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๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽ„ Pet-Safe Holiday Plants (A Must for Cat & Dog Households!)
The holidays bring twinkling lights, cozy decorations, and beautiful seasonal plantsโ€ฆ but if you share your home with a cat or dog, you know December can also bring one very specific worry:
โ€œ๐–๐š๐ข๐ญโ€ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐“๐‡๐ˆ๐’ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ?โ€
Curious cats love to nibble EVERYTHING.
Dogs investigate with their mouths.
And some classic holiday plants can be risky for both.
Good news:
There are plenty of gorgeous, festive, pet-safe plants you can enjoy this season โ€” no stress, no midnight emergency vet visits, no barricading the poinsettia behind the toaster.
Letโ€™s make your home both beautiful and safe for your furry family this holiday season.
๐ŸŒŸ ๐Ÿ. ๐๐ž๐ญ-๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐‚๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐„๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฒ
These plants bring holiday beauty without the toxicity concerns.
โœ” ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฌ (๐’๐œ๐ก๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐š)
* Completely non-toxic
* Easy to grow
* Gorgeous winter blooms
* Safe even if your cat takes a โ€œtaste testโ€
One of the BEST holiday plants for pet households.
โœ” ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ
* Great in holiday arrangements
* Thrives indoors
* Non-toxic and hardy
* Cats often play with the leaves, but itโ€™s harmless
โœ” ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐•๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ
* Pretty blooms for winter countertops
* Safe for cats & dogs
* Loves bright, indirect light
โœ” ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐š ๐ƒ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ (๐‡๐ฒ๐ฉ๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ)
* Festive speckled leaves
* Safe for pets
* A great pop of red or pink for holiday dรฉcor
โœ” ๐‘๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ (๐๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž!)
* Smells amazing
* Safe for pets
* Useful in holiday cooking
* Perfect for December aesthetics
โœ” ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง ๐…๐ž๐ซ๐ง
* Beautiful for wreath-style displays
* Totally pet-friendly
* Appreciates the humidity of busy kitchens
โš ๏ธ ๐Ÿ. ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐”๐ฌ๐ž ๐–๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ฒโ€ฆ ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š๐ฅ)
These arenโ€™t highly toxic, but they can cause mouth irritation, stomach upset, or drooling if chewed.
โœฆ ๐๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฌ
* Not the villain they used to be!
* Mildly irritating to mouth & stomach
* Safe if displayed out of reach
* Best avoided for โ€œchewyโ€ pets
โœฆ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐ฌ (๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž/๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ)
* Needles can irritate tummies
* Water in the tree stand can contain bacteria or preservatives
* Avoid access to the tree base
โœฆ ๐Ž๐ซ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐๐ฌ
* Non-toxic BUT fragile
* Cats love batting at the blooms
* Safe for households with gentle pets
If your pets arenโ€™t big chewers, these are generally okay with supervision.
โŒ ๐Ÿ‘. ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ
These can be toxic to cats/dogs and arenโ€™t worth the risk.
๐Ÿ”ด ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ
* Beautiful but very toxic to pets.
* Bulbs = the MOST toxic part.
๐Ÿ”ด ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ & ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
* Can cause vomiting, drooling, diarrhea
* Berries are a choking hazard
๐Ÿ”ด ๐Œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐จ๐ž
* Causes GI upset, drooling, and in large quantities, more severe symptoms
* Hang artificial mistletoe instead
๐Ÿ”ด ๐‹๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
* Extremely toxic to cats
* Even pollen can be dangerous
* Avoid all forms: stargazer, Easter lily, tiger lily, daylily, etc.
๐Ÿ”ด ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฏ๐ฒ (๐จ๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ)
* Toxic if chewed
* Skip or keep completely out of reach
๐ŸŽ„ ๐Ÿ’. ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž & ๐…๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ž๐ญ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ
๐ŸŒฒ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ: ๐†๐จ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก ("๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ โ€œ๐‚๐š๐ญ-๐‰๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉโ€ ๐‡๐ข๐ ๐ก)
Use floating shelves, mantels, or plant stands tall enough that cats canโ€™t reach in one jump.
๐ŸŒฟ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ: ๐‚๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š โ€œ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐™๐จ๐ง๐žโ€
Keep all safe holiday plants together in a single display that is beautiful and easy to supervise.
๐Ÿงบ๐“๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ‘: ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ ๐…๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ
๐”๐ฌ๐ž:
* decorative stones
* pinecones
* moss
* a mesh barrier under decorative mulch
Stops dogs from digging and cats from using pots as โ€œalternative litter boxes.โ€
๐Ÿถ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ’: ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‚๐ก๐ž๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
Safe deterrent spray on pot edges helps discourage mouthy pups.
๐Ÿชด ๐“๐ข๐ฉ ๐Ÿ“: ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ
Prevents pets from knocking plants over during โ€œzoomies.โ€
๐ŸŽ ๐Ÿ“. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ: ๐๐ž๐ญ-๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐‡๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐†๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐๐ž๐š๐ฌ
If youโ€™re gifting plants this season, consider:
* A decorated rosemary tree
* A small spider plant in a festive pot
* Christmas cactus with ribbon
* A polka dot plant in holiday colors
* A pet-friendly indoor herb trio (mint, parsley, thyme)
Perfect for pet-loving gardeners!
Pet parents, what holiday plants do you feel safest using at home?
Show us your pet-safe setups or your cute holiday plant + pet photos! ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽ„
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