r/standardissuecat • u/kjernereaktor • 14d ago

2024 edition SIClet Standard issue baby

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My almost six month old hotrod baby Helmi is living a life of chaos! She loves to bap bap bap my plants but doesn't care to eat them, which I'm very grateful for.

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u/chaenorrhinum 14d ago

Aww... she looks so much like my 2018 edition when I first got her! Mine also likes to pet the plants (even the cactus) but will only chew on the schefflera leaves she knocks off.

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u/Beginning_Garden_849 13d ago

Schefflera are toxic to cats and dogs. You might want to stop her chewing on the leaves.

https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/animal-poison-control/toxic-and-non-toxic-plants/schefflera

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u/chaenorrhinum 13d ago edited 13d ago

Am I going to get sucked into another argument with someone who doesn’t understand “the dose makes the poison” here? Because according to Reddit “experts” my orange cat is already dead from licking a popsicle stick.

Oxalates are in all sorts of common foods - spinach, potatoes, lentils - which are also in quality pet foods. She isn’t chomping down whole mouthfuls; she doesn’t have enough molars left to efficiently chew leaves.

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u/chaenorrhinum 13d ago

My orange cat is just fine, by the way, except she is currently mad at the blanket on the sofa because it keeps zapping her with static no matter how much she cuddles it.