I'm not sure exactly how poisonous hippeastrums are. My African grey parrot chunked out the top half of one of my hippies with no ill effects for the bird. Even if she did just chunk it up I'm sure she had to have ingested some of the juice from the bulb. She took the top half off of a baseball sized bulb. The bulb has recovered as well, surprisingly enough, considering the damage done. For the size of my bird, the amount of damage done, you would think if they were that poisonous it would have warranted a trip to the vet. None of my former cats, before I fell for parrots, did much if any damage to my plants, bulbs or even garden except for the latrine part. Linda M Foulis Beautiful Blooms http://www.beautifulblooms.ab.ca/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/