Cyclamen
Also known as Sowbread. One plant, one grade per pet — the verdicts below are transcribed from primary sources and human-reviewed.
Cyclamen is toxic to cats (S3 Toxic): its terpenoid saponins cause drooling, vomiting, and diarrhea from the leaves and flowers, but the tuber is the danger — a large amount of tuber can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures, and death.
FULL VERDICT →Cyclamen is toxic to dogs (S3 Toxic): its terpenoid saponins cause drooling, vomiting, and diarrhea from the leaves and flowers, but the tuber is the danger — a large amount of tuber can cause heart rhythm abnormalities, seizures, and death.
FULL VERDICT →Care at a glance
What happens if it's eaten
Signs on record for each animal, transcribed from the cited sources.
- salivation
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- heart rhythm abnormalities (following large ingestions of tubers)
- seizures (following large ingestions of tubers)
- death is possible (following large ingestions of tubers)
- salivation
- vomiting
- diarrhea
- heart rhythm abnormalities (following large ingestions of tubers)
- seizures (following large ingestions of tubers)
- death is possible (following large ingestions of tubers)
When to call the vet
Call your vet promptly after any ingestion; go immediately if a tuber was eaten, or if you see an irregular or racing heartbeat or seizures.
FULL VERDICT →Call your vet promptly after any ingestion; go immediately if a tuber was eaten, or if you see an irregular or racing heartbeat or seizures.
FULL VERDICT →Safe swaps, graded S0
Non-toxic on record for cats — verified against the index at build time.
Seasonal: this plant comes into homes around the December holidays.