Rhubarb and Cats?

unforeseen

Silvertabby wrote: »

Not funny, Farway. If cats ingest lily pollen (easily done if they brush past a plant and get the pollen on their fur - which they then groom off) it can lead to organ failure and a very painful death.

Not if the owners actually control their animals and stop them going into other people's gardens who may be growing lilies. Cat owners do not dictate what other people can grow in their gardens. The welfare of their cat is their responsibility and nobody else

Silvertabby

!!!8220; Not funny, Farway. If cats ingest lily pollen (easily done if they brush past a plant and get the pollen on their fur - which they then groom off) it can lead to organ failure and a very painful death.
Originally posted by Silvertabby

unforeseen wrote: »

Not if the owners actually control their animals and stop them going into other people's gardens who may be growing lilies. Cat owners do not dictate what other people can grow in their gardens. The welfare of their cat is their responsibility and nobody else

Legally, cats (even pets) are a protected wild animal. Lily pollen poisoning is, thankfully, very rare - it's actually more likely that the cat will brush against lily flowers in a vase in their own home.

Note that as much as you dislike your feline marauders, intentionally doing them harm is an offence punishable by imprisonment.

Best way of keeping cats out of your garden? Get one of your own - it will keep the other mogs out of your garden / his territory. And you'll soon learn that cats do not obey orders!

unforeseen

Silvertabby wrote: »

Legally, cats (even pets) are a protected wild animal. Lily pollen poisoning is, thankfully, very rare - it's actually more likely that the cat will brush against lily flowers in a vase in their own home.

Note that as much as you dislike your feline marauders, intentionally doing them harm is an offence punishable by imprisonment

I said nothing about intentionally harming them. You are inventing things I didn't say. I was making the point that cat owners can not dictate what people wish to grow in their own gardens. If it is something that is normal for a garden but toxic to cats then the onus is fairly and squarely on the cat owners shoulders to ensure their cat isn't poisoned.

Silvertabby

unforeseen wrote: »

I said nothing about intentionally harming them. You are inventing things I didn't say. I was making the point that cat owners can not dictate what people wish to grow in their own gardens. If it is something that is normal for a garden but toxic to cats then the onus is fairly and squarely on the cat owners shoulders to ensure their cat isn't poisoned.

Apologies for my mistake. Sadly, there are far too many other people out there who seem to think that cat poo in their garden warrants capital punishment.

My own furry madam doesn't make a nuisance of herself in neighbours gardens - she can't climb our high fence and, in any case, will only 'go' in the privacy of her indoor litter tray. A couple of the more agile local moggies do come into our garden - but I very rarely find any of their messes, possibly because they know that I carry a packet of Dreamies for good kitties!

Incidentally, did you know that a lot of 'normal' garden plants are toxic - not only to cats, but also to inquisitive finger-licking toddlers? Daffodil sap can cause a seriously dicky tummy, and Monkshood (aconite) and Oleander are deadly - yet these and many more are freely sold in garden centres.

unforeseen

Silvertabby wrote: »

Incidentally, did you know that a lot of 'normal' garden plants are toxic - not only to cats, but also to inquisitive finger-licking toddlers? Daffodil sap can cause a seriously dicky tummy, and Monkshood (aconite) and Oleander are deadly - yet these and many more are freely sold in garden centres.

It really makes you wonder how the human race has survived for thousands of years.

It all boils down to responsibility and common sense. Two items that appear to be in very short supply these days because people expect somebody else to make their little world safe.
There is nothing wrong with selling them freely in garden centres. They also sell lots of things in shops that are fatal for people with allergies. You cannot sanitise the world. You need to control your and your families lives to make it safe. Don't expect others to do it for you.

gardner1

Farway wrote: »

Better not grow lilies then, she'll have kittens:D

Have them in our garden when we moved in ........to be honest the 8a5tard cats still 5h1t on the lawn:mad:

gardner1

Silvertabby wrote: »

Legally, cats (even pets) are a protected wild animal. Lily pollen poisoning is, thankfully, very rare - it's actually more likely that the cat will brush against lily flowers in a vase in their own home.

Note that as much as you dislike your feline marauders, intentionally doing them harm is an offence punishable by imprisonment.

Best way of keeping cats out of your garden? Get one of your own - it will keep the other mogs out of your garden / his territory. And you'll soon learn that cats do not obey orders!

Let me see now...i hate cats with a passion because they 5h1t in my garden...and you say i should get myself one:rotfl:

unrecordings

It doesn't always work. Even though our Eccles has her mojo back (several rats caught recently, and she's been seen to chase foxes down the garden) there's still a phantom pooper that's decided our garden, specifically my runner beans is his little secret executive bathroom. The normal carpet of sticks and canes that has worked for five years against pigeons, badgers, foxes, footballs and other cats just hasn't worked - so I've put down holly, lots of it, and then bramble runners. That should do the trick (?)

Silvertabby

gardner1 wrote: »

Let me see now...i hate cats with a passion because they 5h1t in my garden...and you say i should get myself one:rotfl:

Cats are very territorial. Yours will keep (at least some of) the other moggies out of 'his' garden.