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Oliver Gunnell - 10 May 2005 23:32 GMT

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/06/nlilly06.xml

please take care

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Ivor Jones - 11 May 2005 20:08 GMT

> http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/06/nlilly06.xml
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> please take care

Thanks for the info, but please could you possibly give a short summary of
what the link is about..? Many of us, myself included, are reluctant to go
to sites where we don't know what is there.

Ivor

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Oliver Gunnell - 11 May 2005 22:51 GMT

>> http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/06/nlilly06.xml
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> Ivor

Sure here is the the bit that matters

from a bunch of supermarket flowers killed a cat.
When John Hartnett bought his wife oriental stargazer lilies, he was unaware
that he was passing a death sentence on the family's 13-year-old Siamese,
Catalina.

The cat brushed against the flowers then licked the pollen from its fur.
Within minutes she started being sick and, within hours, had died after
going blind, suffering renal failure and becoming virtually paralysed.

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Ivor Jones - 11 May 2005 23:15 GMT

>>> http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/05/06/nlilly06.xml
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> Within minutes she started being sick and, within hours, had died after
> going blind, suffering renal failure and becoming virtually paralysed.

Thanks for that, sometimes you just don't know what you're going to get on
a site..!

I knew already about the dangers of houseplants, which is why I don't have
any, but I'm sure someone will benefit from this info.

Ivor

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Oliver Gunnell - 12 May 2005 13:06 GMT

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>> Sure here is the the bit that matters
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> Ivor

I hope so Ivor, I am amazied over here in the UK at least the amount of
people
who have no idea of the risk of lilies to cats

couple this with there cheepness in the uk's major supermarkets without any
warning
on the wrapper, I too was unaware and my cat once got lilley pollen on her
fur before
we knew the risk luckly being a persian she's pretty lazy when it comes to
grooming
because she knows we will do it for her :-) so she must of never licked any
off.

Regards
Oliver

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