Oh, too bad about the lilies! But at least Roy doesn't have the dreaded fur jaundice. I hear the prognosis on that is never good...

That may be the funniest thing I have ever seen. Thanks for making me giggle at work!

Incidentally, my furbabies also like the giant hairball method of waking me up. If that does work, Ceres (the orange bowling ball of a cat) tries to gnaw on my arm. Should that worry me? ;)

-Sarah

Er, "doesn't work."

Too early for brain workage.

And it was a lovely bouquet, too... I miss having undisturbed houseplants. The cats seem to feel that any flora requires processing by feline masticaction, digestion, and regurgitation.

Laurie......

LMAO

The lily never had a chance.....

HeeHee. Oh, Roy.

LOL, too funny!

Those are (were) lovely flowers...did someone give them to you? ;)

oh you poor thing - of course, this sympathy for you does not prevent me from laughing. I'm so very glad I'm a dog person.

BTW, were those *date* flowers?

I'm glad it's not just my puppies that wake me at 5am to give them love and affection. When the men in your life just happen to have four legs what else are you going to do but get up at 5am and find the rawhide chew toys.

Poor Roy, The same thing happens to me EVERY TIME someone in the office has lillies... you'd think I'd learn, but alas - it's the same when there's a cactus around - I know it's pointy and sharp but I touch it anyway.
Hooray for deductive reasoning before caffeine, PROPS!

I bought them at the Farmer's Market. There is an open-air farmer's market every wednesday right here in downtown! They have flowers and fruit and vegetables and all kinds of stuff. Oh! And those bacon-wrapped hot dogs that are AWESOME.

You wouldnt be out of this dilema with a dog. I came home to a similar face on my dog one time... she had chewed up a yellow highlighter.

Like Jeannie, I'm nosy and want to know if the flowers were a gift. Could they be from the hottie of the Stinking Rose? At first glance, Roy looks like he could have been eating cheetos with Britney Spears, but yes, those lillies can have very messy pollen.

Now tell us the lilly story...

And the flowers were only $5.00!

Poor Laurie! I also have a cat that grooms me each morning. When she wants to wake me though, she begins knocking things off the night table - including the lamp. If that doesn't work, she drags her claws down the wall. Sounds like chalk on the blackboard.

Poor lillies. With my cats, I've learned to assume the best unless they're writhing on the floor. Whatever they've done is never so bad as a visit to the vet. Like the mouse I thought Charlie caught and left in the hallway for me. No, that would be a mouse-sized HAIRBALL, thankyouverymuch.

Oh, shit, Laurie, I'm sorry to delurk to give icky information, and I'm not entirely sure it's true or if it applies to all varieties, but better safe than sorry:

http://www.californiacatcenter.com/lily_danger.htm

He's fine, I already googled poisonous lilies and called the vet and all that stuff. They just LOVE me. I'm sure.

Thank you though :)

"Catatitis" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I too had a "butt-crack of dawn" experience this morning because of my cat Emma. Only she was trying to kill Mothra. In my bedroom. At 4:17 am (to be exact)! ARGH! So I had to crawl outta bed and save it. Lord knows how long she would have tortured that thing and I need every ounce of beauty sleep I can get. :)

I love it. Hilarious.

Not to be a giant pain, but I echo the concerns of LTL here ... keep an eye on our Roy. (like you wouldn't anyway)

On the plus side, that does sort of explain the early morning horkage.

Lol! Could I have them by global priority mail, please? I'll treat them well, I promise.

Um, were the lovely flowers left over from your DATE??

I love Roy.......darned cat.

OMG Laurie - too freakin funny.

I want you to come up with new medical diagnoses for everything now!

Good, I'm glad. I remember when my life was ruled by three cats who ate everything that wandered into my house (except, strangely, for mice, which they stared at with great disinterest.) I had frequent freak outs: "Roses. Can roses kill them? What about daisies? Now gardenias are certainly lethal, right?"

There was audible sighing at the vet's office when I came in. Which is rude, because I put all of his kids through college.

