While many garden plants or cut flowers are harmless to humans, they are poisonous to much smaller pets such as dogs, cats or rabbits. The gypsophila, also called paniculate gypsophila or in Latin Gypsophila paniculata, belongs to this category.
Keep your cat away from gypsophila!
This is due to the saponins it contains, which must not enter the bloodstream under any circumstances. There they destroy the red blood cells. If they are ingested orally (through the mouth/mouth), no reactions worth mentioning are to be expected with small amounts. However, they increase the permeability of the intestine. In this way, any unwanted substances from the food are absorbed more quickly.
The essentials in brief:
- Gypsophila is poisonous, but not deadly
- must not enter the bloodstream
- in small amounts no/hardly any reaction
- promote intestinal permeability
tips and tricks
While gypsophila is not deadly poisonous, you should keep it away from your cat. Also look out for gypsophila in bouquets!