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jmcquown - 30 Apr 2006 22:56 GMT

I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5 inches tall
now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm not sure if this is
because she knows not to eat my other couple of houseplants and thinks
she'll get in trouble if she does or maybe she just doesn't like cat grass.
I'll give it another few days and then if she doesn't like it I'll toss it,
I guess.

Jill

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W. Leong - 30 Apr 2006 23:00 GMT

>I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5 inches tall
> now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm not sure if this is
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> Jill

I grew cat grass for Rusty so he won't eat my house plants. But he won't
eat the cat grass and still goes after my plants. So now I am down to only 3
plants.

Winnie

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Chakolate - 30 Apr 2006 23:02 GMT

> I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5 inches
> tall now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm not sure
> if this is because she knows not to eat my other couple of houseplants
> and thinks she'll get in trouble if she does or maybe she just doesn't
> like cat grass. I'll give it another few days and then if she doesn't
> like it I'll toss it, I guess.

Have you put it near her food dish?

I got a very nice pot of daffodils for Easter, but Doc tried to eat them
the minute I brought them through the door. Yesterday he managed to
climb all the way up to the high shelf I'd put them on, so I took them
out and gave them to my neighbor, a great gardener. He doesn't speak
English, though, so I went to babelfish to find the Spanish for 'These
are for you. With me, they die, with you, they live.' :-)

Chak

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Monique Y. Mudama - 01 May 2006 00:13 GMT

> I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5
> inches tall now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm
> not sure if this is because she knows not to eat my other couple of
> houseplants and thinks she'll get in trouble if she does or maybe
> she just doesn't like cat grass. I'll give it another few days and
> then if she doesn't like it I'll toss it, I guess.

It would be a shame to toss ... any chance a neighbor or a local
shelter could make use of it?

By the way, Oscar doesn't eat her cat grass, but she does get quite
interested in it sometimes. I think, much like any other "toy" (all
the world's a toy to a cat), sometimes they will ignore something for
quite a while, even months, and then all of a sudden they can't live
without it.

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mlbriggs - 01 May 2006 01:58 GMT

> I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5 inches tall
> now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm not sure if this is
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> Jill

Don't be hasty -- she could suddenly change her mind. Did you pick a
stem and hold it by her mouth? Try it a few times. Does she prefer
catnip? MLB

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Jo Firey - 01 May 2006 05:08 GMT

>I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5 inches tall
> now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm not sure if this is
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>
> Jill

Take scissors and trim the tips of it before you give up on it. It will
release some of the scent.

Jo

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jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt@sonic.net - 01 May 2006 07:04 GMT

> I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5 inches tall
> now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm not sure if this is
> because she knows not to eat my other couple of houseplants and thinks
> she'll get in trouble if she does or maybe she just doesn't like cat grass.
> I'll give it another few days and then if she doesn't like it I'll toss it,
> I guess.

Try breaking off some of the tips of the grass, it will probably have
a stronger smell. That's how I get my cats interested in cat grass when
they've gotten bored with it.

Joyce

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Cantate - 01 May 2006 09:09 GMT

I have one who grazes on it, one who throws it up, and two who ignore
it.

Cantate

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Christina Websell - 01 May 2006 17:53 GMT

>I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5 inches tall
> now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm not sure if this is
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>
> Jill

You could try putting it out in her kittywalk with her so she is clear it's
not a houseplant. Just an idea.

Tweed

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jmcquown - 01 May 2006 18:58 GMT

>> I bought a special pot of cat grass for Persia and it's about 5
>> inches tall now. She has sniffed at it but she won't eat it. I'm
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> Tweed

I trimmed a bit and put some on her crackle sack. She rolled around on it
and then ate it. She still hasn't figured out it's the same stuff in the
pot on the window-sill, but she's not stupid. She will figure it out :)

Jill

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