Bee
Anyone know how to get my cat to stop chewing my Cat Palm? She’s also starting to chew on my money tree
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PlantLadyThe only thing that has worked for me is having my plants in places my cats are unable to reach.
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My cat palm is huge, it’s gotta stay on the floor. She deliberately gets on her hind legs to try and chew it.
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I understand completely. I’ve been living with my banana tree in my bathroom for over two months because it’s too cold for it to be outside but my cats won’t leave it alone. Maybe getting some sort of night stand or wooden box or something to put underneath it so it’s at least a bit harder for her to reach?
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That could actually work for my cat palm!
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SmallbeetoesYou can try coffee grounds in the soil or cinnamon or citrus. If those dont work you could get a scat mat around the plant. Or like plantlady said put ut in a place she cant get to
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I’ll try to do that and see if it’s enough to deter her, though she’s after the leaves that are way above the soil
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If it is too big then it may be best to put it in a room she does not have access to
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Tara 🪴👶🏻There’s a bitter spray you can get to stop cats from chewing. It’s citrusy which they don’t like. You could spray the lower leaves with that? Unfortunately I don’t know if it would be harmful to the plant itself.
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I’ll have to look into it! She’s very picky of what she puts into her mouth (unsurprisingly she likes to eat everything that’s not actually cat friendly 😤) so a spray might work
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CoreySit her down and have a talk with her
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Yeah that never works on her dunno why
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