Rubber Tree Plant Cats

Is ficus elastica toxic to cats and dogs.

Rubber tree plant cats.

Generally reaching to 30 cm tall they can grow much bigger if repotted. It really looks nothing like a rubber tree at all. To keep your cat busy and away from your plants check out these cat trees. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 10 through 12.

Numerous species of plants belong to the genus ficus and contain irritating sap. Whether a rubber tree is poisonous to pets depends on the type of. But indoors a rubber tree typically tops out at 6 to 10 feet tall. Dwarf rubber plant jade tree chinese rubber plant japanese rubber plant scientific names.

Rubber tree plant or rubber tree are among the common names used for ficus elastica. Dermal irritation is also possible if the sap gets on the pet s skin. Rubber trees are common houseplants but also grow outdoors in u s. This variety is much more toxic so i avoid this type of ficus altogether.

The problem is that the sap that the tree lends its name from. According to the aspca rubber plants are toxic to cats and dogs. They re fast growers with the right light conditions and can last 15 years or more with proper care. The indian rubber plant is a member of the moraceae family and is internationally known as the ficus benjamina but locally known as the fig weeping fig rubber tree plant or fig tree indian rubber plant poisoning in cats is a form of plant based toxicity caused by the ingestion of any portion of this bush like plant including the roots stems or leaves.

Plants toxic to cats. Providing long term care for rubber tree plants won t leave you strapped for cash and you can always propagate offsets of your rubber tree to sell and share the love. Crassula argentea family. Boston fern nephrolepis exaltata if you have seen a fern indoors it was probably a boston fern.

Following ingestion irritation of the mouth and gastrointestinal tract may occur. If you are looking to add a rubber tree to your collection but have cats check the label to make sure it is either a ficus elastica or a peperomia. Whilst a money tree plant will look great in your home it won t be your cat s ideal tree. Adam and eve arum lord and ladies wake robin starch root bobbins cuckoo plant.