I know many people know this already, but just in case you don't. I am aware it was Valentine's day on Sunday, and many may have had flowers which included Lillies (any variety) and there was a warning on the label of mine (which is good.)

Please don't let your cat go near the stamens/pollen (the orange powdery bits). It could kill them.

Cats have brushed against them, then licked their fur with the pollen on, it is toxic for cats, some have died.

Simply remove them with a paper towel when the flower opens, it does not harm the flower but could harm your cat.

I just had to post this just in case.

Didn't know that.

Thanks for posting.

All parts of the flower can be poisonous to cats, and with some species of lilly the fatal dose can be very small .
It's much safer not to mix cats and lillies at all.
Some cats will leave them alone, others, particularly indoor-only cats who do not have access to outdoor vegetation, and curious, playful kittens are even less likely to do so.
Other flowers can also be poisonous to cats, including poinsettias.

On a different point lilly pollen is very staining on clothes, furnishings, curtains, wallpapers etc.
Although the pollen-covered stamen undoubtedly add to the attractiveness of the flowers, cutting the stamens out as the flowers open, before they release pollen, can save orange staining on anything they come into contact with, or drop onto.

You learn something every day, thank you.

Lilly pollen is poisonous to dogs too.

What about Tiger Lilies?

Well, they are Lillies aren't they? The pollen of ANY lillies are poisonous to cats, and it is apparent from a previous poster, dogs too.

Don't let your pets go near them.

As it happens, lillies are one of my favourite flowers, especially Star Gazer Lillies, but if there is one thing where I will not get the cats get the better of me, it is to go on the table where I sometimes have flowers.

My cats own me and can go anywhere, but the table and the kitchen worktop is a no no. And bless them, they know that. Everywhere else is a free for all.

Already knew about this, I won't have lillies of any variety in the house. In some cases you can have a dead cat within 30 mins of exposure to lilly pollen. Sounds dramatic but it is true!

The wifes favourite flower are lilies. Our younger dog ( lab x springer) suffered a cough when I bought my wife some a few years back, not bought any since.

Oh wow, thanks for posting. I didn't know that

Got a list of plants that are dangerous to cats its long though
Plants Poisonous to Cats
Almond (Pits of)
Aloe Vera
Alocasia
Amaryllis
Apple (seeds)
Apple Leaf Croton
Apricot (Pits of)
Arrowgrass
Asparagus Fern
Autumn Crocus
Avacado (fuit and pit)
Azalea
Baby's Breath
Baneberry
Bayonet
Beargrass
Beech
Belladonna
Bird of Paradise
Bittersweet
Black-eyed Susan
Black Locust
Bleeding Heart
Bloodroot
Bluebonnet
Box
Boxwood
Branching Ivy
Buckeyes
Buddist Pine
Burning Bush
Buttercup

Cactus, Candelabra
Caladium
Calla Lily
Castor Bean
Ceriman
Charming Dieffenbachia
Cherry (pits, seeds & wilting leaves)
Cherry, most wild varieties
Cherry, ground
Cherry, Laurel
Chinaberry
Chinese Evergreen
Christmas Rose
Chrysanthemum
Cineria
Clematis
Cordatum
Coriaria
Cornflower
Corn Plant
Cornstalk Plant
Croton
Corydalis
Crocus, Autumn
Crown of Thorns
Cuban Laurel
Cutleaf Philodendron
Cycads
Cyclamen

Daffodil
Daphne
Datura
Deadly Nightshade
Death Camas
Devil's Ivy
Delphinium
Decentrea
Dieffenbachia
Dracaena Palm
Dragon Tree
Dumb Cane

Easter Lily *
Eggplant
Elaine
Elderberry
Elephant Ear
Emerald Feather
English Ivy
Eucalyptus
Euonymus
Evergreen

Ferns
Fiddle-leaf fig
Florida Beauty
Flax
Four O'Clock
Foxglove
Fruit Salad Plant

Geranium
German Ivy
Giant Dumb Cane
Glacier IvyGolden Chain
Gold Dieffenbachia
Gold Dust Dracaena
Golden Glow
Golden Pothos
Gopher Purge

Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy
Heartland Philodendron
Hellebore
Hemlock, Poison
Hemlock, Water
Henbane
Holly
Honeysuckle
Horsebeans
Horsebrush
Horse Chestnuts
Hurricane Plant
Hyacinth
Hydrangea

Indian Rubber Plant
Indian Tobacco
Iris
Iris Ivy

Jack in the Pulpit
Janet Craig Dracaena
Japanese Show Lily *
Java Beans
Jessamine
Jerusalem Cherry
Jimson Weed
Jonquil
Jungle Trumpets

