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Qualified BVSc Uni Sydney 1982

Attained MACVSc in Cat Medicine 1990

Examiner in Cat Medicine 1996 & 1997

Attained 2nd MACVSC in Animal Behaviour 2004

Cat Clinic Senior Veterinarian since 1992

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Non-toxic Plants for cats

ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center
1-888-4 ANI-HELP
http://www.napcc.aspca.org

This list contains plants that have not been reported as having systemic effects on the animals, nor intense effects on the gastrointestinal tract. Any plant material ingested by an animal (as when dogs and cats ingest yard grass) may produce signs of vomiting, depression, or diarrhea. These signs are generally mild and self-limiting and often do not require any treatment
  • Achira
    Bluebottle
    Carobinha
    Common garden canna
    Achyranthes verschaffelti
    Blushing bromeliad
    Carolina hemlock
    Common greenbrier
    Acorn squash
    Blunt leaf peperomia
    Carrion flower
    Common snapdragon
    African violet
    Bold sword fern
    Carrot flower
    Common staghorn fern
    Algaroba
    Boston fern
    Carrot fern
    Confederate jasmine
    Aluminum plant
    Bottlebrush
    Casaba melon
    Coolwort
    Alumroot
    Bottle Palm
    Cast Iron plant
    Copperlead
    American rubber plant
    Brazilian orchid
    Cat brier
    Copper rose
    Anthericum comosum
    Bride's bonnet
    Cat ear
    Coral ardisia
    Antirrhinum multiflorum
    Bristly greenbrier
    Cattleya labiata
    Coral bells
  • Brodiaea pulchella
    Celosia globosa
    Coral berry
    Arabian gentian
    Broom hickory
    Celosia plumosa
    Cornflower
    Aregelia
    Bullbrier
    Celosia spicata
    Crape myrtle
    Artillery plant
    Bur gourd
    Chamaedorean humilis
    Crataegus phaenopyrum
    Aspidium falcatum
    Burro's tail
    Chaparral snapdragon
    Crataegus spp.
    Aubepine
    Buttercup squash
    Chenille plant
    Creeping charlie
    Autumn olive
    Butterfly squash
    Chestnut
    Creeping gloxinia
    Baby rubber tree plant
    Butterfly ginger
    Chicken-gizzard plant
    Creeping mahonia
    Baby tears
    Butterfly iris
    Chickens and hens
    Creeping pilea
    Bachelors buttons
    Butterfly orchid
    Chin-lao-shu
    Creeping rubus
    Ball fern
    Butterfly tulip
    China aster
    Creeping zinnia
    Bamboo
    Button fern
    China root
    Crepe myrtle
    Bamboo palm
    Caeroba
    Chinese plumbago
    Crimson bottlebush
    Bamboo
    Calathea insignis
    Chlorophytum bichetii
    Crimson cup
    Banana
    Calthea lancifolia
    Chlorophytum
    Crisped feather fern
    Banana squash
    California pitcher plant
    Chocolate soldier plant
    Crossandra
    Begonia species
    Callistemon bradyandrus
    Christmas dagger fern
    Cucumber
    Belmore sentry palm
    Callistemon viminalis
    Christmas orchid
    Cushon aloe
  • Big shellbark hickory
    Callistemon citrinus
    Christmas palm
    Cushion moss
    Bigonia
    Calochortus nuttalli
    Cinnamon jasmine
    Cyrtudeira reptans
    Bitter Pecan
    Camellia
    Cinquefoil
    Dainty
    Bitternut
    Canada hemlock
    Cirrhopetalum
    Dainty rabbits-foot fern
    Black haw
    Canary date palm
    Clearweed
    Dallas fern
    Black hawthorn
    Candle plant
    Cliff brake fern
    Dancing doll orchid
    Blaspheme vine
    Candycorn plant
    Club moss
    Davallia bullata mariessi
    Bloodleaf
    Canna lily
    Cocks comb
    Davallia trichomanoides
    Blooming sally
    Cantebury-bell
    Cocktail orchid
    Desert trumpet
    Blue bead
    Cape jasmine
    Collinia elegans
    Dichelostemma
    Blue daisy
    Cape primrose
    Color-band Cryptanthus
    Dichorisandra reginae
    Blue echeveria
    Carob
    Columnar cactus
    Dinteranthus vanzylii
    Blue-dicks
    Carob tree
    Common camellia
    Duffii fern
    Blue-eyed daisy
    Caroba
    Common catbrier
    Duffy fern
    Dwarf date palm
    Golden bells
    Kaempferis
    Minature fish tail
    Dwarf feather fern
    Golden lace orchid
    Kahali ginger
    Minature maranta
    Dwarf palm
