NOT ALL PLANTS ARE EQUAL WHEN IT COMES TO PETS BEING SAFE
Like everything in life, not everything is identical. This is true with houseplants. We have houseplants that require bright light, we have houseplants that require moderate light, and we have houseplants that require low to medium light. With all these conditions, some plants have a physiological makeup that makes them safe or unsafe to be around our beloved pets. October is prompting me to share the need to be cautious with plants around your pets. Now is the time for people to bring inside their tropical houseplants that have been outside for months. Many homeowners are pet owners. Everyone needs to be wise about what plants to have in the house around their animals. I have a new 12-week-old “granddog” who comes and visits now and then. She chews on everything. Thank goodness I don’t have any plants considered toxic to pets.
I am going to give you a list of plants that are known to be poisonous if eaten. And I will provide you with a list of non-toxic plants for cats and dogs.
For more detailed information, visit the ASPCA’s website at ASPCA.org.
PET SAFE HOUSEPLANTS
(RECOMMENDED by ASPCA AS ON-TOXIC TO CATS AND DOGS)
- ARECA PALM
- SPIDER PLANT
- STAGHORN FERN
- BROMELIAD
- RUBBER PLANT
- PARLOR PALM
- CHRISTMAS CACTUS
- CREEPING CHARLIE
- FALSE ARALIA
- KENTIA PALM
- ZEBRA PLANT
- WANDERING JEW
- RABBIT’S FOOT FERN
- GRAPE IVY
- GOLDFISH PLANT
- POINSETTIA
- PONYTAIL PALM
- MAJESTY PALM
- CAST IRON PLANT
- AFRICAN VIOLET
- BOSTON FERN
- CORN PLANT
- ARALIA
- VENUS FLY TRAP
- TILLANDSIA & others
POISONOUS HOUSEPLANTS TO PETS
- ALLAMANDA
- ALOCASIA
- CALADIUM
- CHINESE EVERGREEN
- CROTON
- CROWN OF THORNS
- CYCLAMEN
- DAFFODIL
- ENGLISH IVY
- GERANIUM
- HYACINTH
- JERUSALEM CHERRY
- OLEANDER
- PENCIL CACTUS
- SAGO PALM
- CALLA LILY