Lesson learned

[moonwise]

Biscuit likes to munch on the white flower buds that sprout from our peace lily. This upsets my husband, because he likes the peace lily's flowers and Biscuit eats them before they can bloom. I suggested that he try putting some deer netting over the plant, which worked, but not for the right reason. The deer netting was supposed to keep her from getting to the plant. She just pulled the netting off and decided it was the BEST TOY EVAR.

Comments

[wpl510.livejournal.com]

Aren't peace lilies toxic to cats?

[morgi.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

She hasn't dropped dead yet, but that calls for a better solution to keep that from happening. Biscuit seems only to chew on the flowers, not the leaves. Maybe the leaves don't taste good.

The spider plant, on the other hand...

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Yes, peace lilies are toxic, as others have said. Move the plant out of cat range.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, the plant is so large that we can't move it out of her way, and there's no plant-friendly area that we can keep cat-free. We did try the deer netting again, and we put a bungee cord around the pot so that Biscuit would have a harder time pulling the netting off. She's been chewing on the peace lily flowers for a long time now with no ill effects other than making my husband cross, so the flowers must be non/less toxic.

On the other hand, this is the same cat who noshed on two human-sized multivitamins for fun...

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

Part of the concern with peace lilies is that long term they can cause bladder stones. Just because you haven't seen any ill effects so far doesn't mean there won't ever be. I have no information on the relative toxicity on the different parts of the plant, but I would recommend not taking the risk.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Right, the oxalic acid. Gotcha. I'll talk to my husband about what he'd like to do with the lily.

[archaeologist-d.livejournal.com]

LOL on the toy and oh dear about the plant. Ah, biscuit.

^__^

[maloire.livejournal.com]

Heheheh the best. I had a hamster who would go nuts over our potted plants, but a cat? XD Cute

(PS I haven't logged on in forever... Glad to see you're around! And what an awesome kitty~!)