warning: lilies are toxic to cats

We did not know that one of THE MOST toxic things for a cat is a Lily. Like, they go into kidney failure within a week and then die.

My well meaning co-workers sent a flower basket. It contained lily's but we didn't know they're toxic. Well, thank god that the kitties had their annual physical today. And thank god that Raj had put his nose so far up into the orange day lillies that the pollen dyed his face orange (seriously, it was orange even after washing it off) so that we mentioned this to the vet...and well, that's where we're at right now.

We have NO idea if Otto was in the flowers or not. But they lick each other's faces a lot (including on the way to the vet this morning), etc. So at this point we have to deal with the cats being in the vet hospital for the next 48 hours getting IV fluids and fed charcoal. They are fairly certain we caught it early enough as the cats are showing no symptoms.

*sigh*

Posted by jennj at July 16, 2008 05:06 PM