Pets and Spring Plants

WOO HOO!!  It's spring!  The beautiful weather is back and we sure are enjoying outside romp days and laying in the sun.  

What's even more exciting is that Spring means the aroma of all those pretty flowers that arrive.  My mom has been gardening in the front yard and planting bulbs, flowers and we even have a beautiful hyacinth on the table inside. Mmmm!  They sure smell good, but I can't get very close to them because she has them completely out of my reach.  Why is she planting them so far away from our play area?  I had to do some research and get to the bottom of this mystery.  

It turns out that many spring plants are toxic to dogs and cats.  So toxic in fact that if we ingest them we can become very sick.  I'm ashamed to confess, but I have been known to eat a plant here and there.  They smell so good that I sometimes think they must taste as good as they smell.  Mmm..  Don't tell my mom, but sometimes they do.  Not good enough to be sick with diarrhea, vomiting, lack of appetite, convulsions, seizures and gastrointestinal illness though.  I don't know what gastrointestinal illness means, but it sure sounds bad.  Let's just say, I wont be eating anymore plants and you shouldn't either.  

I've made a list for you to pass along to your humans so they know what plants to keep you away from during springtime, incase you can't resist the temptation.  

Highly toxic plants are: Tulips, Hyacinths, Daffodils, Peace lilies, Easter cactus and Crown of thorns.

Non-toxic plants: Easter daisies, Easter orchids, Easter lilies and Resurrection lilies.

(Oh.  Remember, just because they are non-toxic doesn't mean its okay to eat them.  I suggest keeping plants out of your diet completely.)