A VET charity has warned pet owners to be extra vigilant after a cat was nearly killed by lilies.

One-year-old ragdoll cat Oscar had kidney damage after munching the beautiful blooms given to his owner Chloe Morrison, from Parkhead.

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Chloe, 24, had been surprised by her partner with the floral gift, but was left horrified when she discovered the plants strewn all over the floor in her kitchen.

The customer service worker contacted the PDSA when she noticed Oscar's face was bright yellow.

She said: "The flowers were there for a few days and he hadn't bothered with them but once morning we woke up and his white face had orange and yellow all over him.

"The flowers were all over the place.

"I called the PDSA who told me to take him round, and as they didn't know how much he had ingested they had to keep him in and give him fluids.

"They said if he had eaten too much they would probably have to put him down as there was no cure for it."

Chloe and her sister Melissa, 12, were horrified at the thought of losing their beloved family cat and waited anxiously over the next three days while vets battled to save him.

"He slowly started to improve" explained Chloe.

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"He eventually got let out and back home. His appetite wasn't the same at first.

"It was good we caught it on time.

"I think he had done it through the night and we woke up quite early so we caught it but it could have been much worse.

"I had no idea lilies were poisonous to cats but I do now."

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PDSA vet nurse Lizzi Mackie said Oscar was "very lucky" to have survived the ordeal.

She said: " It could easily have been a very different story.

"Lilies are particularly dangerous to cats - even getting a small amount of pollen on their coats, which they then ingest when grooming, can prove fatal."

Other plants the vet charity warned can be toxic to pets include daffodils, laburnum, bluebells, oaks, rhododendrons and allium species such as leeks, spring onions and garlic.