    Golden shower orchid
    Kenilworth ivy
    Minature marble plant
    Dwarf Rose-Stripe Star
    Good luck palm
    Kentia palm
    Mistletoe cactus
    Dwarf royal palm
    Grape hyacinth
    Kenya palm
    Mockernut hickory
    Dwarf whitman fern
    Grape Ivy
    Kenya violet
    Mosaic plant
    Earth star
    Great willow herb
    Kharoub
    Mosiac vase
    Easter cattleya
    Green ripple peperomia
    King nut
    Moss agate
    Easter daisy
    Greenbrier
    King of the forest
    Moss campion
    Easter lily cactus
    Hagbrier
    King and queen fern
    Moss fern
    Easter orchid
    Hardy baby tears
    Kuang-yen- pa-hsieh
    Moss phlox
    Edible banana
    Hardy gloxinia
    Lace flower vine
    Moss rose
    Elephant-Ear Begonia
    Haws
    Lace orchid
    Mossy campion
    Emerald ripple peperomia
    Haws apple
    Ladies ear drops
    Mother fern
    English hawthorn
    Haworthia
    Lady lou
    Mother spleenwort
    Epidendrum atropurpeum
    Hawthorn
    Lady palm
    Mother of pearl plant
    Epidendrum ibaguense
    Hedgehog gourd
    Lagerstroemia indica
    Mountain camellia
    Epidendrum
    Hellfetter
    Lance Pleumele
    Mountain grape
    Episcia spp.
    Hemlock tree
    Large Lady Palm
    Mulberry bush
    False aralia
    Hen and chickens fern
    Laurel-leaved greenbrier
    Mulberry tree
    Fairy fountain
    Hens and chickens
    Leather peperomia
    Musa paradisiaca
    Fan tufted palm
    Hickory
    Leng-fen tu'an
    Muscari armeniacum
    Feather fern
    Hindu rope plant
    Leopard lily
    Muscari spp.
    Feathered amaranth
    Holligold
    Leopard orchid
    Muskmellon
    Fiery reed orchid
    Holly fern
    Lesser snapdragon
    Narrow leafed pleomele
    Fig leaf gourd
    Hollyhock
    Lily of the valley orchid
    Natal plum
    Figleaf palm
    Honey locust
    Linden
    Neanthe bella palm
    Fingernail plant
    Honey plant
    Lipstick plant
    Nematanthus spp.
    Fire weed
    Honeydew melons
    Little zebra plant
    Neanthebella
    Fish tail fern
    Honeysuckle fuchsia
    Little fantasy peperomia
    Neoregelia
    Flame african violet
    Hookera pulchella
    Living rock cactus
    Nephrolepsis
    Flame of the woods
    Horse brier
    Living stones
    Nerve plant
    Flame violet
    Hoya carnosa 'exotica'
    Locust pods
    New silver and bronze
    Florida butter-fly orchid
    Hoya carnosa 'krinkle'
    Lou-lang-t'ou
    Night blooming cereus
    Fluffy ruffles
    Hoya carnosa 'variegata'
    Luther
    Odontoglossum spp.
    Forster sentry palm
    Hoya 'Mauna Loa'
    Madagascar jasmine
    Old man cactus
    Fortunes palm
    Hubbard squash
    Magnolia bush
    Old world orchid
    Freckle face
    Hypocyrta spp.
    Mahonia aquifolium
    Orange star
    Friendship plant
    Ice plant
    Malabar gourd
    Oregon grape
    Frosty
    Imbricata sword fern
    Malaysian dracaema
    Ossifragi vase
    Garden marigold
    Irish moss
    Manila palm
    Paddys wig
    Garden snapdragon
    Iron cross begonia
    Mapleleaf begonia
    Painted lady
    German violet
    Iron tree
    Maranta
    Palm lily
    Gherkins
    Ivy peperomia
    Marbled fingernail
    Pampus grass
    Ghost leafless orchid
    Ivy-leaf peperomia
    Mariposa lily
    Panamiga
    Ghost plant
    Jackson brier
    Maroon
    Pansy orchid
    Giant aster
    Jacob's ladder
    Mary-bud
    Paradise palm
    Giant holly fern
    Japanese aralia
    Measles plant
    Parlor palm
    Giant white inch plant
    Japanese holly fern
    Melons
    Parlor plant
    Gibasis geniculata
    Japanese moss
    Metallic peperomia
    Parsley fern
    Globe thistle
    Japanese pittosporum
    Metallic leaf begonia
    Peace begonia
    Gloxinia
    Jasmine
    Mexican firecracker
    Peacock plant
    Gold bloom
    Jewel orchid
    Mexican rosettes
    Pearl plant
    Gold-fish plant
    Joseph's coat
    Mexican snowballs
    Pearly dots
    Golden aster
    Jungle geranium
    Miniature date palm
    Peperomia foster
    Peperomia hederifolia
    Ribbon plant
    Tahitian bridal veil
    Whitman fern
    Peperomia peltifolia
