Kathy Forer on thu 21 jul 05
I can't think of a savvier group who might know anything about cats and
plants.
I'd like to plant some seed-grown foxglove in a small woodlandy area
but am concerned it will be toxic to the cat who stays with me, the
semi-wild cat who lives outdoors or under the porch when she can though
is also quite happy inside. I'm guessing she must have some instinct
about plants as it seems there are all kinds that are poisonous, even
fatal, http://www.awomansviews.com/pets/0206_catsgarden.htm but that
article recommends keeping a cat inside. This is really an outdoor cat
to begin with.
Hydrangea, boxwood, ivy, lillies, geranium, daffodils, azalea and
amaryllis are all within her immediate roaming area but she never seems
to eat them or doesn't seem to get sick or poisoned. Except two
throw-ups in a year, seems reasonable. Would the same acceptance go for
foxglove or is something different about that plant?
To my limited knowledge, the cat has eaten only some ornamental grass
plant and possibly early blueberries.
Years ago, we lost our first bulldog the second week of summer one year
to something he ate on the fringe of the rented garden.
Thanks. It's been a while, I've been working and playing summer
opportunities.
Kathy
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Locust, NJ
Elizabeth Priddy on thu 21 jul 05
foxglove is the same family of plants
where digitalis comes from.
Glads look similar. As do Canna lilies.
Alstromeria also is beautiful
Kathy Forer wrote:
I can't think of a savvier group who might know anything about cats and
plants.
I'd like to plant some seed-grown foxglove in a small woodlandy area
but am concerned it will be toxic to the cat who stays with me, the
semi-wild cat who lives outdoors or under the porch when she can though
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Randall Moody on thu 21 jul 05
Digitalis purpurea L. is also known as Purple Foxglove, Witches'
Gloves. Dead Men's Bells. Fairy's Glove. Gloves of Our Lady. Bloody
Fingers. Virgin's Glove. Fairy Caps. Folk's Glove. Fairy Thimbles. ( I
did a research paper on Foxglove for one of my paramedic classes a
long time ago.)
Here is something I also found.=20
The Rhododendrons, including lily of the valley, laurel, azalea,
foxgloves etc all contain cardiac glycosides, drugs which are used in
the treatment of heart disease in humans and animals, digitalis is
derived from the foxglove plant. Cats or cats ingesting these plants
may be at risk. Signs include: Vomiting, diarrhoea, collapse or
possibly death from heart failure.
But you may want to ask your Vet if cats are known to favor these as
treats. My cat only eats crabgrass which he promptly returns on which
ever carpet is handy, but never on the hardwood or tiled floor.
On 7/21/05, Elizabeth Priddy wrote:
> foxglove is the same family of plants
> where digitalis comes from.
>=20
> Glads look similar. As do Canna lilies.
> Alstromeria also is beautiful
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> Kathy Forer wrote:
> I can't think of a savvier group who might know anything about cats and
> plants.
>=20
> I'd like to plant some seed-grown foxglove in a small woodlandy area
> but am concerned it will be toxic to the cat who stays with me, the
> semi-wild cat who lives outdoors or under the porch when she can though
>=20
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> Elizabeth Priddy
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> 252-504-2622
> 1273 Hwy 101
> Beaufort, NC 28516
> http://www.elizabethpriddy.com
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pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on fri 22 jul 05
HI Kathy,
Some Cats like Valerian...and as far as I know, there'd be no harm if they
ate some...
Catnip of course, is the all time favorite...! And is quite a delicate and
mysterious plant, too, in it's way...looking so tender and so on...
Prolly a feral Cat would not eat Foxglove...
But they will eat some plants or more often, grasses of course, usually to
absorb stomach froth for them to heave somewhere in squishy little matted
masses for bare feet to find after they've cooled, while on one's across the
room dark of night forays for a glass of Water or something...
Mine used to do that of course, and when those little undulating motions
used to begin, I'd grab her off the bed and set her gently, and fast...right
down onto the floor...
I could wake from a sound sleep to the slightest hint of those
prologemnons...
I was trained...
Ohhhhhh, yea...
Phil
el ve
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From: "Elizabeth Priddy" <
> Kathy Forer wrote:
> I can't think of a savvier group who might know anything about cats and
> plants.
>
> I'd like to plant some seed-grown foxglove in a small woodlandy area
> but am concerned it will be toxic to the cat who stays with me, the
> semi-wild cat who lives outdoors or under the porch when she can though
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