthes verschaffelti
> Acorn squash
> African violet
> Algaroba
> Aluminum plant
> Alumroot
> American rubber plant
> Anthericum comosum
> Antirrhinum multiflorum
> Apple Leaf Croton
> Arabian gentian
> Aregelia
> Artillery plant
> Aspidium falcatum
> Aubepine
> Autumn olive
>
> Baby tears
> Baby rubber tree plant
> Bachelors buttons
> Ball fern
> Bamboo palm
> Bamboo vine
> Bamboo
> Banana
> Banana squash
> Begonia species
> Belmore sentry palm
> Big shellbark hickory
> Bigonia
> Bitter pecan
> Bitternut
> Black hawthorn
> Black haw
> Blaspheme vine
> Bloodleaf
> Blooming sally
> Blue bead
> Blue echeveria
> Blue-dicks
> Blue-eyed daisy
> Blue daisy
> Bluebottle
> Blunt leaf peperomia
> Blushing bromeliad
> Bold sword fern
> Boston fern
> Bottle Palm
> Bottlebrush
> Brazilian orchid
> Bride's bonnet
> Bristly greenbrier
> Brodiaea pulchella
> Broom hickory
> Bullbrier
> Bur gourd
> Burro's tail
> Buttercup squash
> Butterfly ginger
> Butterfly squash
> Butterfly iris
> Butterfly tulip
> Butterfly orchid
> Button fern
>
> Caeroba
> Calathea insignis
> California pitcher plant
> Callistemon citrinus
> Callistemon bradyandrus
> Callistemon viminalis
> Calochortus nuttalli
> Calthea lancifolia
> Camellia
> Canada hemlock
> Canary date palm
> Candle plant
> Candycorn plant
> Canna lily
> Cantebury-bell
> Cape jasmine
> Cape primrose
> Carob tree
> Carob
> Caroba
> Carobinha
> Carolina hemlock
> Carrion flower
> Carrot fern
> Carrot flower
> Casaba melon
> Cast Iron plant
> Cat ear
> Cat brier
> Cattleya labiata
> Celosia plumosa
> Celosia spicata
> Celosia globosa
> Chamaedorean humilis
> Chaparral snapdragon
> Chestnut
> Chicken-gizzard plant
> Chickens and hens
> Chin-lao-shu
> China root
> China aster
> Chinese plumbago
> Chlorophytum
> Chlorophytum bichetii
> Chocolate soldier plant
> Christmas dagger fern
> Christmas palm
> Christmas orchid
> Cinnamon jasmine
> Cinquefoil
> Cirrhopetalum
> Clearweed
> Cliff brake fern
> Club moss
> Cocks comb
> Cocktail orchid
> Collinia elegans
> Color-band Cryptanthus
> Columnar cactus
> Common garden canna
> Common snapdragon
> Common camellia
> Common catbrier
> Common staghorn fern
> Common greenbrier
> Confederate jasmine
> Coolwort
> Copper rose
> Copperlead
> Coral berry
> Coral ardisia
> Coral bells
> Cornflower
> Crape myrtle
> Crataegus phaenopyrum
> Crataegus spp.
> Creeping charlie
> Creeping pilea
> Creeping rubus
> Creeping gloxinia
> Creeping zinnia
> Creeping mahonia
> Crepe myrtle
> Crimson bottlebush
> Crimson cup
> Crisped feather fern
> Crossandra
> Cucumber
> Cushion moss
> Cushon aloe
> Cyrtudeira reptans
>
> Dainty
> Dainty rabbits-foot fern
> Dallas fern
> Dancing doll orchid
> Davallia bullata mariessi
> Davallia trichomanoides
> Desert trumpet
> Dichelostemma
> Dichorisandra reginae
> Dinteranthus vanzylii
> Duffii fern
> Duffy fern
> Dwarf feather fern
> Dwarf Rose-Stripe Star
> Dwarf palm
> Dwarf royal palm
> Dwarf date palm
> Dwarf whitman fern
> Earth star
> Easter cattleya
> Easter daisy
> Easter orchid
> Easter lily cactus
> Edible banana
> Elephant-Ear Begonia
> Emerald ripple peperomia
> English hawthorn
> Epidendrum ibaguense
> Epidendrum
> Epidendrum atropurpeum
> Episcia spp.