Not date flowers. He wasn't *that* great of a date LOL.

That is the sweetest yellow face! Those big wide innocent eyes. I think Roy needs to be my wall paper du jour.

Yep, looked like lily pollen to me from the get go. I buy them most weeks and always snip those yellow things off as they tend to make a mess and stain everything as you now know.

Are you going to FM tonight? I have never been to SNB there and would really like to go one night but want to see you in the flesh. Don't worry I am not a stalker!

I was going to guess that he'd found a bag of Cheetos in the night.

JoAnne, come to snb next thursday, I'll be there *and* I'm bringing presents :) :)

I was laughing hard enough, but Roy's side of the dialogue just about did me in. Oh, my side...

At one point I had puppies and kitties living together in . . . well maybe harmony isn't exactly the right word. Anyway, one day upon arriving home I too encountered oddly colored pets. One black and white Shitzu and one white kitten had mysteriously turned turquoise! Along with the entire living room. Yes, even the ceiling. The mystery was explained when I found a chewed-up tube of turquoise paint tint lying mangled on the floor. Ever tried to find a new home for a turquoise kitten?

I bought a couple of potted Calla lilies about a month ago. They are no more because Natasha ate them. What she really liked was the mini rose. After a week, only a third of the plant still existed. Then there was the bunch of tulips that I had picked up at TJ's. I came home to find B&N playing with them on the flower. At least Natasha had the decency to look guilty. Bottom line is I have given up on plants. Although that yellow mouth is funny.

Now that qualifies as a "fancy feast" doesn't it?

Or a picture-of-a-fish person? Heee! Heeee! Heee!

BAD ROY!
But the orange smile is hilarious!

Wait till the furries get older. A family friend had a cat that was 17 years old. Her preferred method of waking her owner to let him know it was Feeding Time was to lay on his pillow and DROOL ON HIS FACE.

And this happened every 2 hours because if he fed her too large a meal, she'd get sick. So every 2 hours the Royal Catiness was looking for some grub.

The worst night was when she drooled, he got up, and in his sleep-deprived wanderings about the kitchen, he cut his hand on the lid of the cat food can. Bad.

Now think of all the good times ahead that you can look forward to!

My husband is a deep sleeper, but there's nothing that'll wake him up faster than the noise of a cat horking. "NOT THE COUCH!" he screams as he flies out of bed.

Wait a minute! Did you just say that you'd be at SNB next Thursday??? HMMMMMMMMMM. (*insert big stalking pondering look*)

(just kidding. (*Sob*) Can't afford to stalk twice in a month. Must hope that others (with better photographic skills?) turn up to stalk you in my place. Sigh)

Been there with my two! Think the yellow sets off his gorgeous eyes. You've got beauty cats.

Glad you checked that the lilies aren't toxic to Roy, as you might have guessed, some of them are.

When I worked backstage on Broadway, every opening night we taught the new wardrobe folks to go snip all the pollen out of any gift lilies, because it always got on the white costumes (never the yellow ones), and it is very hard to get out. He may look like that for a day or two, but at least you will get an extra smile whenever you look at him!

LOL!! Poor Laurie. You need a cat sitter for a few days of rest and relaxation.

flowers = kitty treats on a stick

Oh, adorable!! My cats would destroy any and all flowers.... I've seen the yellow pollen on my kids' chins too, from smelling flowers (at least I dont think they eat them. Sometimes you really never know).

One of my cats really loved corn and would try to steal whole cobs off your plate. That was always highly amusing.

I knew it the minute I saw his picture! I recommend your next cat be of the camoflauge variety (I have two. They never change color, never look dirty, and never get into the flowers (not that I would know)).

LOL! When I was a girl we had a white dog. Daddy loved to feed this dog scraps(I know), including meatballs w/ sauce. Dog was orange around the mouth for days.

Oh Roy boy.

My kitty wake up today - Carl horking yummy wetness next to the bed. Bob pacing across my chest (yeah, the claw in the boob finally got me up).

