House and garden plants are wonderful. But Natures's beauties can also be lethal.
Pets love to gnom, especially cats and the list of toxic plants is huge.
Take them in consideration.
I'm just going to give the names of the most common plants that are toxic for pets:
- Aloe Vera - vomiting, depression, diarrhea, anorexia, tremors, change in urine color.
- Amaryllis - vomiting, depression, diarrhea, abdominal pain, hypersalivation, anorexia, tremors.
- Azalea/Rhododendron - severe digestive upset, excessive drooling, loss of appetite, frequent diarrhea, colic, depression, apathy, loss of coordination, leg paralysis, weak heart rate and recumbency for 2 or more days; at this point, the animal may become comatose and die.
- Begonia - mouth irritation, intense burning of mouth, tongue and lips, excessive drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing.
- Carnations - mild gastrointestinal signs, mild dermatitis.
- Chrysanthemum - vomiting, diarrhea, drooling, dermatitis.
- Cyclamen - gastrointestinal irritation, intense vomiting, intense dehydration that may cause death.
- Daffodil - vomiting, drooling, diarrhea; large ingestions cause convulsions, low blood pressure, tremors and cardiac arrhythmias.
- Dracena - vomiting, drooling, toxic seizures, violent death. Very lethal.
- Gladiola - drooling, vomiting, lethargy, diarrhea.
- Ivy - vomiting, abdominal pain, hypersalivation, diarrhea.
- Lilies - kidney failure, death. Very lethal.
- Morning Glory - gastrointestinal upset, agitation, tremors, disorientation, ataxia, anorexia, hallucinations.
- Oleander - colic, diarrhea (possibly bloody), sweating, incoordination, shallow/difficult breathing, muscle tremors, and death from cardiac failure. Very lethal.
- Poinsettia - irritating to the mouth and stomach, mild vomiting.
- Pothos - intense burning and irritation of mouth, tongue and lips, excessive drooling, vomiting, difficulty swallowing.
- Tomato Plant - drooling, severe gastrointestinal upset, diarrhea, depression, confusion, behavioral change, weakness, dilated pupils, slow heart rate.
- Tulip/Narcissus - gastrointestinal irritation, drooling, loss of appetite, depression of the central nervous system, convulsions and cardiac failure. Lethal.
- Yew - as trembling, incoordination, and difficulty breathing, significant gastrointestinal irritation and cardiac failure. Lethal.
If you're lazy...here, put this on your fridge next to the "toxic foods" list:
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Or this one, in alphabetical order, just the way I like it (...a shout to all my peeps with OCD):
