"Jane" wrote in message
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I have three cats and lots of plants. I'm careful not to have any
that are poisonous but they don't return the favor by not eating any.
Luckily they don't seem to be interested in my orchids but I had a
very large plant that has been completely ruined by my jumping,
chomping cat. Of course there's the digging in the dirt too. I put
some screening over it but that didn't help much. She tore off the
screening which made an even bigger mess.

I want to get another large plant but wondered if there was something
that cats really don't like. What about a rubber plant? Is this a
tasty tidbit or will they tend to leave it alone? I know that one
option is to not have anything or something fake, but I really don't
want to do that.

Can anyone suggest a large plant that the might not like?


I haven't met a plant that my cats didn't like, but I've used heavy duty
chicken wire (the kind with the square holes, not hex) to keep them out of
the dirt. Cut it to the size of the container with a hole for the stem of
the plant, and if you jam it down right on top of the soil it shouldn't be
too easy for them to tear off. You could even combine the rock idea that
was suggested, and put a few rocks on top of the chicken wire.