Guilty furball! Poor Laurie.

You are so lucky that you just get groomed in the middle of the night. Sophie my twenty pound cat thinks the proper way to wake me up is by jumping on my chest. Twenty. Pounds. Several times a night. She's not hungry, she just wants to play or snuggle or maybe discuss politics I don't know I'm asleep with a broken rib cage.

I thought that looked like lily pollen!

And Laurie - that is why he threw up. I believe lilies are mildy toxic, (but Google that, to be sure).

I now cannot have any plants or flowers in the house because the idiot cats will eat them down to nothing and throw them up, and eat them again and throw them up. Duh!

Made the mistake of cutting a pretty Caladium leaf one time and bringing it in. My Ali threw up every thirty minutes for an entire day, and when she was done, she started nibbling on it again. Duh!

Certain houseplants (and garden plants) are DEADLY to cats, so Google those, too, before bringing them in the house.

Ohhhhh, my aching sides. Thank goodness I'm in an office by myself so that when I open up one of your gems, I can snigger in solitude.

My "loves" have given me scares (why does is it always have to be so frigging early in the morning?). Once I'm over my relief that they're o.k., I start looking for a shipping crate and checking on postage to Bangledesh.

Glad it was nothing motally serious.

Heh....at least Roy's definitely feeling better. ;)

LOL-I thought for sure you were going to say you found an empty Cheetos bag in the kitchen. But that would be too obvious, flowers are much more obscure as a midnight snack!

The last time I had fresh flowers in the house, I woke to find them a chewed mess (like your poor flowers) and *someone* had left a multi-colored puddle of petal puke on the kitchen floor. Both cats looked innocent. Darn gnomes!

Fluffy is blushing on Roy's behalf. When I get home I will send you photographic proof.

Laurie, sorry for the long comment - but i wanted to show you what i got in my Dr. Weil email of the day! GARLIC BROTH! After knowing how much you love the good Dr. Weil and your recent experience with Garlic, I thought this was worth sharing.

Also had to lol at the yellowing cat. Rose eats my aloe plant... then plays with orange toys and hacks up orange toy fur in the house. It's lovely... I haven't seen her color change yet, but those are the funniest pics I have ever seen!

Garlic Broth - 4 Servings
Ingredients:
6 cups vegetable stock
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 head garlic, peeled and coarsely chopped
1/2 Turkish bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
Pinch dried sage
Salt to taste

Instructions:
1. To the vegetable stock, add the olive oil, bay leaf, garlic, thyme and sage.
2. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add salt to taste.
3. Strain. Good as is, or use as a base for soups. - (not ice cream) :)

Caught yellow-faced! I'm glad your cat does not have typhoid fever.

I like to remind my boyfriend that he got off so easily with me: he under strict orders to never give me flowers since my cat Simon rips them out of the vase. I had surgery a few years ago and one of the most stressful parts of coming home was what to do with the damn flowers people got me.

This totally cracked me up! I'd be coming up with some bizarre illnesses too. On another note, have you ever eaten at Hell's Kitchen? I think it's near you. I was wondering if you had when I was watching the season premiere Monday night. And no, I won't be stalking you if you go there - I live in PA!

Ooh, I'll take Roy! Actually my cats would never forgive me.

Whenever I get flowers, they live in the laundry room any time I am gone, sleeping, or intent enough on something that I can't keep an eye on cats. My one cat LOVES flowers and always wants to eat them. I don't want her to for all the obvious reasons (mess, barfing, poison?, I like to see the flowers, also I'm afraid she'll pull over a vase and I'll have a quart of water mixed with broken glass all over).

Then when the flowers are out, we play The Game. The Game has many variations and they are all annoying and I don't know why I allow it to go on, but I do. The object of the Game, according to Judy, is for Judy to eat the flowers/sneak into my bedroom while I have the door open/get on the table where she's not allowed/whatever else it is she's not supposed to do. And eventually she gets in, or up, or flowers in her mouth, and then I yell at her and remove her/the flowers from wherever. I could just keep the door closed and the flowers hidden, but so often I don't. I guess it is better than her being bored, because bored cats just get into even MORE trouble. (The other cat rarely misbehaves and is bored and chews all her hair off in a patch on her side, so I guess the Game is better than that.)

