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Cat food safety
Can Cats Eat Houseplant Leaves? No, Identify The Plant
Call if chewed
No. Do not let cats eat unknown houseplant leaves.
Houseplant LeavesCall for unknown plants, lilies, or symptoms
Call your veterinarian or pet poison control now if the plant is unknown, a lily, a known toxic plant, treated with chemicals, or your cat has symptoms.
A photo helps
Clear photos of the whole plant and leaves can help your veterinarian or poison control identify the risk.
Lilies are urgent
If there is any chance the plant is a lily, treat it as urgent and call now.
Identify the plant
- Move the plant out of reach.
- Photograph the whole plant, leaf, stem, and pot label if available.
- Call your veterinarian or pet poison control if the plant is unknown, toxic, treated, or symptoms start.
Do not wait on unknown leaves
- Lilies, aloe, dieffenbachia, pothos, philodendron, sago palm, unknown plants, treated leaves, fertilizers, soil, and plant water.
- Waiting for vomiting, drooling, mouth pain, lethargy, tremors, collapse, or appetite loss.
- Assuming a plant is safe because a cat has chewed it before.
Watch
- Drooling, pawing at the mouth, vomiting, diarrhea, mouth swelling, refusing food, lethargy, tremors, weakness, collapse, or behavior that feels wrong.
Portion
No safe serving. One chewed leaf can matter depending on the plant.
Helpful food-safety supplies
Optional tools for measuring, storing, serving, and cleaning up tiny portions safely.
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