liadine:

followthebluebell:

honestly, i’m really tired of telling clients, “yeah, your cat isn’t ‘acting weird’ because of a behavioral issue.  You’re seeing an actual neurological problem because the essential oils you’re feeding it are literally killing it.  Please stop and go to the vet right now.”

this is your Nth reminder that essential oils can kill your pet. (particularly cats and birds.)

even if you’re smart enough to avoid actually dosing up your pet with peppermint oil or something, just using essential oils around them can still be dangerous. 

don’t diffuse oils if you have a bird (unless you have a damn mansion and they’re on the other side of it). if you have a cat, use a very low dilution and don’t allow them into the room where you’re diffusing the oils. 

only use products with high oil concentrations on areas your pet won’t lick. be careful with hand creams and body lotions.

keep your oils somewhere your pets can’t get them. I’m not talking about ‘a box on a shelf’, I’m talking ‘back of a latching cupboard you’ve never seen your cat even look at, in a solid box that won’t open if it falls on the ground’. 

your pet is more important than things smelling nice.

Lavender in all its forms, including in a live plant growing out of the ground, is toxic to cats.