You should hear Judy yowl, though, when I remove her from the bedroom. She sounds as if she's being seriously injured, but I know she isn't. She's just peeved.

Oh, sweet sweet Roy. My dog woke me up ALL NIGHT long in protest of me trying to sleep with the window open to enjoy a cool and humid free NC night (they are rare, ya know!) - every single noise he heard deserved a good "WOOF" right in my ear! And then my lovely Katzie has to claw at my face to say "um, human person, it's 5 am - B-R-E-A-K-F-A-S-T" - luckily she gives me warning paws with only minor claws to the face - if I ignore, the big boys come out and I get up pretty darn fast! Gotta Love 'em! So Much!

omg this was funny. i heart Roy.

Poor non-jaundice Roy! He's a bad kitty but he looks so cute and innocent. My kitty Yogi also sleeps on my pillow but he wakes me up by biting my nose or "making biscuits" on my face. Not very pleasant.

omg!! that is too funny!! my pat cat loves to eat flowers. anytime i get flowers i refer to them as a "pat snack." most of the rest of the herd also love the husband's spider plants. but cat grass?? won't touch the stuff!

seriously though, i'm glad roy's ok. and acting innocent :)

Oh geez! I'm totally laughing out loud in my cube at work right now! Thanks for that!

Ok, I'm glad everyone in my office is out because I was just on the floor rolling with laughter...

Roy, you *are* priceless!

Oh my god - I haven't laughed that hard in YEARS! thanks Roy! & Thanks for capturing it on film Laurie!

Obviously, Roy is eating flowers because you won't give him bacon. ;)

Mary's right. Lilies are toxic to cats. That's part of the reason why I decided not to replace the calla lilies I used to have. Of course I discovered that fact the day after I bought the stupid things. This site gives a list of what plants are toxic to cats.

http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants.html

My cat Gracie likes to sometimes wake me up by licking my nose with her sandpaper tongue, then suddenly BITING my nose. Dang it hurts!

Oh my god! The same thing happened to me the other day! Except without the hairball. I was in the bath and my cat poked her head over the edge and her face was covered with red. After getting over the panic/shock at seeing red all over my cats face I realized it was the flowers I had chased her out of just 10 minutes before - apparently to no avail. Too funny. Bad kitties!

Laurie, I was laughing my behind off until I got to the picture of the lillies and then I gasped. I know you've been warned by some of the others leaving post, but please keep an eye on the Royball. Poinsettias are poisonous, too. My girl cat loves to wake me by walking back and forth on my pillow, and if that doesn't work, she gets real close and tickles my face with her whiskers. Maybe Roy would like a blind date with Winnie. They can compare wake-up tactics. Love your blog!

LOL Laurie at least as a non-dog person you don't have to wake up to impatient barking and dog-breath in your face.

My cat Spike like a multi-step wake-up call. He starts by purring very loudly in my ear, followed by gently patting my face with his paw (no claws). Then he sniffs my lips with his very cold nose. After that he nibbles at my nose. If the nose nibble yields no results he hooks a fang into one of my nostrils and bites just hard enough to hurt without breaking skin or becoming unbearable. If for some reason the fang doesn't work, he calls in reinforcements...aka the barking, dog-breathed, creature mentioned above.

Don't want to be a party-pooper, but I'm going to add my two cents worth about lilies being poisonous for cats as well, my sister in law's cat died after eating lilies in the garden. Lovely flowers, but best avoided if you have cats ...

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS: Roy's perp photos are GREAT!

You seriously crack my shit up. I was up at 4 am the other day writing a post to my cat, which I can't post on my knitting blog cause too many of my "you shouldn't say fuck so often relatives read it".. if you want a good laugh, email me and I'll send it to you.

Poor Laurie!

