Don't Let Your Pet Eat The Flowers
Flowers in your home are a great way to liven things up but be careful of which ones you bring into a household with pets. This video will teach you potentially dangerous flowers that should be avoided and which flowers are harmless to your pets. Flowers like lilys, carnations, daffodils and tulips are all beautiful to look at but can toxic to cats and dogs.
Step 1: Know your plants.
Nothing brightens up a room like a big, beautiful bouquet of flowers, but if you're a pet owner, you really need to know your plants before you bring them home. According to the ASPCA, there are over one hundred potentially dangerous flowers on the market. These include tulips, carnations, daffodils, and lilies, the deadliest of all to cats.
Step 2: Plant hold hidden danger.
Lilies are very, very dangerous because they are highly toxic, and the toxicity that they can do, initially they can cause vomiting and diarrhea.
There are even hidden dangers to flowers and plants. This is the dithenbocia and this is the daffodil. They both contain calcium oxylate crystals, which can cause sever burning to the mouth, lips, and even the esophagus, plus they're both highly poisonous to pets. These are the types of flowers and plants you want to keep out of paws reach.
Step 3: Safeguard your pets.
There are some simple ways to safeguard your pets. Ask your florist to identify each flower in an arrangement. You can then look up each flower online to make sure it's safe. Also, skip the silica packets; they're toxic to pets. Throw out rubber bands from the bouquet; pets can swallow them. Spray flowers with a product called "Bitter End" to deter pets from tasting. There are many pet friendly flowers available . Snap Dragons and Sunflowers are non-toxic, as are most ferns and ivy. One of the safest flowers is also one of the most romantic: the rose. Just make sure to trim the thorns.
For The Pet Report, I'm Mitch Wilder.
