27 Jan
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You probably had to deal with the fact that your pet shows a very specific interest in house plants, flowers, grass. And the point here is not a lack of vitamins, but more often a desire to clear the stomach of hairballs.
However, the habit of chewing on plants can be a nuisance. Some indoor flowers and plants from summer cottages can not only harm your cat's health, but even lead to death.
Cat owners and pet owners should check their windowsills and garden areas and discard some of the plants. Any home can be decorated with flowers that are equally beautiful, but safe for the health of pets.
Do not rely on your cat not to taste the unsafe leaf. If, nevertheless, the animal has tasted the "forbidden fruit", but nothing happened, you should not hastily draw conclusions about safety.
Harmful and poisonous substances tend to accumulate in the body of the animal and over time can manifest themselves in various symptoms, such as vomiting, difficulty breathing or pathology of the digestive tract.
To avoid the danger of poisoning, it is worth treating pots with plants with substances that have an unpleasant odor for cats, for example, citrus essential oils. If you can't wean a cat from eating herbs, then you can plant plants at home that will benefit the cat. For example, cereals, mint, thyme, lemon balm, or catnip.