Prevent Cat Poisoning with Silk Flowers and Plants.

Silk Flower Arrangements Keep Your Cat Healthy and Happy.

We all strive to have a beautiful home. A lush green plant or a colorful flower arrangement can really brighten up a room, so much so that all you want to do is snuggle up on the couch with your adorable kitty. But unfortunately, cats and plants don’t always make for a healthy combination.

Most of us think that cats are merely a plant’s worst enemy. However, plants and flowers are just a little more covert in their cat attacks.

There are as many as 214 plants and flowers that can be potentially harmful to cats. This list does not include those plants to which your individual kitty might have an allergy. Who’d ever think that such pretty little things-like poinsettias , Baby’s Breath, ferns, and most of all, lilies-could be dangerous? Well they can be if your cat decides to make them into a snack.

If we were talking about dogs, perhaps you could simply place your favorite lilies out of reach. Problem solved. But with cats, well, we’ve all seen what they can do. Nothing is out of reach for a cat.

What’s to be done in this situation? There are three options:

a) Get rid of your cat
b) Get rid of your plants
c) Keep your kitty and replace your plants with life-like silk flowers

My guess is that you’re attached to your cat and your plants, so you’re probably going to opt to keep the cat and furnish your home with silk flowers and plants. But that’s not the only reason to replace your plants with silk alternatives. First of all, they bring the same life and color to your home as the real things. They never die. And, they require no watering or pampering. The fact that silk flower arrangements help you keep your pets healthy and happy is just icing on the cake. It seems that silk flower arrangements aren’t as tasty to cats as the real thing.

But I thought my cat was a meat-eater?

Sure, your cat loves to catch a tasty mouse every once in a while. But cats like anything green mostly because, you guessed it, they induce vomiting. Cats will do and eat anything to great rid of those uncomfortable hairballs that like to hang out in their stomachs. If your indoor cat doesn’t have access to the buffet of grass outside, you can bet that she’ll chow down on your house plants.

And you can bet the ranch that vomiting will follow. A plant snack can also cause excited behavior (due to nervous system agitation), a sore or burning throat, cardiac arrest, or comatose. The poison remains in her system even after vomiting. If your cat ingests a house plant or flower, contact your veterinarian or an Animal Poison Control Center immediately.

Silk Flower Arrangements and your Cat can Live in Peaceful Harmony

When you introduce silk flower arrangements into your home, you might notice a few changes around the house. No longer will your cat be stalking your elegant bouquets, or scaling your curtains to get to your hanging plants, or practicing her vertical leap to get to your potted greenery. Best of all, you can enjoy the peace of mind knowing that your silk flower arrangements won’t harm your precious kitty.

And don’t worry, your cat won’t have to go without fulfilling her need to purge. Lots of feline friendly greens are available at your local pet store. You can stock the house with plenty of greenery that’s intended to help your cat keep a healthy tummy.

With silk flower arrangements, everybody wins. You get to enjoy a healthy, happy home filled with the beautiful flowers, people, and animals you love. Isn’t that what everyone dreams of?

by Kate Long - August, 2010

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