Lily toxicity

Re: Lily toxicity

Kim Buckley — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:01:30 GMT

We had a black and white cat in called Rosie who was covered in lily pollen when she came in. She survived but we all kept calling her Lily instead of Rosie by accident. Oops!

Re: Lily toxicity

Dippy — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:40:09 GMT

We had a 3mth old kitten who'd eaten them two weeks ago but the owner phoned us in time and we treated her. I haven't seen her since so assume she's ok. Must check actually now I come to think about it!

Re: Lily toxicity

Alexander Campbell — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:44:04 GMT

Hi there.

The Peace lily (Spathyphyllum species) is potentially toxic as it contains toxins that are very irritant and which will certai8nly cause slaivation, vomiting, retching, and maybe even ulceration to tongue and oral cavity.

The types of lily that are nephrotoxic are [articularly tose from the Lilium or Hemerocalis (Day lily) families.

OK?

Cheers

Alex

Re: Lily toxicity

Heidi O'Toole — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:15:00 GMT

they havnt you know! i just went to tesco today looking for flowers and i checked, being a geek...we dont see that many cases though i suppose...

Re: Lily toxicity

Dawn Seabrook — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:05:29 GMT

Tesco's already have a disclaimer on their lillies I think, I love lillies and am lucky that my cats have never shown an intrest in the ones I have had in the house although I do make sure they cant actually get at them.

Re: Lily toxicity

Heidi O'Toole — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:38:59 GMT

yeah, its a waxy type of lily, I was given it by another nurse as a house warming, We both knew the dangers of cats and lilys but for some reason, it just doesnt look like a lily. It has no odour, is quite a 'wall flower', it doesnt look like a flamboyant lily. In fact, generally i hate lilies, the smell makes me feel ill! This lily however is lovely and is very good at cleaning the air.My cats are far more important to me though.

My old girl, wouldnt bother with it but im not sure the kitten (hes 1.5y old,but still call him kitten). He would have a go at it, im sure.

It just shows you though eh...I think the public should be taught more about the dangers...maybe we could write to tesco/asda etc and ask them to put a disclaimer on thier fresh cut flowers...?

Re: Lily toxicity

Claire Cameron — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:46:43 GMT

Seen this all to often unfortunately.

Re: Lily toxicity

Heidi O'Toole — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:46:29 GMT

oops best get rid of it! :(

Re: Lily toxicity

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:51:53 GMT

[quote user="Ding"]

Spathiphyllum wallisii is the latin for peace lily and it is not listed as being a lily.

im confused.

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this is a great reference. www.ivis.org/advances/Beasley/cpt13c/ivis.pdf

Re: Lily toxicity

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:49:03 GMT

meaning if you are wondering if it's in the lily family check and see if the latin name links it to being a lily or if it's just a nickname because it looks like a lily.

peace lily is very toxic. when in doubt google the latin name with toxic or something like this...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=peace+lily+toxic&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Re: Lily toxicity

Caro Laithwaite VN — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:11:41 GMT

whole lot. Certainly on my Flame lillys but l wouldn't part with them just not get a cat. But then also with flames they are deadly to humans as well so more reason not to have kids.

Re: Lily toxicity

Heidi O'Toole — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:07:59 GMT

plus...is it only the pollen that causes toxicity? what about the stems and leaves?

Re: Lily toxicity

Heidi O'Toole — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:06:15 GMT

Spathiphyllum wallisii is the latin for peace lily and it is not listed as being a lily.

im confused.

Re: Lily toxicity

Kerry Spain — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:26:46 GMT

Yes lilies are a killer, the advice from the VPIS is to diurese them for 2-3 days and provide supportive renal tx. There is a high incidence if mortality due to the severe toxic nature of the pollen. Don't forget to wash any pollen from the fur as this is likely to aid in further poisoning from ingestion.

Re: Lily toxicity

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:14:47 GMT

[quote user="Ding"]

does anyone know if the 'peace lily' is poisionous to cats?

http://cdn-write.demandstudios.com/upload//9000/100/20/2/69122.jpg

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliaceae

ALL LILIES AND ANYTHING IN THE LILY FAMILY! if you're unsure check the latin!