> Fairy fountain
> False aralia
> Fan tufted palm
> Feather fern
> Feathered amaranth
> Fiery reed orchid
> Fig leaf gourd
> Figleaf palm
> Fingernail plant Fire weed
> Fish tail fern
> Flame of the woods
> Flame african violet
> Flame violet
> Florida butter-fly orchid
> Fluffy ruffles
> Forster sentry palm
> Fortunes palm
> Freckle face
> Friendship plant
> Frosty
>
> Garden snapdragon
> Garden marigold
> German violet
> Gherkins
> Ghost plant
> Ghost leafless orchid
> Giant white inch plant
> Giant holly fern
> Giant aster
> Gibasis geniculata
> Globe thistle
> Gloxinia
> Gold bloom
> Gold-fish plant
> Golden shower orchid
> Golden lace orchid
> Golden aster
> Golden bells
> Good luck palm
> Grape hyacinth
> Grape Ivy
> Great willow herb
> Green ripple peperomia
> Greenbrier
> Hagbrier
>
> Hardy gloxinia
> Hardy baby tears
> Haworthia
> Haws apple
> Haws
> Hawthorn
> Hedgehog gourd
> Hellfetter
> Hemlock tree
> Hen and chickens fern
> Hens and chickens
> Hickory
> Hindu rope plant
> Holligold
> Holly fern
> Hollyhock
> Honey plant
> Honey locust
> Honeydew melons
> Honeysuckle fuchsia
> Hookera pulchella
> Horse brier
> Hoya 'Mauna Loa'
> Hoya carnosa 'exotica'
> Hoya carnosa 'krinkle'
> Hoya carnosa 'variegata'
> Hubbard squash
> Hypocyrta spp.
>
> Ice plant
> Imbricata sword fern
> Irish moss
> Iron cross begonia
> Iron tree
> Ivy-leaf peperomia
> Ivy peperomia
>
> Jackson brier
> Jacob's ladder
> Japanese aralia
> Japanese pittosporum
> Japanese moss
> Japanese holly fern
> Jasmine
> Jewel orchid
> Joseph's coat
> Jungle geranium
>
> Kaempferis
> Kahali ginger
> Kenilworth ivy
> Kentia palm
> Kenya palm
> Kenya violet
> Kharoub
> King and queen fern
> King of the forest
> King nut
> Kuang-yen- pa-hsieh
>
> Lace flower vine
> Lace orchid
> Ladies ear drops
> Lady lou
> Lady palm
> Lagerstroemia indica
> Lance Pleumele
> Large Lady Palm
> Laurel-leaved greenbrier Mulberry tree
> Leather peperomia
> Leng-fen tu'an
> Leopard orchid
> Leopard lily
> Lesser snapdragon
> Lily of the valley orchid
> Linden
> Lipstick plant
> Little fantasy peperomia
> Little zebra plant
> Living rock cactus
> Living stones
> Locust pods
> Lou-lang-t'ou
> Luther
>
> Madagascar jasmine
> Magnolia bush
> Mahonia aquifolium
> Malabar gourd
> Malaysian dracaema
> Manila palm
> Mapleleaf begonia
> Maranta
> Marbled fingernail
> Mariposa lily
> Maroon
> Mary-bud
> Measles plant
> Melons
> Metallic peperomia
> Metallic leaf begonia
> Mexican firecracker
> Mexican snowballs
> Mexican rosettes
> Minature maranta
> Minature marble plant
> Minature fish tail
> Miniature date palm
> Mistletoe cactus
> Mockernut hickory
> Mosaic plant
> Mosiac vase
> Moss phlox
> Moss agate
> Moss rose
> Moss campion
> Moss fern
> Mossy campion
> Mother fern
> Mother of pearl plant
> Mother spleenwort
> Mountain camellia
> Mountain grape
> Mulberry bush
> Musa paradisiaca
> Muscari spp.
