We want to provide our pet cats with the best care and make them feel comfortable in our home. A part of this is ensuring that your home is safe for your feline friends. Cats are known to munch on flowers and plants (no one knows why). This makes it essential to avoid having certain indoor and outdoor plants poisonous to them. Read on to learn about seven such plants.

Oleander
Oleanders make for a perfect house plant. They add to the beauty and esthetic of the home and are even the ideal choice for a small garden. But these plants can be damaging to the health of your pet cat. This is because the oleander plant contains toxins known as a cardiac glycoside. If your cat does consume this toxin, it can experience vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, and incoordination. In worse cases, the cat may even have seizures, or the poison may prove to be fatal. All parts of the oleander plant are toxic to your cat, so it is best not to keep this plant at home if you have pets.

Lilies
Lillies, belonging to the Liliaceae family, are very harmful to cats. Most plants from the Liliaceae family, including Easter lilies, daylilies, and Asiatic and Japanese lily, can prove to be seriously damaging to cats. This is because all parts of the lily plant are dangerous to your pet. Consumption, even in small amounts, can lead to vomiting, loss of appetite, kidney failure, and death.

Daffodils
Daffodils are another plant you may want to keep away from your home and yard if you have pet cats. These flowering plants contain a chemical known as lycorine, which can lead to drooling, abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea when consumed. In rare cases, the cat may also experience low blood pressure and convulsions and have trouble with their breathing. While the entire daffodil plant is toxic to cats, the blubs are the most dangerous.

Tulips
The tulip plant contains tulipalin A and tulipalin B. When consumed, toxins can lead to excessive drooling, vomiting, diarrhea, depression, and tremors. While the entire plant is toxic to cats, the bulb of the tulip plant is most poisonous to your pet. Tulip also belongs to the Liliaceae family of plants.

Azaleas
Azaleas contain a toxic compound known as grayanotoxins that are very dangerous to cats. Even a tiny amount of this poisonous chemical can adversely affect your pet. Common signs of grayanotoxins poisoning include vomiting, loss of appetite, fatigue, weakness, tremors, and diarrhea. It can also lead to seizures, coma, and death in worst cases.

Dieffenbachia
Dieffenbachia, commonly known as dumb cane, contains calcium oxalate crystals, which cause oral irritation such as drooling, trouble swallowing, and vomiting.