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Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Brugs...Poisonous???, 1 by emilyrasmus

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emilyrasmus wrote:
My little adventurous cat, Sophie, decided to snack on a bunch of night blooming jasmine blooms. Cestrum noctunum is also a member of the Solanceae family like brugs and datura is. Her pupils were huge, she was meowing at the wall, coordination was bad. I had no idea what happened to her so I rushed her to the vet where her bloodwork came back fine. She had eaten a bunch of the blooms. For 3 days, she was not her normal self at all, although she did insist on sleeping on my pillow next to my head during that time. She'll defiantly look at me and sink her teeth into a leaf, but I've never seen her actually eat one.

She also tried to munch on my Alocasias. That didn't last too long as she had swollen lips after every time she tried it.

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