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Old 08-17-2009, 03:48 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by donatella80 View Post
Vanilla is fine, but please be careful with essential oils if you also have kitties in your house. Cat's can't metabolize certain EO's containing turpenes. Potentially toxic ones are Peppermint, Lemon, Lavender, Melaleuca, Tea Tree, Cinnamon Bark, Wintergreen, Thyme and Birch. If inhaled to excess, these can cause liver failure in cats pretty quickly.
Wow I had no idea!....thanks for sharing as my sister will be moving in with me the end of Sept. for about six months and she has a cat and I was thinking of trying peppermint with water as a flea repellent on my yorkies.
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