Is Spider plant toxic to cats?
Chlorophytum comosum · Asparagaceae
No. Listed as non-toxic to cats.
Non-toxic, and cats are famously drawn to it. Eating a lot of any plant can still cause vomiting, which is a stomach matter rather than a poisoning.
For a cat
Safe
For a person
Nobody has documented the risk to a person. That is not the same as safe.
Why, and which parts
None.
Non-toxic, and unusually attractive to cats, which is a combination worth naming rather than explaining away. Eating a large quantity of any plant fibre can make a cat sick; that is a full stomach rather than a poisoning, and it is the one thing this entry needs to say clearly so that vomiting after a spider plant is not read as an emergency.
How to recognize it
Long narrow arching leaves, usually striped cream and green, with baby plantlets dangling on wiry runners over the edge of the pot.
Sold as: Ribbon plant, Spider ivy, Anthericum. A label on a pot is a trade name, not a botanical one, and the two often disagree.
And for a person?
Not documented for people
Not toxic.
A plant's danger to a cat says nothing about its danger to you, and the reverse is just as true. This is a separate question with a separate answer.
This is information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot tell you what is wrong with your cat. Our rule is a simple one: if something is wrong with your cat, call your vet, and call an emergency clinic if it is out of hours. Nothing you read here is a reason to wait.
Worth keeping a paw on
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Other plants listed as non-toxic
Also on the ASPCA's non-toxic list, so also safe to keep.
