Olive & Rye

It is (the day after) 😮‍💨 and we like to share this every year to remind people that cats can and do suffer from asthma just like humans. Olive used to have episodes of coughing due to her asthma brought on by seasonal allergens but this was one of her very last attacks almost 6 years ago. When this first started happening we thought she was trying to get out a very stubborn hairball. It happened a few times a week and slowly escalated to daily and even more than once a day.

It is important to note that coughing can be caused by other things besides asthma and it would require a vet’s diagnosis to know for sure which usually involves an exam🩺 and chest X-ray 🩻 to confirm. Coughing can also happen for spontaneously for no real reason, once in a great while, but if it becomes frequent especially increasingly frequent or for longer periods it is good to get it checked out. Then you can both breathe a bit easier! 😯😮‍💨💨

Annual Easter PSA 🚨🚨 we say this every year and every year there are people who didn’t know, people who ignore the warning and do it anyway, and people who lost their cats to lily toxicity.

LILIES ARE TOXIC TO CATS. There is no safe exposure to any part of lilies. Because their pollen is so messy and powdery, if the flowers come in your house, there is a chance that your cat could step in some accidentally dropped pollen and groom it off their paws and need to be hospitalized. Even if you keep them up on a shelf or in a room where cats aren’t allowed. DO NOT TAKE THE RISK. Your cat’s life is not worth flowers. 🚫🌺🚫

There are no other flowers that are nearly as toxic to cats as lilies but there are plenty that could sicken your cat. There are plenty of flowering plants that are completely non-toxic to cats. Check out our car-safe plants highlight in our profile. Share this far and wide! 🚫🌺🚫