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Be careful planting these (or having them in the home) if you or your neighbors have cats. This plant is extremely toxic and can cause kidney failure!
They look great tho outside of this PSA.
Outdoor cats (any animal) at wild are illegal outdoors in my city, so that’s more the owners issue here, but great PSA, we will definitely have to be careful if we cut them and bring them in the house though, we have indoor cats. I always try to wash my hands after handling the bulbs/blooms.
I would argue you shouldn't even bring them inside. The amounts necessary for toxicity are insanely low..like a bit of pollen, a small clipping of the leaves or stems, a small puddle of water left behind from rinsing; all of these are potentially toxic to your kitties.
Also side note, illegal or not, cats get out / get lost. Its a bit callous to hold the cats in your neighborhood up to standards of the "law" and careless owners / accidental runaways.
I think that’s a little alarmist to be honest, not all cats are allergic to Lilies, so to just blanket ban them is over the top, train your pets as well, it is a thing.
I have never had a single one of my cats get out in 2 decades, if you want to be careless that’s your fault, the general public isn’t going to go out of their to avoid planting stuff so muffins you constantly somehow let out doesn’t eat them. There’s also ways to address constant runaways, get a shock collar.
I’m sorry, take a little personal accountability for your pets and how you let them out, or do what a good pet owner should do, and fix the problem. Your PSA went from cute PSA to borderline propaganda real fast. Yeesh growmie.
The real PSA is outdoors cats are menace to nature and if you can’t keep them inside because you’re frankly a horrible pet owner, they deserve what happens. I’ll trap them if they come on my property, but the coyotes and bears will get them first before some flowers…. Don’t be an irresponsible pet owner, keep muffins inside, there is ZERO excuse, full stop.
Yikes, you really took that in a weird direction. Lot of judgement and assumption in your post. I've also never really had my cat get out but your delusional if you think that can't happen unless someone is completely careless or a shitty pet owner.
Explain which part is propaganda? ASPCA recommends contacting a vet immediately if you know your cat has been exposed; I'm being "alarmist" for a reason.
The fact that you think people need to worry about what they plant because irresponsible pet owners can’t get their shit together. An outdoor (illegal or legal, still a moronic idea….) cat has a thousand other things to worry about, in fact I do believe if you’re going to be careless they should be eating or taking by a coyote. I have birdhouses and bird feeders, if people are negligent with their animals, I’m giving them a buffet. There is more than one perspective here and your exuding yours as gospel.
Fuck off lmfao. The cats can get fucked the bird population is far more important, but peddle for little muffin dude… yeesh.
To be fair, my second post was more a suggestion you be a responsible pet owner and not bring Lillie's inside your home. The second part of my message was about how you said since its against the law for animals to be outside (lol) its not your problem as if the law controls where cats go or not go. I guess I was trying to point that if you care about the cats in your neighborhood maybe you forego the pretty flower.
I guess I was trying to point that if you care about the cats in your neighborhood maybe you forego the pretty flower.
I was trying to be polite and not bring up a derisive topic, especially since I knew your attitude about outside cats from your first comment.
They aren’t outside animals full stop never have been and never will be. Not even sorry, and they can get fucked, and so can your PSA about not planting lilies outside. Even if they’re legal, you should do the responsible thing for nature (and for you cat, they live 3x as long indoors as semi outdoors) and keep them inside.
If anything, letting your cat outside is the cruel act, you’re killing it in 5 years instead of giving it live a long healthy safe life for 15+ years.
I care about nature, that’s why I don’t care that an invasive predator might get what’s coming. Lmfao. But I’ll trap them first, but no love lost.
Get your priorities straight dude.
Oh yeah? You knew my stance lol? I'm 100% anti outdoor cat. Wtf are you talking about.
You live in a world where no one accidentally has their cat run away. Also that sentence about strays getting fucked really shows a lot about who you are.
Also again moving away from my main argument that lead to this part of the convo (post initial PSA); you should not be bringing lilys inside your home if you have cats. Its reckless..
Also that sentence about strays getting fucked really shows a lot about who you are.
You know what, strays don’t exist here…. So it’s not a problem, so how can it show who I am if it’s not something anyone here needs to concern themselves with? Any strays are eaten by wildlife as a snack, or trapped by residents or the humane society. That’s what a cooperative society that actually cares about nature can do…. Not whatever you are peddling or doing where you are.
Also again moving away from my main argument that lead to this part of the convo (post initial PSA); you should not be bringing lilys inside your home if you have cats. Its reckless..
Please go back and reread your first comment, because that’s not the case at all… you mentioned growing them outside and made an aside comment about indoors.
Be careful planting these (or having them in the home) if you or your neighbors have cats. This plant is extremely toxic and can cause kidney failure!
Yeesh buddy…. You lying about your point now? Because that’s all outdoor…. Yikes….
Nah clearly you aren’t anti outdoor cat, give your head a shake dude. Your first comment was concerned about muffins getting out that you somehow do every day… and constantly say there nothing you can do…. Nothing at all, he just wants to be outside….