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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2004house plants
First I will mention that my father passed away 2 weeks ago and I brought home several baskets of house plants from the funeral home. My 5 year old cat has been vomiting almost daily ever since I brought these plants home. There are no hairballs in the vomit but I have found a few chewed up pieces of plants around the house. So I am surmising that he is getting sick from chewing on the plants. Anyway, what I would like to know is there something that I can spray on the plants so that he will leave them alone? I hate to have to get rid of the plants if I don't have to as they are keepsakes. Thanks you. If the plants are making your cat sick, put them somewhere where the cat can't get at them. My plants are hanging from the overhead on chains. Some plants could poison a cat so it's not worth taking a chance. -MIKE >irst I will mention that my father passed away 2 weeks ago and I brought >home several baskets of house plants from the funeral home. My 5 year old [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >have to get rid of the plants if I don't have to as they are keepsakes. >Thanks you. Peace lilies are a popular plant sent by florists, and I'm wondering if one of the plants is one of those. All lilies, I understand, have some degree of toxicity for cats. Maybe you could hang the plants you really would like to keep? Sherry circa Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:36:49 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Girl Jamie (JTHOMPSON2@twmi.rr.com) said, > First I will mention that my father passed away 2 weeks ago and I brought > home several baskets of house plants from the funeral home. My 5 year old [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > have to get rid of the plants if I don't have to as they are keepsakes. > Thanks you. In my experience, a cat repeatedly throwing up plant matter is doing so because s/he doesn't feel good in the first place and is eating the plants in order to make himself/herself vomit. At least, this has always been the case with my cats. With Alex, it was the first indicator of his lymphoma. With Jacob, it was the first indicator of CRF-induced stomach upset. Personally, I would want to know if the cat is displaying signs of not feeling well, or if it is prone to hairballs and perhaps attempting to bring one up. If the cat seems in any other way "off", I'd schedule a vet visit. Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > In my experience, a cat repeatedly throwing up plant matter is doing > so because s/he doesn't feel good in the first place and is eating > the plants in order to make himself/herself vomit. This was true of my cat Gnarly, also. When I took her outside she sometimes practically dove for the grass and then after we went back inside (of course!) she hurled several times and seemed to feel better. When I took this tough old broad to the vet they never found anything wrong with her, but gave me pills to give her if she vomited several times, to stop her from becoming dehydrated. She lived to be 20 and what killed her is still a mystery. circa Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:13:37 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > In my experience, a cat repeatedly throwing up plant matter is doing > > so because s/he doesn't feel good in the first place and is eating [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > several times, to stop her from becoming dehydrated. She lived to be > 20 and what killed her is still a mystery. Gnarly was the one who was a pissant like my Alex, right? Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Sat, 28 Feb 2004 19:13:37 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > Gnarly was the one who was a pissant like my Alex, right? :) Yep. Gnarly Jean, Cat of Hell and Heartbreak. Mean as a snake, not very bright, but a bucket of fun. My girl. circa Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:05:07 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Mary (rosefan@email.com) said, > > Gnarly was the one who was a pissant like my Alex, right? > > :) Yep. Gnarly Jean, Cat of Hell and Heartbreak. Mean as a snake, not > very bright, but a bucket of fun. My girl. Bad cats are so much fun. :-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > Bad cats are so much fun. :-) I adopted her pregnant, at about six months old. The vet said she was fine, but as she got bigger, it was clear that the kittens hurt her. She made little sounds like (ugh!) when she landed even a short jump. This did not help her disposition! I had a pantry with those spring cabinets that do not latch, and one night when I came home from work she had systematically shredded (with claws and teeth from what I could tell) the contents of the cabinets. Cereal boxes, bags of pasta so that the contents flew everywhere, coffee filters, everything. Yes, she had food and water. Yes, she was pissed at me for leaving her alone. She eventually had four kittens. Two I adopted out and two went to my sister and my mother. Those girls also lived to be 18-20. > Laura "Laura R." <UseFirstInitialPlusRobinson@technologist.com> wrote in message news:MPG.1aabf8c52f954e4298a53d@news.verizon.net... > Bad cats are so much fun. :-) I adopted her pregnant, at about six months old. The vet said she was fine, but as she got bigger, it was clear that the kittens hurt her. She made little sounds like (ugh!) when she landed even a short jump. This did not help her disposition! I had a pantry with those spring cabinets that do not latch, and one night when I came home from work she had systematically shredded (with claws and teeth from what I could tell) the contents of the cabinets. Cereal boxes, bags of pasta so that the contents flew everywhere, coffee filters, everything. Yes, she had food and water. Yes, she was pissed at me for leaving her alone. She eventually had four kittens. Two I adopted out and two went to my sister and my mother. Those girls also lived to be 18-20. > Laura Oh that sounds like a stunt my Beagle, Lucy, would have pulled. She was the first pet the dh and I had after we got married and the last dog. She chewed up the phone, the canisters, dragged papers out of the trash can onto my bed and pooped on the paper (on the bed of course). But hey, she was in truth paper trained lol. She chewed up my side of the matress and peed on my pillow. She learned to open the bathroom door so she could raid in there. Chewed up the toothbrushes, toothpaste and a tube of Ben Gay (that must have tasted just so wonderful - not!) She didn't like being left home alone when we were at work. She would nip the dh's leg if we were getting .... 'too friendly'. Other than that she was a total sweetheart and very well behaved. W > Oh that sounds like a stunt my Beagle, Lucy, would have pulled. She was the > first pet the dh and I had after we got married and the last dog. She chewed [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > W Oooo! What a dog! She needs to be in the Bad Dog Hall of Fame! ;) Thanks to all - I think I am going to take him to the vet this week to get him checked. He did this a while back and they did blood work and didn't find anything wrong. Mickey stopped vomiting at the same time so we never pursued it any further. I'm not sure what the names of the plants but I am going to take a basket to the florist and find out what they are. Thank you. > First I will mention that my father passed away 2 weeks ago and I brought > home several baskets of house plants from the funeral home. My 5 year old [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > have to get rid of the plants if I don't have to as they are keepsakes. > Thanks you. |
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