04/12/2025
🌸 Spring is officially here, Easter is on the horizon with Mother’s Day not too far way either, time for a LILY ALERT REMINDER!
Kitties and Lilies are a very dangerous mix that is not always on the forefront of your mind when out shopping for the perfect floral arrangement, gift or new splash of colour for your backyard garden.
True lilies and Daylilies are the most dangerous, ranked as Sever Toxicity Level for our feline friends. Common examples of these lilies include:
- Easter Lily (L. longiflorum)
- Stargazer Lily (L.orientalis)
- Tiger Lily (L. tigrinum or L. lancifolium),
- Asiatic hybrid lily (many varieties of Lilium spp.)
- Wood Lily (L. philadelphicum)
- Daylily (Hemerocallis spp.).
Unlike a lot of poisonous house plants, the ENTIRE organism; including leaves, flowers, pollen or even the water from the vase are all potential for danger.🙀Ingestion of even small amounts such as pollen licked up while grooming - can lead to vomiting, lethargy and kidney failure.
🏥Lily ingestions are medical emergencies requiring IMMEDIATE veterinary care! Your vet team will quickly follow decontamination steps, IV fluid therapy, kidney function tests and supportive care to greatly improve recovery. Time and correct plant identification are of upmost importance if you think Fluffy got into some suspicious flowers. A delay of treatment of more than 18 hours after ingestion generally results in irreversible kidney failure.😿
🌹🌻🌷Alternative flower choices everyone will love are: roses, sunflowers, tulips, irises, carnations, mums, cosmos, orchids, and baby's breath. These flowers may cause vomiting and diarrhea but are not life threatening. To be safe, never allow pets accesses to potentially toxic plants unattended.
🐶Dogs fortunately do not metabolize the Lily in the same way, ingestion may cause vomiting, diarrhea,or drooling however are generally self-limiting and they will recover on their own with a bit of rest, full water bowl. If your dog isn’t recovering after 24-48 hours check in with your veterinary team 📞