I “ASKED AWAY” this morning with Diane at East Peoria Library. She was fairly quick in providing me with 3 links to answer my question, as well as “pushing” some actual material to me which magically appeared on my screen. An efficient and quick source for answers to uncomplicated questions. I inquired whether holly berries or leaves are poisonous to cats. If my cat had eaten them, I would have been able to get him to the vet in time! If my cat had eaten them, I probably wouldn’t have gone upstairs and booted up the computer, which takes a jillion years to load, then log-in to WPL and ASK AWAY . . .
AAR8, I am glad that I had a look at ASK AWAY–I can now recommend it to patrons with confidence. When I looked at the Dictionary of Acronyms, I found it alarming that so many of them pertained to warnings about the presence of parents in the vicinity. YIKES!
thanks for posting = also, ARE holly berries poisonous to cats?
Comment by lynny1 — December 12, 2008 @ 9:22 pm
Yes, the berries, not the leaves are poisonous to cats. Interestingly, I learned that the infamous poinsettia is fairly low on the toxicity scale. Only mild vomiting if it’s ingested (that’s a pretty common reaction to most things in the feline world.) So “Deck Your Halls” with something other than holly!
Comment by 1ofthekathleens — December 12, 2008 @ 11:29 pm