Flower Essences to help You and Your Pet

[Owlie]

Just saying be aware - I'm not saying rubbing a bit of this on your cat's ears will kill her - but just take care, just because something is herbal doesn't mean it is necessarily safe. They web site was a bit cagey about the process.... but if they really only soak the plants in cold water, then there probably isn't much of the essential oils there (but that is what gives flowers their smells - the volatile oils they contain). OTOH there is some pretty dangerous stuff contained in their essences.... the "anxiety" formula for instance contains.

pennyroyal - which is reported "should never be taken internally because it is highly toxic; even in small doses, consumption of the oil can result in death."
joe pye weed - "like many herbs, can be toxic and should not be used casually without supervision."
chamomile - on the aspca list of plants toxic to cats
lemon - on the aspca list of plants toxic to cats
st johns wort - on the aspca list of plants toxic to cats
yarrow - on the aspca list of plants toxic to cats

One of the problems that it is thought cats have is that they don't actually break down the compounds in essential oils, so they can build up to toxic levels if they get repeated exposures and exposures don't have to be through ingestion - they can be through the skin too.

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[itself]

Thanks for the info. Good stuff.