Many common household plants, foods, and chemicals are toxic to cats, with accidental poisoning a preventable cause of significant suffering and death in companion cats.
Household toxin hazards represent a significant preventable cause of cat suffering. The gap between cat owners' awareness of common toxins and the extensive list of hazardous substances is substantial. Particular concern surrounds lily toxicity, where even small pollen exposures from cut flowers routinely transported into households cause fatal kidney disease. Education about the most dangerous household toxins is a high-impact, low-cost welfare intervention.