MANY lilies are very dangerous to members of carnivora.  Have them
outside unless you can confirm with a specialist on poisoning in
carnivora that they are safe.
 
If you go to
 
http://www.ferretcongress.org
 
and open the critical refs by clicking on the menu on your left you
will find the ASPCA site on poisoning.  HIGHLY recommended!
 
BTW, that Swiffer rumor is making the rounds again, so go to:
 
http://www.aspca.org/site/News2?
page=NewsArticle&id=16054&security=2220&news_iv_ctrl=1400
 
for ACCURATE info.
 
It is also wise for people to remember that just because chemical names
sound similar to non-chemists does not mean that they are at all the same
or have the same properties.  There was an excellent recent post on this
by Linda Iroff who educational background is the right one to understand
this stuff.
 
I don't know the attraction of sensationalistic rumors but they sure
do take on a life of their own!
 
Now, some things ARE real like the kidney failures seen with some dogs
and at least one ferret (no tin the press release) from way too many
raisins.  That also can be read about:
 
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=grapes
 
There are MANY things in BOTH the IFC site and the ASPCA Poisoning site
to HELP MANY.
[Posted in FML issue 4527]