Indoors
Aloe vera
Aloe vera
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: full sun
About the plant
Aloe vera comes from the Arabian Peninsula. It is a succulent: its thick leaves store water and the gel known from cosmetics. It needs plenty of light and little water; eaten, it is harmful to cats and dogs.
Aloe vera and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- saponins and anthraquinones: vomiting, lethargy, diarrhea
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 14 days in summer (April to September), every 28 in winter. Let the soil dry out to the bottom.
- Light
- full sun
- Air humidity
- low
- Temperature
- 10–30 °C
- Feeding
- May to August, every 8 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Rather too little water than too much; hardly any in winter. Soft, glassy leaves mean overwatering.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.