Comments | jofish22: someone know 'bout plants?

jofish22

someone know 'bout plants?

Nov 27, 2007 22:58

Uh, what's this plant called? I know it's a common house plant, but I'm not sure what it's called. EDIT: A spider plant! Solved in less time than it took me to edit the post to put in gratuitous amounts of kitten info.

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dr_tectonic November 28 2007, 04:18:29 UTC

Looks like a spider plant.

jofish22 November 28 2007, 04:26:29 UTC

Thanks! I agree from that photo. Funny, I thought a spider plant was a totally different plant.

In some ways it's a pity, because it looks like they're pretty much non-toxic.

zenala November 28 2007, 11:25:50 UTC

Spider plants are cat-friendly, as is swedish ivy, so if cats eat them, there's nothing to worry about.

Geraniums are another story.

waylay November 28 2007, 13:57:06 UTC

Ficus is toxic to cats. Ficus plants can be of three types (as far as I know): weeping fig, fiddle-leaf fig, and rubber plant. All 3 are toxic if the cat eats them. I was very sad when I figured this out, as I had a great rubber plant that I had to re-home, and a fig tree that I ended up throwing out, but better safe than sorry. If Annie's been munching on your ficus, tell your vet ASAP. Philodendrons are also not good.

You don't mention lilies at all, but note that lilies are extremely toxic to cats, and can cause kidney failure and death.

Here's a couple of links:
http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants.html
http://www.cathelp-online.com/emergency/poisonplants.php

inkandpen November 28 2007, 14:58:18 UTC

Oh no! I have no data to add, just good wishes from me, Dave, and Pixel (not Kink, of course) that Annie gets figured out soon. I'm sending Dave over with a get-well gift today.

jofish22 November 30 2007, 06:11:10 UTC

Yup, I know about the lilies. None around.

I have moved the ficus out of cat-ness, and I'll make sure to mention it to the vet -- although I'm not finding stuff on the internet about them being poisonous, and I'm not finding them mentioned in particular in lists of things that cause these kind of problems. I know philodendrons are bad -- but that is in the other place in the house she's never in at all.

Damm, I think it's a ficus. I'm not good at this whole houseplant thing. Will have to post a pic for general affirmation.

mkcs November 30 2007, 07:46:14 UTC

My internet searches suggested that weeping fig is not pleasant, but doesn't do any real damage. Other ficuses weren't things I was looking at, though, so I have no idea about them.

Weeping fig may give them stomach upsets -- vomiting and/or mild diarrhoea -- if they eat the leaves, but only until they've gotten them out of their systems.

kidney insufficiency anteejean November 30 2007, 06:19:31 UTC

maybe she was born w/ renal insufficiency. you may want to just get rid of the futon. once pee'd on they will keep coming back to pee at the same place. it's next to impossible to get rid of it.

Re: kidney insufficiency jofish22 November 30 2007, 06:22:50 UTC

yeah, she's young enough that that could well be the case.

and i think the futon is, indeed, dead. it's pretty bad. regardless of how much nature's miracle i spray on it.

Re: kidney insufficiency jofish22 November 30 2007, 06:23:39 UTC

is there anything to be done for that other than continual dialysis? which, frankly, i refuse to have done on a regular basis to a kitten for all sorts of reasons.

Re: kidney insufficiency anteejean November 30 2007, 14:40:12 UTC

dialysis for a cat isn't like a human. it's basically pre human machine fluid pushing by giving a cat subcutaneous fluids intermittenly. (not every day necessarily) and she could live years without having to do this.