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title: "So my cat has eaten all of the leaves off of my watermelon peperomia.…"
description: "So my cat has eaten all of the leaves off of my watermelon peperomia. I realize it may be hopeless but does anyone have any advice on how to save it? Should I…"
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community: "Plant Recovery Room"
author: "Madison!"
published: "2024-06-12T20:41:11.950358Z"
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# So my cat has eaten all of the leaves off of my watermelon peperomia.…

_Posted by Madison! on 2024-06-12_

So my cat has eaten all of the leaves off of my watermelon peperomia. I realize it may be hopeless but does anyone have any advice on how to save it? Should I cut down all the stems or just leave it be and hope for the best?

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## 4 comments

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-06-13

Yep it’ll come back eventually. Make sure to cut back on watering. A lot of water goes to the leaves, so it won’t use as much water right now.

I would also give it more light since it’s going to take more effort for the plant to photosynthesize until it grows more leaves

#### Madison! replied on 2024-06-17

Okay, fingers crossed it’ll come back. Thank you! 💚

### Neighbor2566 commented on 2024-06-23

We also have a cat and she will bite on my plants.  
I ended up putting my plants up high where kitty wouldn’t reach.  
But maybe you can grow cat grass to distract kitty from your plants.  
All the best!

#### Madison! replied on 2025-03-22

I tried out the cat grass and unfortunately my cat was not interested but thank you so much for the suggestion! 💖

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