Kalanchoe

Lacy Tree Philodendron
Lantana
Larkspur
Laurel
Lily
Lily Spider
Lily of the Valley
Locoweed
Lupine

Madagascar Dragon Tree
Marble Queen
Marigold
Marijuana
Mescal Bean
Mexican Breadfruit
Miniature Croton
Mistletoe
Mock Orange
Monkshood
Moonseed
Morning Glory
Mother-in Law's Tongue
Morning Glory
Mountain Laurel
Mushrooms
Narcissus
Needlepoint Ivy
Nephytis
Nightshade

Oleander
Onion
Oriental Lily *

Peace Lily
Peach (pits and wilting leaves)
Pencil Cactus
Peony
Periwinkle
Philodendron
Pimpernel
Plumosa Fern
Poinciana
Poinsettia (low toxicity)
Poison Hemlock
Poison Ivy
Poison Oak
Pokeweed
Poppy
Potato
Pothos
Precatory Bean
Primrose
Privet, Common

Red Emerald
Red Princess
Red-Margined Dracaena
Rhododendron
Rhubarb
Ribbon Plant
Rosemary Pea
Rubber Plant

Saddle Leaf Philodendron
Sago Palm
Satin Pothos
Schefflera
Scotch Broom
Silver Pothos
Skunk Cabbage
Snowdrops
Snow on the Mountain
Spotted Dumb Cane
Staggerweed
Star of Bethlehem
String of Pearls
Striped Dracaena
Sweetheart Ivy
Sweetpea
Swiss Cheese plant

Tansy Mustard
Taro Vine
Tiger Lily *
Tobacco
Tomato Plant (green fruit, stem and leaves)
Tree Philodendron
Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia
Tulip
Tung Tree

Virginia Creeper

Water Hemlock
Weeping Fig
Wild Call
Wisteria

Yews --
e.g. Japanese Yew
English Yew
Western Yew
American Yew

Hope it helps some one. There still is so much that you would never think of as well

I knew about the liles, and avoid them like the plague too.

I notice that in the list they state that Poinsettia is low toxicity, this may be true, but my aunts cat got ill, from just brushing against the plant, as he would brush against it, as he made his way through the window, and then obviously he licked himself.

He was very off-colour for weeks, despite the vet giving him pills/blood tests, but it wasn't until the vet nurse brought him back from having more blood tests, that the cause was discovered.

I can't believe Daff's are on this list!!! Amber loves them (chews them to pieces!!)

I knew Lillies were dangerous - I didn't know they could kill though?

I rarely have any flowers though as aformentioned cat goes mental for them!

I don't have plants in the house because Maine Coon will have a go at anything, and because I'm dead lazy about watering them, so there's no point! We both get on well with cacti, though - he doesn't go near them, and they don't need a lot of TLC anyway. I keep some plants in the conservatory where the basement cats live, but I'd never have lilies anyway - they remind me of funerals!

Every outdoor cat will have access to a huge range of plants which could be toxic to them, but in reality very few are actually affected. I grow many plants on that list, as do my neighbours, and the neighbourhood cats have survived for many years with no ill effects. I don't have houseplants - because I don't like them, not because of the cats.

Lilies are a different thing though because they don't have to chew them, just brush past. I used to grow lilies but it was too fiddly having to snip out the pollen so I no longer have them, but my neighbours do - nothing you can do about what the neighbours have.

Thanks for that warning, very interesting.
Whenever I have had lillies in the house I always remove the stamens to stop staining from the pollen.
However I have quite a lot of lillies in pots in the garden and obviously do not take the same precautions outside. With 4 cats of my own I never knew I was taking such a risk with their lives....time to clean out the pots!

Its like the aloe vera products you can get. It sometimes can be in washing up liquid. My cat knock a bottle over and sat on it. I washed and dried his legs the best that i could but he was sat there one day and i saw his back legs. All the fir was coming out in clumps. Took him too the vets and he said it was in the washing up liquid. The very first bunch of flowers that i got after getting my first 2 cats they did try to eat and it went right through them. It lasted for at least a month.

I always check the labels on supermarket bought flowers to see if they are toxic to cats. They're pretty good at putting it on the label now.

I'm sure that the odd occasion when the Maine Coon has had the runs could well be associated with plants, especially in the summer when he goes into the conservatory. I try to keep an eye on him, but he's impossible - I don't know what the attraction of geraniums is, but he's straight in there!