Cats and lillies - death warning - especially for UK readers

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chas - 06 May 2005 18:13 GMT

As someone who lives in the UK and has kept cats for about 20 years, this
was news to me - and a shock to learn of it. Not only that but I actually
had a couple lilies in a mixed bunch of flowers in vase - all now in the
bin.

Lily pollen or leaves, or any part of a lily is extremely toxic to a cat.

A recent death in the UK has been highlighted in our press - and example of
which is below -

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/06/nlilly06.xml&sSh
eet=/news/2005/05/06/ixhome.html

It would seem this is a well known fact in the US - but here in the UK it is
virtually not known about.

Hopefully, more publicity will rectify this - I'm taking a news clipping to
work for our noticeboard.

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mlabofski@yahoo.co.uk - 06 May 2005 19:35 GMT

That's unbelievable, thanks so much for posting that, I've just started
growing lilies in my garden and my best friend has 5 cats and lots of
lilies in pots, will send this to all cat owners I know, wow!

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Alison - 06 May 2005 22:51 GMT

I saw this in the Mail today. Thanks for posting the link . I'll pass
it on

Alison:)
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> As someone who lives in the UK and has kept cats for about 20 years, this
> was news to me - and a shock to learn of it. Not only that but I actually
> had a couple lilies in a mixed bunch of flowers in vase - all now in the
> bin.

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MaryL - 07 May 2005 00:40 GMT

> As someone who lives in the UK and has kept cats for about 20 years, this
> was news to me - and a shock to learn of it. Not only that but I actually
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
> to
> work for our noticeboard.

Yes, lilies can be deadly to cats. Here are some links that list other
toxic substances.
Here are links to several sites that list plants that are poisonous to cats.

http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants.html
http://www.maxshouse.com/ToxicPlantsComplete.htm#L
http://www.geocities.com/taliskercats/plants.html
http://amby.com/cat_site/plants.html
http://www.judyshealthcafe.com/articles/plants-and-cats.html

Additional toxic substances:
http://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/hazards.htm

MaryL

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