    Roosevelt fern
    Tailed orchid
    Wild buckwheat
    Peperomia rotundifolia
    Royal velvet plant
    Tall feather fern
    Wild buckwheat
    Peperomia sandersii
    Rubber plant, baby
    Tall mahonia
    Wild hyacinth
    Pepper face
    Russian olive
    Teasel gourd
    Wild lantana
    Persian violet
    Saffron spike zebra
    Texas sage
    Wild sarsaparilla
    Pheasant plant
    Saint Bernards lily
    Thea japonica
    Wild strawberry
    Piggy back plant
    Sand lily
    Thimble cactus
    Willow herb
    Pigmy date palm
    Sand verbena
    Thorn apple
    Windmill palm
    Pignut
    Satin pellionia
    Ti hu-ling
    Winter cattleya
    Pignut hickory
    Sawbrier
    Tiger orchid
    Withered snapdragon
    Pilea microphylla
    Scabious
    Toad spotted cactus
    Woolflower
    Pilea mucosa
    Scarborough lily
    Torch lily
    Yellow bloodleaf
    Pink Brocade
    Scarlet orchid
    Tous-les-mois
    Yellow-flowered gourd
    Pink Pearl
    Scarlet sage
    Trailing peperomia
    Yerba linda
    Pink polka dot plant
    Sego lily
    Tree cactus
    Zebra haworthia
    Pink starlite
    Shagbark hickory
    Tree gloxinia
    Zebra plant
    Pirliteiro
    Shan ku'ei-lai
    Tropical moss
    Zinnia sp.
    Pitaya
    Shellbark hickory
    True cantalope
    Zucchini squash
    Plantanus orientalis
    Shiny leaf smilax
    Tu fu-ling
  • Plantanus occidentalis
    Shrimp cactus
    Tulip poplar
  • Platinum peperomia
    Silver bell
    Tulip tree
  • Platycerium alicicorne
    Silver berry
    Turban squash
  • Plumbago larpentiae
    Silver heart
    Turf lily
  • Plush plant
    Silver-leaf peperomia
    Umbrella plant
  • Polka dot plant
    Silver nerve plant
    Urbinia agavoides
  • Polystichum falcatum
    Silver pink vine
    Usambara violet
  • Pony tail
    Silver star
    Variegated laurel
  • Porcelain flower
    Silver table fern
    Variegated oval leaf peperomia
  • Pot marigold
    Silver tree anamiga
    Variegated philodendron leaf peperomia
  • Prairie lily
    Slender deutzia
    Variegated wandering jew
  • Prairie snowball
    Small fruited hickory
    Variegated wax plant
  • Prayer plant
    Smilax tamnoides vas hispida
    Velvet plant
  • Prickly bottlebrush
    Speckled wood lily
    Venus fly trap
  • Prostrate coleus
    Spice orchid
    Verona fern
  • Purple baby tears
    Spider ivy
    Verona lace fern
  • Purple passion vine
    Spider plant
    Vining peperomia
  • Purple waffle plant
    Spotted laurel
    Violet slipper gloxinia
  • Purpleosier willow
    Squarenut
    Waffle plant
  • Queen's spiderwort
    Squirrels foot fern
    Walking anthericum
  • Queencup
    Star jasmine
    Washington hawthorn
  • Queens spiderwort
    Star lily
    Water hickory
  • Queensland arrowroot
    Star plant
    Watermelon begonia
  • Rabbits foot fern
    Star tulip
    Watermelon peperomia
  • Rainbow orchid
    Star window plant
    Watermelon pilea
  • Red african violet
    Strawberry
    Wax plant
  • red berried greenbrier
    Striped blushing
    Wax rosette
  • red edge peperomia
    Sugar pods
    Weeping bottlebrush
  • red hawthorne
    Sulfur flower
    Weeping sergeant hemlock
  • red palm lily
    Summer hyacinth
    Weisdornbluten
  • red veined prayer plant
    Swedish ivy
    West indian gherkin
  • reed palm
    Sweetheart hoya
    Western sword
  • resurrection lily
    Sweetheart peperomia
    White ginger
  • rex begonia
    Sweet william
    White edged swedish ivy
  • rhynchophorum
    Sword fern
    White heart hickory
The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center, an operating division of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), is the only animal-oriented poison control center in North America. It is a unique, emergency hotline providing 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week telephone assistance. The Center's hotline veterinarians can quickly answer questions about toxic chemicals, dangerous plants, products or substances found in our everyday surroundings that can prove poisonous or fatal to animals.

 

 

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