Yucca palm is dangerous to cats in two ways
Many indoor cats like to nibble on the yucca palm in the living room without being harmed or developing any symptoms of intoxication. However, there are also some known cases in which the house tiger was damaged in various ways by the yucca. First of all, the leaves of this plant are very sharp-edged, so that the cat nibbling on it can easily injure itself. In addition, the stem and leaves contain a substance that irritates the mucous membranes, sometimes leads to diarrhea and in severe cases can even damage the kidneys. So if your cat has diarrhea from time to time for an unknown cause, it could be due to the yucca palm.
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Many popular house plants are poisonous to cats
In addition to the yucca palm, many other houseplants are also poisonous for indoor cats and should therefore not be cultivated in a cat apartment or placed in such a way that the house tiger cannot touch them. Houseplants that are poisonous to cats include:
- Yucca palm (palm lily)
- Dieffenbachia
- Philodendron / tree friend
- ivy
- Cyclamen
- Dragon root
- azalea
- amaryllis
- Dragon tree
- Bow hemp
- Ficus / weeping fig
- Aralia
- Flamingo flower / anthurium
- Window leaf
- Calla
- Christmas star
- avocado
Tips
You should also be careful with cacti and columnar milkweed plants - cats like to use both as scratching aids. While cacti are usually non-toxic, they have dangerous spines. Spurge plants, on the other hand, are highly poisonous - especially the milky sap that escapes when scratching can have dangerous consequences. These include the popular poinsettia, but also the rubber tree, the Christ thorn and many other succulents.