Never worry about calling the vet's office. My vet told me years ago that they would much rather get silly questions than not get asked something that might turn out to be important.

I am so thankful that my kitty is old and is not interested in flowers or plants. If I could just get her to stop tapping me in the morning.

my sweet little Spot who is gray and white has a chronic orange spot on her chest. It is so funny to see her sitting in the garden with her orange target. I finally discovered while watching her sleep (she is very wary and slightly wild) that when she gets real comfortable and safe and falls to sleep, she drools. (I guess the lamb and rice Eukanuba stays in her teeth for awhile :)

OMG LOL! That stuff NEVER comes out!!! Here I was worried kitty found a highlighter.

Geez Roy. Use a napkin.

Laurie, my Fat Boy was a plant-eatin' puker, all the time. In the summer, more than once a day he'd eat grass or something in my garden, then moan painfully and run inside to puke it up on the floor. Ugh. But now that he's gone I sort of miss it, and even caught myself in the garden today trying to coax his sister to eat a plant. Gah. I guess that's the "crazy" part of "crazy cat lady"; it's not actually based on the quantity of cats like some people think.

I'd like to know what it looks like coming out the other end...please let us know what you scoop out in the next couple days.

I can't have cats in my new place. If I could I would. No. I'm not gay. I just like the way cats can be cool through anything.

Laurie, didn't get a chance to drop a message about yesterday's blog. It actually made me tear up. I'm on the guy end of your story, though not exactly like that guy. My 2nd wife was controlling, overbearing and a bit psycho. She wanted to control how often I saw my kids, what I should say to my boss at work, how long my hair could get...etc. Thirty phone calls a day...accusations of cheating (which I wouldn't do). All I wanted was a normal, loving relationship with a normal, happy, well-adjusted woman.

So now we're getting divorced and she is out of her mind depressed and I'm feeling completely guilty, but must force myself to remember how horrible she made me feel day after day. But, I'm out and it's time to live. Time to find my smile.

One question. How far into a new relationship do you mention that you've been married twice? (even though the second marriage lasted just over a year). How much of a turn-off is that for women? Does it raise red flags immediately, even if I'm a genuinely nice guy?

Sorry to go on. I think I need my own blog.

Love ya, Laurie! And all the regulars too!

Those pics are so funny! My cat Ernie also likes to eat flowers like they are salad just for him. So if I get flowers (ha! like that ever happens) or if I buy myself some, I have to hide them. What would we do without our pets?

About a year ago, my neighbor came over in a absolute panic to borrow our cat carrier, with her white cat in her arms. We figure he had gotten in a fight since he had blood streaks on him from his nose past his shoulder blades. After my husband calmed us both down, he pointed out that he had just stained the deck - in the exact same color as the "blood stains" all over the cat. Crisis averted; break open the wine. We now have them keep the cat inside for a while when we do touch-up staining...

Mother to a cat-puker, too...

Oh, he just looks like one of those crazy M.A.C. cosmetics ads. Xtina Aguilera, look out!

So - should I make some room in the dictionary next to the word "Naughty" for Roy? There's a picture of my Benny in there already.

At least he's ok... he is ok right? Because I do know that some flowers can be harmful if eaten.Well...Thanx for the laugh!

I have just spit coffee all over my computer. With that SH*T eating grin, Its no wonder he yakked.

You totally made my day.

I think our cats were cosmicly linked last night. After spending the entire night sleeping on my head/pillow, my dear old kitty Woody proceeded to puke up a furball on my head (got her before it landed) at 4:30 am.

What we do for our cats. I have four in my household too.

This is precisely why any flowers I receive either stay on my desk at work, or are artfully (HA!) displayed on top of my refrigerator, where my kitties can't get to them (yet, anyway).

Thanks for the chuckles. . . Give Roy a big, yellowy-orange kiss for me. ;-)

OK, if you're giving them away, I'll take Bob. ;)

Poor Roy, maybe he was just looking to add a bit more fiber to his diet...

Oh....I heart Roy oh so much! I think the landscapers on the humongous lawn mowers three blocks over heard my laughing!!!!!

