houseplants

[Laiste]

What type of housplants are safe to have when you have cats? Also my house is completely shady most of the day!

[Branwen]

Spider plants grow well in shade. My cat has eaten mine down to the roots and it has still grown back. The cats still alive too. Wheat grass is health for cats. And their is a flowering plant that my mom gets for her cat... I'll have to get the name of it for you.

[Laiste]

Thanks. I currently have a spider plant and wheat grass. If you could find out the name of the other plant...that would be great.

[Yvonne Belisle]

Maybe these will help.




Poisonous and Non-Poisonous Plants



Poisonous Plants
Amaryllis
Azalea
Begonia, sand
Bird of Paradise
Clack nightshade berry
Butterfly weed
Calla lily
Calamondin orange
Carnation
Castor bean
Christmas cherry
Chrysanthemum
Cotoneaster berry
Cyclamen
Daffodil
Daisy
Daphne
Deadly nightshade
Devils ivy
Diffenbachia
Dumbcane
English holly English ivy
Eyebane
Firecracker
Foxglove
Geranium
Golden chain
Holly berry
Horsechestnut
Hyacinth
Hydrangea blossom
Iris
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Jequirity bean
Jerusalem cherry
Jimson weed
Juniper
Larkspur
Laurel
Lily-of-the-valley
Mistletoe
Morning Glory
Needlepoint ivy Oleander
Oxallis
Poison ivy
Poison sumac
Potato plant
Pothos
Pyrocantha
Philodendron
Podocarpus
Rhubarb
Rhododendron
Rosary pea
Skunk cabbage
Snow-on-the-mountain
Spathe flower
String of pearls
Tomato leaves
Tulips
Violets
Wild Carrots
Wild peas
Yew berry



Non-Poisonous Plants
There have been no recorded cases where ingestion of any of the plants on this list in small to moderate amounts have resulted in development of poisoning symptoms.

African violet
Air fern
Aluminum plant
Aralia
Areca palm
Aster
Baby tears
Bachelor button
Bamboo
Begonia(except sand begonia)
Birch berry
Bloodleaf plant
Boston fern
Bromeliad
Butterfly
Cactus, Christmas
California poppy
Camellia
Chinaberry
Chinese evergreen
Coleus
Corn plant
Croton (most)
Creeping Charlie
Dahlia
Dandelion Dogwood
Donkey tail
Dracaena
Eater lily
Fittonia, red
Fuchsia
Ferns (most)
Forsythia
Gardenia
Hawthorne
Hens and Chicks
Hibiscus
Honeysuckle
Impatiens
Inch plant
Jade plant
Japanese aralia
Kalanchoe
Lady's slipper
Lipstick plants
Magnolia
Manzanita
Marigold
Mountain ash
Nasturtium
Palm Patient Lucy
Peperomia
Petunia
Piggyback plant
Pilea
Polka dot plant
Prayer plant
Pregnancy plant
Primula
Purple passion
Purple velvet
Rose
Rubber plant
Shefflera
Skimmia
Snake plant
Snowball tree
Spider plant
Sumac
Swedish ivy
Tiger lily
Umbrella plant
Velvet plant
Violet
Wandering Jew
Zebra plant

It is a good idea to label all house and garden plants so that you can remember what they are if you have to phone poison control. Always dispose dead leaves
from houseplants and all yard mushrooms.


there are also the following links
http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants.html

http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants-non-toxic.html

[Branwen]

She gets him dyathis. He will eat it down to the roots. Every couple of days she will take it outside so it can re-grow. It's a very hardy plant though.

[Ball-Bhreac Ròn]

CATNIP!!!!!!! lol

[Earth Walker]

Growing kitty grass works, cats love chewing on it :)

[falia]

:( i have a problen keeping my house plants alive i water i put them in the sun i put them out side in summer for fresh air i feed them i talk to them they still die 1 - 2 months after i get them
i have no animals so i know its not that
help?

[Yvonne Belisle]

Look the plants up on the net make sure you are putting them in the right areas of your home.

[eneurian]

i have a pot of catnip in almost every room in the house. it also helps to underplant taller species or things that you don't want the cat to chew on with the catnip. the catnip actually keeps them busy and they forget to chew the other plants. i have poisonous plants in my house and garden that i use and need. the animals never touch them. i'm not sure why. i do take all precautions in that i introduce all the animals to any new plant and let them know that i would prefer they not chew this one or that it will make them sick or whatever the reason. i also advise the plants to look and smell as unpopular as they can to the animals. i ask the co-existing entities in our home to watch out for and pre-empt or advise me of any untoward situations.
i may seem a bit quirky even on a pagan website but i don't have any ill animals or damaged plants so something works...:)e

[Laiste]

Originally posted by eneurian
i have a pot of catnip in almost every room in the house. it also helps to underplant taller species or things that you don't want the cat to chew on with the catnip. the catnip actually keeps them busy and they forget to chew the other plants. i have poisonous plants in my house and garden that i use and need. the animals never touch them. i'm not sure why. i do take all precautions in that i introduce all the animals to any new plant and let them know that i would prefer they not chew this one or that it will make them sick or whatever the reason. i also advise the plants to look and smell as unpopular as they can to the animals. i ask the co-existing entities in our home to watch out for and pre-empt or advise me of any untoward situations.
i may seem a bit quirky even on a pagan website but i don't have any ill animals or damaged plants so something works...:)e

Merry Meet and Welcome to MW!!:D

As far as my cat is concerned...He dosen't listen to ANYTHING I say...he'll try to eat ANYTHING...plastic, garbage, he even tried to eat my cactus plant!! OUCH! I don't think he'll do that again:eek:

If he joins me in circle next time...which, he usually does...I think I'll try a little spell or something...to help him not be so mischievous...wish me luck!

Oh and the catnip in everyroom sounds like a good idea, however, is it true that it makes cats a little wild...that's the last thing my crazy @ss cat needs!

[Flaire-FireStar]

hehe Catnip.. That'd drive the cat wild (works for mine, but I had the catnip outside). We have spider plants and my cat's still fine. But spider plants have a tendancy to run wild unless you like cut them back or something.. 8O

[eneurian]

response...
i don't think my cats are any more mellow than others. they spend a fair amount of time climbing the walls- quite literally-but perhaps their response to the catnip is dear or maybe they have just overdosed. i have three tuxedo cats and they all respond to catnip like they are stoned-'like totally dude'-it's really pathetic sometimes. i think the OTH (other than humans) in my house have more to do with the safety of my plants and my cats than the catnip.
does anyone else have oth in their homes? i thought they were pretty universal. there have been various kinds in every place i've ever lived. they watch over things and i leave them goodies. its a simbiotic relationship. i am very grateful to them.
you're right about the spider plants. and i am also being over-run with sweetheart vine at the moment. time to pot some up and have a sale.