Cats and houseplants

Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully?
I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up
the few plants I've managed not to kill through general plant-keeping
incompetence. At this point, I'm keeping the plants in my bathroom and
trying to keep the cats out of that room except when I'm around to
supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places
around the house.

TIA

Peggy
A house with a cat needs no art -- Japanese saying

On 14 Feb 2004 16:06:00 -0800, (Peggy L)
wrote:

Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully?
I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up
the few plants I've managed not to kill through general plant-keeping
incompetence. At this point, I'm keeping the plants in my bathroom and
trying to keep the cats out of that room except when I'm around to
supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places
around the house.

TIA

Peggy
A house with a cat needs no art -- Japanese saying
Perhaps if they had their own plants: kitty grass and catnip, it
would take away their interest in yours.

On 14 Feb 2004 16:06:00 -0800, (Peggy L)
wrote:

Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully?
I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up
the few plants I've managed not to kill through general plant-keeping
incompetence. At this point, I'm keeping the plants in my bathroom and
trying to keep the cats out of that room except when I'm around to
supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places
around the house.

TIA

Peggy
A house with a cat needs no art -- Japanese saying
Perhaps if they had their own plants: kitty grass and catnip, it
would take away their interest in yours.

Peggy L wrote in om on 14
Feb 2004:

Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully?
I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up
the few plants I've managed not to kill through general plant-keeping
incompetence. At this point, I'm keeping the plants in my bathroom and
trying to keep the cats out of that room except when I'm around to
supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places
around the house.

I have only a few and one I really like I had to take to work and put in my
office. At home though, I have one on a shelf that is so covered with
teddy bears that there is no room for a cat to jump up there. The others
are Christmas cacti and they are in stand-alone planter baskets that are
about 3' high and no one messes with them. I'm like you, I'd like to have
more plants, but even flowers in a vase get chewed on so I just pass on
that.

--
Cheryl

Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet.
MIB II

Peggy L wrote in om on 14
Feb 2004:

Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully?
I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up
the few plants I've managed not to kill through general plant-keeping
incompetence. At this point, I'm keeping the plants in my bathroom and
trying to keep the cats out of that room except when I'm around to
supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places
around the house.

I have only a few and one I really like I had to take to work and put in my
office. At home though, I have one on a shelf that is so covered with
teddy bears that there is no room for a cat to jump up there. The others
are Christmas cacti and they are in stand-alone planter baskets that are
about 3' high and no one messes with them. I'm like you, I'd like to have
more plants, but even flowers in a vase get chewed on so I just pass on
that.

--
Cheryl

Trapped like rats. In a chia-pet.
MIB II

"Peggy L" wrote in message
om...
Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully?
I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up
the few plants I've managed not to kill through general plant-keeping
incompetence. At this point, I'm keeping the plants in my bathroom and
trying to keep the cats out of that room except when I'm around to
supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places
around the house.

Try hanging planters.

But first make sure none of the plants in your home are toxic to cats.

http://maxshouse.com/Poisonous_Plants%20_IDX_Common.htm

"Peggy L" wrote in message
om...
Has anyone found a way to mix houseplants and house cats successfully?
I have three indoor kitties who love to chew on, play with, and dig up
the few plants I've managed not to kill through general plant-keeping
incompetence. At this point, I'm keeping the plants in my bathroom and
trying to keep the cats out of that room except when I'm around to
supervise. I'd love to be able to have more plants in other places
around the house.

Try hanging planters.

But first make sure none of the plants in your home are toxic to cats.

http://maxshouse.com/Poisonous_Plants%20_IDX_Common.htm

m. L. Briggs wrote in message . ..
On 14 Feb 2004 16:06:00 -0800, (Peggy L)


Perhaps if they had their own plants: kitty grass and catnip, it
would take away their interest in yours.

I've heard totally differing opinions about this...on the one hand,
that cats benefit from some fresh green plant matter and, on the
other, that they are pure carnivores and green plants don't do them
any good.

I'd be interested in hearing about anyone's experience with this,
either way.

Thanks,

Peggy

m. L. Briggs wrote in message . ..
On 14 Feb 2004 16:06:00 -0800, (Peggy L)


Perhaps if they had their own plants: kitty grass and catnip, it
would take away their interest in yours.

I've heard totally differing opinions about this...on the one hand,
that cats benefit from some fresh green plant matter and, on the
other, that they are pure carnivores and green plants don't do them
any good.

I'd be interested in hearing about anyone's experience with this,
either way.

Thanks,

Peggy

Cheryl wrote in message ...

At home though, I have one on a shelf that is so covered with
teddy bears that there is no room for a cat to jump up there

That's an approach I'd been considering--I even have a plentiful
supply of teddy bears! I think what I need is wire shelving that
doesn't offer a cat much of a surface to stand on. That and the teddy
bears will probably do it.

Thanks!

pl