I am SO there with you on the damn cat thing. One of my darlings (Chip the highly neurotic feline) likes to be KING of anything that is alive. (People, other cats, plants, flowers, small children, etc....) He must sit on TOP of it/them. Always. Forever. It makes sleeping and breathing at the same time a challenge some nights.

Ah, the things we put up with for our four-legged critters.

I love your stories.
Those cats do keep you on your toes don't they...
Oh and the BEAUTIFUL FlOWERS.. tee hee I read between the lines and they must have been from Mr Handsom from the dinner date the other night...
WEEEHOOOO

my dog has done this before, not just with flowers. what is it with our critters and their love of chewing all things not meant to be eaten? at least roy hasnt eaten an Ikea wood frame couch, like my dog did. and emerged with wood shards hanging out of his mouth. like my dog did.

I've had that EXACT same panic. One of my cats did that to me a few years back.
Now I mostly have to laugh at my big boy, Spikey, when he comes in all covered in foxtails. I literally have to pin him down and groom them out of him.
He got one in his EYE awhile back (that was NOT a pretty vet bill!). You'd think he'd learn to stay out of them? But no... not MY big, dumb Spike. My other two, Fidget & Blur, never come home with a single one.
Cats. Go figure.

Cannot come next Thursday as I have tix to opening night of LA Film Festival and my friend that invited me would not be too happy.

Funny story though, we got talking about blogs at the Culver City group this week and I told someone about your blog. Others already knew as you are both famous and imfamous. Anyway, right there at the Synegy Cafe she got out her lap top and we were checking it out. She may now be a convert as well.

I'll keep trying to make it across town on a thurs when you will be there. The traffic from the westside to FM at that hour is enough to keep me from doing most anything!

Silly me, I would have worried about Yellow Fever. :)

yea Trader
joe's flowers...makes me happy and you too, I hope

Laughing at my desk. Again. Oh, I can relate to the early morning horking-type wake up call. All too familiar. And my cat tends to howl unhappily before puking, like he has a built in air raid siren letting me know that I have t-minus 6 seconds to find him and fling him onto the hardwood before he vomits in the shag. Delightful.

Thanks for the laugh!

GET ROY TO THE VET NOW!
This is a message from my friend, a vet.
If you know the person with Roy the cat, CALL THEM NOW!!!! I shit you not- that stuff is screamingly toxic to their kidneys. CAts need medical attention right away from lily toxicity, or they WILL DIE> I've seen it. It's NOT NICE

We had a cat that would very delicately eat only the growing tips off of the houseplants--even aloe vera with those spikes. Strange, dwarfed plants...

What you said about being lonely in a marriage can be so true. It took me being physically afraid for my kids and myself before I found the courage to leave, and am SO glad I did. As you said, I'm not bad company after all!

Just returned from my 50th HS reunion (eek!) and thoroughly enjoyed myself, dancing (the artificial knee works fine, thank you), visiting, and flirting with old boyfriends. Being told all kinds of nice things does wonders for the ego!

Sharon

OK, now you are freaking me out.

I hate "hoarking up a hairball" mornings/middle-of-the-night/early afternoons!
First thing I thought when I saw the picture of Roy was, what did he eat? Sort of like the kids that swear they didn't eat any cookies while covered in crumbs.
My cat eats stupid things too. He ate one of those long feathery cat toy thingys (hoarked that one up at 2:30am), various assorted flowers, dropped goldfish crackers (those make the white fur orange), yarn, string, fishing line, and well you get the idea. My vet knows me when I call too.

Me: Hi, Dr. Schneider, it's Dorothy ...
Him: White cat, grey patches, green eyes?
Me: Yep.
Him: His eye (it weeps a lot) or did he eat something?
Me: ... whatever I was calling about that time.

He actually gets confused when I start mentioning one of the other pets!

