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Offline lisa77

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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2007, 14:52:14 PM »
I actuallt didnt realise they were poisonous untill I came on here before getting Leo !

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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2007, 14:20:46 PM »
Morrisons seem to be making it more obvious on their packaging now - last time I saw a bunch they had a circular sticker on the main wrap rather than it being on the main packet blurb thing (if that makes sense!)
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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2007, 21:10:39 PM »
I spotted some recently in the window of some cat owning neighbours, got my husband to go round and tell them as they had two cats.
I think they smell absolutely revolting anyhow.
Someone gave my ( non cat owning ) mum some recently when I was staying there and I was gagging at the pong. I double bagged them and chucked them in the bin, just in case any tiny bit of them dropped on the floor as my mum has cat visitors.
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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2007, 14:59:51 PM »
Must admit, I've had cats all my life (47 now) and I only heard about it a few years ago.  I dug all mine up from my garden and never buy them for the house either now.

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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2007, 10:59:58 AM »
Iv been to a few places where they have warnings but they are never very big, who reads the small print on flower wrapping!  :(
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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2007, 23:05:55 PM »
 :heeee heeee:
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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2007, 22:39:32 PM »
 :-[ :slap:
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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2007, 22:01:11 PM »
Quote from: Mark on December 24, 2007, 21:19:59 PM
I have lost count of the times I have had stalks sticking out of the kitchen bin  :scared:

 :evillaugh: sorry  :naughty:
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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2007, 21:20:45 PM »
Fortunately I am violently allergic to the smell so no problems here!!
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Re: Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2007, 21:19:59 PM »
They should have a big warning on  :scared:

I only found out just over a year ago and always had lilies. I have lost count of the times I have had stalks sticking out of the kitchen bin  :scared:
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Offline Gillian Harvey

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Cat-sitting - and Lilies!
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2007, 19:17:28 PM »
Last week I met a couple of the cats I'll be sitting for over this xmas, whilst I was there I could smell lilies and said as much to the customer. They were in a vase in the kitchen and I was just about to say, did you know how toxic lilies can be to cats - when her friend, who was visiting, said, oh those are the lilies I brought you the other day, smell lovely don't they! So I didnt say anything then to avoid upsetting the friend, but phoned the customer later to tell her - and she had no idea about lilies being so poisonous to cats.

Just been over to one of my other cat sitting customers (owners already away) - and what do I find, a great big vase of lilies (smelt them as soon as I walked in the door!) - obviously newly bought as they were just starting to open - well they got chucked straight in the wheely bin before I did anything else!! I will leave them a note about it, in case they wonder where their lililes had gone LOL!

Frightening really, that some owners still don't know about this.
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