Daffodil
Also known as Narcissus, Jonquil, Paper White. One plant, one grade per pet — the verdicts below are transcribed from primary sources and human-reviewed.
Daffodils are seriously toxic to cats (S3 Toxic): their lycorine and other alkaloids cause vomiting, drooling, and diarrhea, large ingestions can trigger convulsions and cardiac arrhythmias — and the bulb is the most poisonous part.
FULL VERDICT →Daffodils are seriously toxic to dogs (S3 Toxic): their lycorine and other alkaloids cause vomiting, drooling, and diarrhea, large ingestions can trigger convulsions and cardiac arrhythmias — and the bulb is the most poisonous part.
FULL VERDICT →Care at a glance
What happens if it's eaten
Signs on record for each animal, transcribed from the cited sources.
- vomiting — may be severe, leading to profound dehydration, weakness, and shock
- salivation (drooling)
- diarrhea
- with large ingestions: convulsions, low blood pressure, tremors, cardiac arrhythmias
- vomiting — may be severe, leading to profound dehydration, weakness, and shock
- salivation (drooling)
- diarrhea
- with large ingestions: convulsions, low blood pressure, tremors, cardiac arrhythmias
When to call the vet
Contact your vet promptly after any daffodil ingestion — immediately for bulb ingestion or if vomiting is repeated or severe, and treat convulsions, tremors, or weakness as an emergency.
FULL VERDICT →Contact your vet promptly after any daffodil ingestion — immediately for bulb ingestion or if vomiting is repeated or severe, and treat convulsions, tremors, or weakness as an emergency.
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 as a spring bulb.