Laurie

I think it depends on what kind of lily they eat. I have stargazer lilies all the time, and my thudering herd gets into them and nothing happens. Don't freak just yet. Call your vet, but tell them what kind of lily it was. From the photo, it looks like you have a white oriental/asia lily. Hang in there. Anyway, I'm not even sure if its only the leaves that are toxic on the flowers.

That darn cat!

(do you even know the movie reference? are you old enough?)

My cat thought every plant I tried to have was a kitty salad and felt required to eat it. And be glad you're not a dog person. They think the pot the plants are kept in is an indoor toliet. eeeeewwwwwwwwwww! Obviously I've given up on indoor plants.

I've got news for you: a dog would have eaten your lilies, too. And you would be on your FOURTH remote control for the teevee, and he would think he deserved food every single time you walked into (or towards) the kitchen, for any reason. Not that I am speaking from experience! And somehow it's worth it ...just like the aggravation from our kitties is worth it. And the aggravation from our guinea pigs (you think cats shed? hahahahahahahahaha). Ah, pets. :)

my dog yacks up yellow bile that color cause he has acid reflux, trust me cats are better!

Don't you wish you could call the house? "Soba, how's Roy? Does he look lethargic? Soba? Pay attention! Let me talk to Frankie!"

Yeah, this is frickin' great. I am stuck at work with no car (mass transit, next bus not until 3:45) and a 2 p.m. meeting coming in which people will. be. yelling. and now my cat could be dying of liver failure. jeeesus k-ci jo-jo and mary.

I had the "cat horking" wake-up call on Tuesday. I had taken two vacation days so I could stay home and take care of my two youngest kids and a friend's kid--these are 18 months, 2 yrs, and 4 yrs old (very much not a vacation) and got to clean up cat puke as soon as I had my contacts in. Sort of a harbinger to the rest of the day. At least the cat and the 4 year old aren't in diapers!

I had a (human) patient along those lines once - a little girl (6 or 7) whose mother brought her in with a mysterious red rash - a very credible measles sort of a rash - except she wasn't sick, and nothing else fit... Suddenly something clicked, and sure enough, it came off with soap and water. She didn't want to go to school and had helped herself to mom's makeup - mom was furious with her, I was more impressed with her ingenuity because it was an exceptionally realistic rash!

If the vet said not to worry, I wouldn't worry. And, also, breathe. Breathe. Breathe.

Sweetie, hang in there. First, Roy could have just chewed on stuff and not swallowed anything. Second, you said you woke up to the sound of him barfing. If he did ingest anything, he probably barfed it up.

AndI just looked up lilies on some cat websites. It seems some lilies are indeed very toxic, but it doesn't seem that all are. Do a google on cat poison. But remember: Roy was ralphing when you woke up.

Is there anyone you can call, who has keys to your house? Like Faith, or Jen? Mebbe they could scamper over there to check for you. Are you on good terms with your landlord? Could he go over for you? I know that sounds dumb, but I know you are worried. And please, call your vet right now.

I have to leave, but I will try to check back later tonight. If you can, could you, would you let us know how Roy is?

And also, I have all sorts of lilies all the time and my kitties (including 2 with FIV) are just fine.

Hang in there. I will put in a good word for you with the Cat Goddess.

The noise I made after reading this blog entry? "Hurk".

Sorry if I triggered a flashback to the rise-and-shine hairball, but I speak the truth.

Heehee - I thought "lilies" as soon as I saw the picture. My Josie cat loves to drink water out of flower vases and I once was very concerned about the 'jaundice' spots right under her ears. You know the baldish patches between her eyes and ears? The pollen was just rubbing off - like she was a busy pollinating bee-cat! Josie looks a lot like Soba so I love seeing Soba pics. I love your blog : )

Hey, at least the boy knows that you have to stop and smell the flowers from time to time.

Are you saying I am freaking you out?? I am sorry if you really feel that way. I, like hundreds of others enjoy reading your blog each day and since I live in the area and am a knitter (the way I found your blog) I thought it would be fun to finally make my way to FM (which I have wanted to do)and actually meet the infamous CAP. And as I said the other night at Culver City we were all talking about knitting blogs I brought yours up. Certainly not my intention to make you feel uncomfortable or anything.