> Muscari armeniacum
> Muskmellon
>
> Narrow leafed pleomele
> Natal plum
> Neanthe bella palm
> Neanthebella
> Nematanthus spp.
> Neoregelia
> Nephrolepsis
> Nerve plant
> New silver and bronze
> Night blooming cereus
>
> Odontoglossum spp.
> Old world orchid
> Old man cactus
> Orange star
> Oregon grape
> Ossifragi vase
>
> Paddys wig
> Painted lady
> Palm lily
> Pampus grass
> Panamiga
> Pansy orchid
> Paradise palm
> Parlor plant
> Parlor palm
> Parsley fern
> Peace begonia
> Peacock plant Pearl plant
> Pearly dots
> Peperomia peltifolia
> Peperomia rotundifolia
> Peperomia fosteri
> Peperomia sandersii
> Peperomia hederifolia
> Pepper face
> Persian violet
> Pheasant plant
> Piggy back plant
> Pigmy date palm
> Pignut hickory
> Pignut
> Pilea microphylla
> Pilea mucosa
> Pink polka dot plant
> Pink Pearl
> Pink starlite
> Pink Brocade
> Pirliteiro
> Pitaya
> Plantanus occidentalis
> Plantanus orientalis
> Platinum peperomia
> Platycerium alicicorne
> Plumbago larpentiae
> Plush plant
> Polka dot plant
> Polystichum falcatum
> Pony tail
> Porcelain flower
> Pot marigold
> Prairie snowball
> Prairie lily
> Prayer plant
> Prickly bottlebrush
> Prostrate coleus
> Purple waffle plant
> Purple baby tears
> Purple passion vine
> Purpleosier willow
>
> Queen's spiderwort
> Queencup
> Queens spiderwort
> Queensland arrowroot
>
> Rabbits foot fern
> Rainbow orchid
> Red african violet
> red veined prayer plant
> red berried greenbrier
> red hawthorne
> red palm lily
> red edge peperomia
> reed palm
> resurrection lily
> rex begonia
> rhynchophorum
> Ribbon plant
> Roosevelt fern
> Royal velvet plant
> Rubber plant, baby
> Russian olive
>
> Saffron spike zebra
> Saint Bernards lily
> Sand lily
> Sand verbena
> Satin pellionia
> Sawbrier
> Scabious
> Scarborough lily
> Scarlet orchid
> Scarlet sage
> Sego lily
> Shagbark hickory
> Shan ku'ei-lai
> Shellbark hickory
> Shiny leaf smilax
> Shrimp cactus
> Silver nerve plant
> Silver table fern
> Silver pink vine
> Silver bell
> Silver heart
> Silver star
> Silver berry
> Silver-leaf peperomia
> Silver tree anamiga
> Slender deutzia
> Small fruited hickory
> Smilax tamnoides vas hispida
> Speckled wood lily
> Spice orchid
> Spider ivy
> Spider plant
> Spotted laurel
> Squarenut
> Squirrels foot fern
> Star jasmine
> Star plant
> Star tulip
> Star window plant
> Star lily
> Strawberry
> Striped blushing
> Sugar pods
> Sulfur flower
> Summer hyacinth
> Swedish ivy
> Sweet william
> Sweetheart peperomia
> Sweetheart hoya
> Sword fern
> Tahitian bridal veil
>
> Tailed orchid
> Tall feather fern
> Tall mahonia
> Teasel gourd
> Texas sage
> Thea japonica
> Thimble cactus
> Thorn apple
> Ti hu-ling
> Tiger orchid
> Toad spotted cactus
> Torch lily
> Tous-les-mois
> Trailing peperomia
> Tree cactus
> Tree gloxinia
> Tropical moss
> True cantalope
> Tu fu-ling
> Tulip poplar
> Tulip tree
> Turban squash
> Turf lily
>
> Umbrella plant
> Urbinia agavoides
> Usambara violet
>
> Variegated philodendron leaf peperomia
> Variegated wax plant
> Variegated wandering jew
> Variegated oval leaf peperomia
> Variegated laurel
> Velvet plant
> Venus fly trap
> Verona fern
> Verona lace fern
> Vining peperomia
> Violet slipper gloxinia
>
> Waffle plant
> Walking anthericum
> Washington hawthorn
> Water hickory
> Watermelon peperomia
