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title: "Please help! My cat Palm is looking very sad! (The third picture is…"
description: "Please help! My cat Palm is looking very sad! (The third picture is what it looked like a month ago). It had mites on it a couple weeks ago so I washed all the…"
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# Please help! My cat Palm is looking very sad! (The third picture is…

_Gepostet von Chloe am 2023-07-09_

Please help! My cat Palm is looking very sad! (The third picture is what it looked like a month ago). It had mites on it a couple weeks ago so I washed all the leaves with water then sprayed neam oil. Then again recently I noticed even more mites so I washed it with water and put neam oil again.

![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/dwEDFHZXqUhMYctacEc0vTm9FAUEjzHiGnYnZVZJ1Qw/e8068425972b4e46b2fbffbbf4b8cb8c.webp?size=large)

## 6 Kommentare

### Bec kommentierte am 2023-07-09

I use captain jacks dead bug brew to treat and I use a peppermint, neem oil, mix for prevention.  
I’d try the bug brew! Are you still seeing webs?

#### Chloe antwortete am 2023-07-09

Thank you I will try that! I’m not seeing any webs anymore. I’m just hoping I can revive the plant. I’m not sure what caused the leaves to turn all brown and dry out. Do you think it was from the mites or the neam oil/spraying it with water?

#### Bec antwortete am 2023-07-09

I just went through this with my areca palm. I treated for spider mites with Captain Jack’s, but I had not watered it for a while, so it went through a watering imbalance. Plus, I think it was getting too much direct sunlight. So the leaves were all burnt and spotted looking. So I cut off the parts that were black or brown or whatever because they’re not going to get better and I just made sure that I had a more consistent schedule with watering. I also moved it further back from the window.

#### Bec antwortete am 2023-07-09

I don’t think it was the oil- it’s possible it was mites or the other issues I mentioned

### Bec kommentierte am 2023-07-09

This is it now

![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/S9VLuOFe61KNSzaEGUUTZ0c_jZoxfOb4XYnBegLJFlk/83c576c3f7fa49dc930372581c7cf9d1.webp?size=large)

### Bec kommentierte am 2023-07-09

This was part of the leaves I cut off

![Anhang 1 von 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/S9VLuOFe61KNSzaEGUUTZ0c_jZoxfOb4XYnBegLJFlk/1d19d511ae3a444ab63004dcf596ec06.webp?size=large)

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