BTW I have the cutest puppy dog who goes to my LYS with me. She had something red on her face the other night when I got home from Culver City and I freaked out but managed to refrain from calling the vet and running up yet another bill.

Relax Laurie. Remember, you have already called the vet. We have no idea what our pets eat when we aren't around.... LOTS OF SCARY STUFF! Roy is most likely sleeping in the middle of your pillow, dreaming of what to taste next. like jenny said "breathe, breathe, breathe!

heeheehee! Poor yellow Roy! That happened to my Max one time, but it was more sprinkled on top of his dumb little head.

Roy is fine. It's like what Marcia said. Even if he ingested anything, it is out of his system because of the puking.

MMMMMMmmmmm... Pollen....

Crazy kitty. I have to believe animals have enough innate sense not to eat toxic things. I bet Roy is just fine.

Wine: Breakfast of Champions. Chocolate Frosted Donuts, too.

CrazyAuntPurl! I am tired, hungry, hot, dealing with bank and post office bull****, stuffing my face with Oreos and feeling awful and then I see this. AHAHAHAHAHA! My first guess was he got a marker open, or maybe even chewed up some yellow yarn, but FLOWERS? *snort* Maybe he's trying to tell you he's giving up the Fancy Feast and going vegan.

I love Roy. Yummy lilies with a side of daisies. Very nice for a midnight snack. I wish you'd noticed what color the hacked up furball was.

I haven't seen my cat Boo since 5/26 when I left to come to Mom's house and while there my other cat Noel, she died. I so miss my four legged fur baby and you...well, Roy....really made me laugh today.

I love Roy.

Don't go borrowing trouble. It's around 3ish in CA now, see if he's perky when you get home. Not all lilies are a problem. JoAnne, what I think was freaking CAP out was the toxic lily thing, not your potential appearance at the Farmer's Market. After all, otherwise she wouldn't have said she'd be there, right?
I'm sure Roy will be fine. I suspect an eagle eye will be kept on him to narrowly observe his vital signs. Laurie, no doubt your vet's a great person but hey, you don't want to single-handedly fund that new wing, right? And did you see on that Cat Fancier's Assoc. plant list that there's actually an Animal Poison Control Center? Very sensible idea= but $50 per phone call????!!!

I feel your pain. I was up around 4:30 this morning dealing with an "I ate a bug and have now horked it up on the bed" situation. Motherhood is hard.

He was not eating flowers. Roy painted is face in support of the Brazilian soccer team and his favorite player "Roynaldo". GOOOOOOAAAALLLLLLL!

I agree with anyone who said you're not out of the woods even with a dog...

Mine used to eat just the tops of tulips. I'd have lovely tulips stems and greenery in the yard and no flowers. I think she used to eat the flowers off the roses too. Pens, shoes, Christmas ornaments, socks, hubcaps, tin foil, cardboard...the list goes on.

Just be careful to buy plants and flowers that are not poisonous to pets.

Dear Roy,
You know I love you. But please stay away from the lily. They can be toxic to cute cats like you.
http://www.russianblue.us/plants.html

Not to be an alarmist...but I think some lilies are poisonous to cats, and that looks like a suspicious one. Take it from someone who's been to the E/R with a puking cat who ate a lily. Sorry to be a downer. :(

Ha!! Oh, sorry, but my first thought was that he had suddenly become a germ-o-phobe and brushed his teeth with betadine. Eating flowers is probably better. Maybe he needs his own little patch of kitty grass to nosh on.

LMAO. You are too funny!

Oh goodness! Now I am sick with worry! Nothing happened to my cat when she did this... but I really don't know if she ATE them or tore them up or what! She just had that yellow dust all over her.

Crossing fingers that everything is A-OK over there!

Ok, thanks for all the comments ya'll, I am home and Roy is fine and I am closing comments now because all the "your cat is going to die" stuff is freaking me out. Thanks for the concern and the comments!