> Watermelon begonia
> Watermelon pilea
> Wax plant
> Wax rosette
> Weeping sergeant hemlock
> Weeping bottlebrush
> Weisdornbluten
> West indian gherkin
> Western sword
> White edged swedish ivy
> White heart hickory
> White ginger
> Whitman fern
> Wild buckwheat
> Wild buckwheat
> Wild sarsaparilla
> Wild lantana
> Wild strawberry
> Wild hyacinth
> Willow herb
> Windmill palm
> Winter cattleya
> Withered snapdragon
> Woolflower
>
> Yellow-flowered gourd
> Yellow bloodleaf
> Yerba linda
>
> Zebra haworthia
> Zebra plant
> Zinnia sp.
> Zucchini
>
> Teresa in WA
JBuxton569
Judity
Barbara Carlson
My gosh, it's a wonder the species has survived!
Actually, most animals are good judges of what and what not to eat. We have
had several poisonous plants to horses in our pasture for well near 50
years, and only once had a problem, which was a young horse, and minor
(nightshade) with foaming mouth, and under the weather for a day or so, but
it was a scare. (She never ate it again!)
Generally when horses are well fed they will not eat poisonous plants and
when you hear of poison cases generally the horses were not adequately fed.
My vet agrees with this theory.
My dogs and cats both leave the "Bufo" (not sure of the real name) frogs
alone and we have lots and lots of them, and of course they are poisonous.
If your cat is a house cat only then it's good advice to plant something
they can eat. We find ours that are allowed outdoors at will leave our
house plants alone, though since moving to Florida, I don't feel the urge to
have the houseplants I did when up north, as everything is so green year
round! Even our poinsiettas are outside.
Barb C.
nojunk
with and chew on my plants. I've had to hang my Christmas cactus (cacti?) from
the ceiling because I won't part with them.
I've also had to hang my clover leaf plants because she'll bat the leaves,
which will bounce around and she tries to chew them. The last time she did
that she ran around the room panting, as if her mouth was on fire and with her
tongue hanging out.
By the way, I got that list from a website for pets. I was very concerned
about my kitten and was looking for traits specifc to Persians and I found the
list there. I hope it's a legitimate list...............(now I think about it
after sending it).
Teresa in WA
Marianne
one of two options, the plant or the cat. And since you seem to be
crazy about Picasso, give the plant to someone who does not have a cat
or dog.
Marianne
In article <384916C3...@cableone.net>,
Neal <nmto...@cableone.net> wrote:
> We have a nice poinsettia plant for Christmas, but my wife thinks she
> read somewhere they could be poison. The cat is trying to eat the
> leaves. Anyone know about this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Neal
>
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Before you buy.
YvonneVT
>> We have a nice poinsettia plant for Christmas, but my wife thinks she
>> read somewhere they could be poison. The cat is trying to eat the
>> leaves. Anyone know about this?
I was just reading about this a few days ago.
"Poinsettias: This ubiquitous holiday flower is not a toxic plant, despite
what you have heard. Eating the leaves or flowers may cause skin irritation or
an upset stomach."
Documented in December 1999 Redbook <G>
Yvonne