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title: "Why does my monstera have all these little rips on the leaves. (I do…"
description: "Why does my monstera have all these little rips on the leaves. (I do have cats but they never touch my plants!) also never seen any pests"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/UeI834LBSHCioL8MwLcQxA/1AI92fZK6t7xD9W0yJNFl0"
community: "Monstera Maniacs"
author: "Oksana 🥎🍦🌱"
published: "2025-06-07T21:25:17.499423Z"
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# Why does my monstera have all these little rips on the leaves. (I do…

_Posted by Oksana 🥎🍦🌱 on 2025-06-07_

Why does my monstera have all these little rips on the leaves. (I do have cats but they never touch my plants!) also never seen any pests

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## 2 comments

### 🪴 Botanical Bekka🌵 commented on 2025-06-07

Mine do this when I don't water them enough so maybe underwatering? Or low humidity would be my guess 🤷‍♀️🌱

### Jake commented on 2025-06-10

Omg mine have this too! It's not pests as far as I can see but give the underside of the leaves a good check and make sure to keep the leaves moist (spraying them with water works well for mine) but generally the small rips happened a while ago but they have just got bigger as the leaves have grown 😊 I think it's just down to moisture and humidity

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