Beware of tulips and other flowers that we put in the house. Many are poisonous to our animal friends
Tulips with their delicate and lively shades embellish any vase, blooming from March to May, although a lot depends on the variety, and bringing color to every home. These flowers are also highly prized for their significance since represent true love, but will it be the same for cats? Not really since tulips and cats are a bursting couple, to which you have to pay close attention.
For our beloved cats, tulips are poisonous, but not just flowers, also the stems, the leaves and finally the bulbs. Their toxicity is given by the presence of an organic substance called tulips, from which the name of this flower comes.
The tulipanin, if ingested, can be potentially lethal, causing in animals vomiting, convulsions up to poisoning. But the tulip is not only dangerous for cats and even dogs, but even for us humans where it causes similar problems as well as skin irritation with the difference, however, that we are rarely inclined to want to taste a tulip or one of its leaves, as a cat would. .
Placing the tulips in a point not accessible to the animal could be an idea if you really cannot do without these flowers, but also be careful that the animal does not come into contact with the water present in the vase because the tulipanina is also released. in the water of the flowers. If the cat accidentally overturns a vase of tulips, it would be really advisable to take the cat to the vet right away to check it out.
Tulips are just some of the toxic plants for dogs and cats, this is a very useful list of poisonous plants for animals that you can consult before getting a new plant, if you want to be sure that the new purchase is not risky for your pets.
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