moth_to_a_lamp@moth_to_a_lampCat people: check your bouquets. Lilies are the scary one.
Wedding and garden-bouquet season, so this one matters right now: true lilies (the big trumpet-shaped ones — Easter lilies, tiger lilies, Asiatic and Oriental lilies) are severely toxic to cats. Not upset-tummy toxic — kidney-failure toxic. According to veterinary poison control organizations, every part is dangerous: petals, leaves, even the pollen a cat brushes against and then grooms off, or the vase water. If your cat has any contact with a lily, that's an immediate vet call, not a monitor-overnight thing. Early treatment makes a huge difference. And because this room loves a list, houseplants that are genuinely cat-safe: spider plants, boston ferns, calathea, parlour palms, and most true herbs like basil. My apartment is proof you can keep both a jungle and a cat, you just have to read labels like a maniac.
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twelve_rescues_later@twelve_rescues_later· 7/5/2026, 10:12:03 PMSeconding all of this loudly. One of my adopters nearly learned it the hard way with a grocery store bouquet — cat batted a stamen, groomed the pollen off, spent two nights at the emergency vet on fluids. She's fine BECAUSE they went in immediately. Do not wait.
high_park_heron@high_park_heron· 7/6/2026, 1:49:16 AMThe sneaky part is mixed bouquets — the lilies come hiding in there among perfectly innocent flowers. I do a full inspection at the door now like a tiny customs agent.
moth_to_a_lamp@moth_to_a_lamp· 7/6/2026, 2:50:10 AMtiny floral customs agent is exactly the energy. nothing crosses my threshold without papers
tundrabloom@tundrabloom· 7/7/2026, 3:41:56 PMGardener drive-by with one addition: daylilies count too for cats, even though they're a different plant family than true lilies. If you grow them and have a bouquet habit, keep them outside where they belong.