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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2004Cats and houseplants
Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully? I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up the few plants I've managed not to kill through general plant-keeping incompetence. At this point, I'm keeping the plants in my bathroom and trying to keep the cats out of that room except when I'm around to supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places around the house. TIA Peggy A house with a cat needs no art -- Japanese saying >Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully? >I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Peggy >A house with a cat needs no art -- Japanese saying Perhaps if they had their own plants: kitty grass and catnip, it would take away their interest in yours. > On 14 Feb 2004 16:06:00 -0800, peggy.lamberson@delta.com (Peggy L) > Perhaps if they had their own plants: kitty grass and catnip, it > would take away their interest in yours. I've heard totally differing opinions about this...on the one hand, that cats benefit from some fresh green plant matter and, on the other, that they are pure carnivores and green plants don't do them any good. I'd be interested in hearing about anyone's experience with this, either way. Thanks, Peggy Feb 2004: > Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully? > I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places > around the house. I have only a few and one I really like I had to take to work and put in my office. At home though, I have one on a shelf that is so covered with teddy bears that there is no room for a cat to jump up there. The others are Christmas cacti and they are in stand-alone planter baskets that are about 3' high and no one messes with them. I'm like you, I'd like to have more plants, but even flowers in a vase get chewed on so I just pass on that.  SignatureCheryl Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet. MIB II > At home though, I have one on a shelf that is so covered with > teddy bears that there is no room for a cat to jump up there That's an approach I'd been considering--I even have a plentiful supply of teddy bears! I think what I need is wire shelving that doesn't offer a cat much of a surface to stand on. That and the teddy bears will probably do it. Thanks! pl circa 14 Feb 2004 16:06:00 -0800, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Peggy L (peggy.lamberson@delta.com) said, > Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully? > I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places > around the house. Get plants that cats don't like. I have lots of plants, but they're plants that cats don't like. I do, however, have a sacrificial spider plant here or there. ;-) These are some of the plants I have: http://tinyurl.com/2eqp9 http://tinyurl.com/ytzvt http://tinyurl.com/3xyzm http://tinyurl.com/2nulw http://tinyurl.com/2rjxs http://tinyurl.com/25msj http://tinyurl.com/3ysok http://tinyurl.com/2k9a3 http://tinyurl.com/3gf64 http://tinyurl.com/yugys http://tinyurl.com/2orov http://tinyurl.com/2sg3r http://tinyurl.com/3a2zb http://tinyurl.com/279h9 The cats ignore all of these. I have others, but those are good starters. :-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully? > I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places > around the house. Try hanging planters. But first make sure none of the plants in your home are toxic to cats. http://maxshouse.com/Poisonous_Plants%20_IDX_Common.htm > Try hanging planters. > > But first make sure none of the plants in your home are toxic to cats. > > http://maxshouse.com/Poisonous_Plants%20_IDX_Common.htm Unfortunately, I don't have any good locations for hanging planters--they'd either be in the way of people's heads, not able to get enough sun, or interfere with other hanging doodads. Thanks for the link--there are some toxic plants I've been aware of, but I didn't have a good reference. pl
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