Lily Flower Toxic To Cats. Lilies Lilium spp and Hemerocallis spp are extremely toxic to cats and can kill them. The entire plant is toxic to cats thus just one bite can make your cat very sick and if they are not treated within a reasonable amount of time death may occur.
In fact they are so poisonous that a cat can suffer fatal kidney failure just from biting into a lily leaf or petal licking lily pollen from its paws or drinking water from a vase containing cut lilies. According to one study 73 of owners whose cats were exposed to a lily didnt even realize the plant was toxic to their pets. Lilies of genera Lilium and Hemerocallis day lilies have been shown to cause nephrotoxicity in cats.
It should be pointed out that the whole plantpetals stamen leaves and pollen are toxic.
And just a very tiny amount is required. As little as 2 leaves or part of a single flower have resulted in deaths. The entire plant is toxic to cats thus just one bite can make your cat very sick and if they are not treated within a reasonable amount of time death may occur. The entire plant including leaves flowers pollen and stem is extremely poisonous to cats.