---
title: "My family is welcoming a cat to our home tomorrow! I am concerned…"
description: "My family is welcoming a cat to our home tomorrow! I am concerned about my plants and wondered if anyone has suggestions on how to train them from destroying…"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/DaNHp2QeiKlb3YMrifqibF"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "Plant Lover"
published: "2024-12-13T12:37:09.796351Z"
language: "en"
image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/everythingHousePlants.jpg"
---

[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md)

# My family is welcoming a cat to our home tomorrow! I am concerned…

_Posted by Plant Lover on 2024-12-13_

My family is welcoming a cat to our home tomorrow! I am concerned about my plants and wondered if anyone has suggestions on how to train them from destroying them. Thank you for your help!

## 5 comments

### Matilda commented on 2024-12-13

The easiest thing is to try and keep them out of reach, research and put all the toxic plants out of the way. In my experience anything in reach will be chomped

### Plantsmybeloved commented on 2024-12-13

My new kittens just knock stuff over, so as long as it's out of reach you might be good to go :)

### Surfside Seedling commented on 2024-12-13

If you’re lucky, your cat may not even care about your plants \& leave them alone. Still safer to put them out of reach.

### Karina commented on 2024-12-15

If you have big pots on the ground wrap them in tin foil. Idk but cats hate it. Eventually the cat will stay away from that plant

### Titania commented on 2024-12-15

Congrats on your new cat!!  
Honestly I can’t keep my cats from chewing on certain plants so I keep them out of reach. Most cats hate the smell of citrus so you could keep some peels around the plants to make them less appealing ☺️

---

_Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_