Re: Lily toxicity

Heidi O'Toole — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:10:58 GMT

does anyone know if the 'peace lily' is poisionous to cats?

http://cdn-write.demandstudios.com/upload//9000/100/20/2/69122.jpg

Re: Lily toxicity

Kay Eminson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:54:03 GMT

There was a cat over the summer which was brought in cause it had 'been ill' for 3 days but had just 'suddenly' taken a turn for the worse!!

When running bloods it was clear this cat was in severe renal failure as well being really dehydrated.

Us nurses suggested Lily poisioning but supprise supprise the vets knew best but poor kitty was beyond repair and after a few days and no improvement the owners made the decision.

One vet who was not involved in the case aggreed with us in the end

Re: Lily toxicity

Steph Worsley — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:26:36 GMT

http://www.cats.org.uk/catcare/faq_health.asp#0

http://www.vetbase.co.uk/information/lilies-are-toxic-cats.php

Re: Lily toxicity

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:06:55 GMT

[quote user="STRVN"]

This lady had brought the kitten in yesterday, saying it was off food, usual case of no money so did not want any bloods etc. The kitten at this stage was bright, no temp, colour good etc, but had vomited a couple of times.

Came in today kidneys huge and easily palpable, values off the scale for urea/crea, alkp, pottasium, twitching but not fitting, and also quite with it, totally objected to the bloods being taken.

Owner could not afford tmt, and I think even with it, the size of the kidneys alone would suggest even with fluids, a few days off them and it would have been right back in again.

So very sad.

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Poor baby :( We had whippet come in after eating those monkey grass lilies with the red/orange berries back in early summer. It was in pretty bad shape but I think we caught it early. vomiting was induced and fluids were given and it recovered really well.

Re: Lily toxicity

Saskia Quinn — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:06:15 GMT

Indeed that is very sad ST.

I remember reading somewhere before about lillies being toxic to cats, I used to have them in the house lots of times until I read that. Very sad

Re: Lily toxicity

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:04:33 GMT

I actually HATE lilies and am allergic to them. We had some in a set of flowers and i pulled them all out and put them in the bin. Trouble, however decided to pull them out and play with them, she fell ill that evening and was put on a drip and some other meds i can't remember now. It was almost 3 yrs ago. She was discharged and had to come back for a blood test. Renal function was back to normal and she's fine now! Never had any sort of problem since. Even was on a long course of Metacam from her RTA and levels were elevated but nothing to worry over. Since then re checked and now on low dose steroids for her OCD in her hip joint from the RTA with no other problems. She was very lucky and I think it was mild.

Re: Lily toxicity

Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:01:42 GMT

Came in today kidneys huge and easily palpable, values off the scale for urea/crea, alkp, pottasium, twitching but not fitting, and also quite with it, totally objected to the bloods being taken.

Owner could not afford tmt, and I think even with it, the size of the kidneys alone would suggest even with fluids, a few days off them and it would have been right back in again.

So very sad.

Re: Lily toxicity

Steph Phillips — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:51:10 GMT

Awww poor thing! We had a 10wk old kitten with lilly toxicity not long ago actually.. Luckily the owner brought her in as soon as she saw the yellow dust on her mouth.. We induced vomiting and had her on fluids for 24hrs to flush out any toxins.. She was bright, alert etc and went home the next day - owner got rid of the lillies!

Re: Lily toxicity

Steph Worsley — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:13:12 GMT

This isn't good, have to be so careful re renal values as that is prob the real killer if not caught soon enough and even then can cause some lasting damage!!

Lesson to all cat owners.......don't have lilies in the house!!!!! (or garden.....or anywhere they can get at them!!!!)

Re: Lily toxicity

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:00:01 GMT

What sort of symptoms was it exhibiting? I'm fascinated by this since my Ocicat had it when she was a youngster and survived and recovered very well!