Thanks for the link!
I checked two of the veterinary links and they did NOT list peace plants, but one of the other lists did. I've had mine for 3 years now and not had a problem (with the cats) but the leaves get rather fringed during the winter when I keep it inside. It's my only plant. (I've always been horrible with them and not really interested anyway.) But this one I've saved from my grandfather's funeral in 2002, so I've tried to keep it going.
tonya
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>>I don't know a link, but I know poinsettias are poisonous, and I know peace plants and silk plants are not poison, but highly enjoyable for nibbling and shredding anyway<<.Here's a link for toxic plants. http://amby.com/cat_site/plants.htmlWhen Sarah was a kitten, I almost lost her because she ate about an inch from the tip of a leaf from a Chinese Evergreen (closely related to peace lilies). She became lethargic and started having tremors - she went to the ER vet and it took 3 days for the symptoms to stop.If I don't know for certain if something is safe, and I can't keep it outside or hang it out of reach, I keep it in a terrarium. I use aquariums with strip lights and screen tops for reptiles. The strip lights show off the plants, give the plants enough light, and give the cats a warm place to hang out on chilly evenings. I keep the lights plugged into timers set to turn on and off at roughly the same time as sunrise and sunset in July. Right now, I have a 5 gal cacti aquarium, a 75 gal stream bank terrarium - with moving water, a couple fish, a couple small turtles, and ferns, mosses, and other wet land plants. and I have what started out as an iguana cage I designed that is 4 feet long, 2 feet wide and 5 feet tall and has two 65 watt spotlights in the front corners. I put small floor plants in there. The iguana moved on to a friend who has a heavily planted greenhouse. Right now, I just have plants in it, ! but I've had turtles, lizards, and even a few wild birds in small cages in there (the cage stays warm because of the lights. Sick wild birds benefit as much from the warmth as from any vet care I give them. I'd rather cage the plants than risk losing a cat to misinformation
