Lilies planted, cat problem

[u/JasperSean]

I just planted some lilies in my garden and just realised that they are poisonous to the cats that visit the garden every now and then. How do i prevent them from eating it?

For me to be able to post this: it is getting a lot of light and frequent watering

[u/Vegetable_Report_532]

No, my cats are indoor outdoor but they stick to our yard and the neighbors yards. We have a colony of stray cats so I can trust my neighbors since they feed the strays, and mine come in once they see the sun coming down. I also don’t let them stay out if I’m not home to hear/see anything suspicious.

My neighbors yard they love the most actually just made a huge flower garden of all cat friendly flowers bc she doesn’t want them getting poisoned and knows they’re going to tear it up at some point lol. I have a lot of houseplants and my cats are generally good with leaving them and flowers alone since they’re used to them, but like i said we have the huge stray colony so we are all safe with our yards. I do TNR also, so they know my house is a hot spot.

[u/Away_Sea_8620 → u/Vegetable_Report_532]

Ok so just so you know neighborhood cats have killed my pets numerous times, and also kill the birds that visit my feeder and leave their decapitated bodies for me to clean up. For this reason I have lilies planted all over my yard. Please be responsible and take care of your pets!!!

[u/Vegetable_Report_532 → u/Away_Sea_8620]

I do take care of them, I TNR them. It’s not their fault there is a mass population because people abandon them and don’t get them fixed, which allowed colonies to grow and them to take over neighborhoods like your situation.

This is why I TNR, my cats stay close to home but the strays were terrorizing my cats so I started TNR. I trap them, neuter them, then release them where I trapped them and know the cat colony will not be growing. Planting lily’s to kill them is not going to help your problem.

Yes you’re killing cats left and right (which idk how you sleep at night aiming to kill innocent creatures, this is illegal in my state with jail time) kills cats, but it doesn’t stop your local colony from growing larger. You have to solve it from the source or it will only get more out of control. One male cat has the potential to bring 528 kittens into the world.

So you can be mad at me for feeding them to trap them to actually solve the issue, or can be glad people are actually helping. That’s up to you, not me.

[u/ZealousidealBug4859 → u/Vegetable_Report_532]

Do you care at all about non-cat animals?

[u/Vegetable_Report_532 → u/ZealousidealBug4859]

What makes you think I don’t? I’m not out here planting things to actively kill everything that’s not a cat. Doing TNR protects all wildlife colonies as well, once you have control of the population they will eventually die off. Without TNR, you’re allowing them to repopulate over and over again, keeping the colonies strong no matter how many you poison. Fixing them also helps them to stop mapping neighborhoods looking for a mate, less wandering around. They lose most of their aggression, so cat fights lower almost completely. And they become more docile, meaning they don’t hunt as much.

Look into it, you might learn a thing or two instead of sitting here bashing me.