Pet Lovers

[Kachina624]

It might be wise to print this and keep it for future reference.

[pugvette74]

Thank you @Kachina624 for posting this list. 

[ThinkingOutLoud]

Or they just need to trust that the animals have instincts and listen to them.

My mom planted all sorts of plants and flowers and we had many different pets over the years. None of which died from the plantlife.

[NickNack]

That's a great reference @Kachina624 .  I always make it a policy to look up any plant or flower that I'm going to plant or bring into my home before I buy it.  I've done that for years.

I have succulents in my kitchen window, and when I decided to add them about five years ago I started researching them as to their suitability to living indoors and also as to toxicity to pets.  I was surprised how many were poisonous to pets.  Since Henry, my cat, can jump on my kitchen counter it was important to me that it would be okay if he ate them.  (He hasn't done so.)

I always have some type of fern on my screened in porch, and the same thing applies there.  One type of fern that I originally wanted was poisonous to cats.  Henry spends a lot of time on my porch in the summer.

[Kachina624]

One of my favorite plants is castor bean, for quick shade.  They grow from a little bean to 6-8' high in a season and big leaves give lots of shade.  The poisonous beans grow in clusters at the top so, unless your pet is a giraffe, it's unlikely to be a threat.  They die with a freeze and I always quickly removed them to the garbage.

[Kachina624]

@NickNack    You probably have a CATio and just don't know it.

[Jk9]

@Kachina624 Thanks for posting.   Good reminder and I did print and put on the refrigerator.

[Spacrazy]

@Kachina624  Thank you for sharing this guide. There were many more toxic than I was aware of and I've printed it for quick reference.

[meallen616]

@Kachina624,

Thank you, 

[Kallena]

Thanks so much for posting this.