I'm sure you know this but don't bring lilies into your home, as much as a lick can be fatal to cats.
I didn't know that. I just brought home a bouquet for my partner yesterday with a single cutting of three lilies. The cats don't eat or otherwise disturb flowers (lucky me) but I just pulled it out and tossed it, and drained and rinsed the vase and other stems. Thank you.
Garlic and onion too, poisonous for cats.
A co-worker accidentally offed his fiancé's cat this way.
> The cats don't eat or otherwise disturb flowers (lucky me)
Even unintentionally ingesting the pollen of a lilly can cause fatal kidney failure within 24 hours.
Ingesting lily pollen on the fur while grooming is enough to do it, too.
One time I put a little hot sauce on the leaves of one of our plants because I read that cats don't like it and works as a decent deterrent. My plant-loving cat was basically like, "mmm spicy salad dressing!"
hmmm, how convenient? sorry honey, i absolutely totally 100% would have bought you flowers, but you know cat. not that i forgot or anything. we swears it.