Unfortunately, many ornamental plants are poisonous to cats. This also includes the blue lobelia, as the men's faithful is also called. Due to their low body weight, even very small amounts can cause significant damage to cats.
Cats should be kept away from toxic male loyalty
Responsible for this are various alkaloids that are contained in the men's faithful, mainly the alkaloid lobeline. If you want to protect your cat from poisoning, then do without male loyalty in the window box. Instead, you can plant it in a pretty hanging basket (€11.99). There he is inaccessible for cats and also for small children. Because loyalty to a man is also poisonous for people.
The essentials in brief:
- Toxic to cats, but also to humans
- contains alkaloids
- inaccessible to cats: the hanging basket
tips and tricks
It is better to plant your men's faithful in a decorative hanging basket, where it is out of reach for your cat. There are very nice hanging variants.