Our cat is chewing on our house plants. What can we use that might be around the house to stop this?

my cat hates citrus, I would try misting the plants with lemon juice. the odor will last and its all natural.

Our cat is chewing on our house plants. What can we use that might be around the house to stop this?
As long as your around to see it spray your cat with water. It worked with me. There are a lot of plants that make cats sick so check into it. Someone mentioned tinfoil, what a mess! Use double sided sticky tape. At least its not an eyesore!
Reply:when you see it doing this squirt it with water it will soon stop.
Reply:Just find a empty spray bottle and fill it with water and every time it chews on the plants spray the cat......I had the same problem with my cat.....trust me it WORKS!
Reply:Tummy ack.
Reply:Poinsettas.
Reply:cats aren't strictly meat eaters, they also need vegetables. the simplest thing to do is to include grass or other veggies in it's menu. my cat was crazy over grass. it just went mad when smelling it :) i gave grass at least once a week, bet be sure the grass isn't treated with any kind of chemicals, fertilizers and it's 100% natural
Reply:make a little house for a cat.
Reply:Surround the base of the plant with plenty of tin foil.



Or buy your cat it's own plant. Mine has cat grass, you can buy it at most pet stores.
Reply:spray them every time they go for them, that might work, though the best option is to put the plants where they can't get to them. that way you know even when you aren't there they won't be eating them
Reply:I'm not sure if this works for cats, but my dogs were chewing on the furniture and a person told me to use black pepper and it did the trick.
Reply:Until you figure something else out, you need to move the plants, so the cats can't get to them. Some plants are toxic to cats!
Reply:Try some vinegar and dilute it with some water in a spray

bottle, then just spray around the planter area not directly on

the plant itself. The strong odor of the vinegar will get to your

cat. I have also used concentrated lemon juice as well, mix

the same way. Both of these are also handy for those nasty

pests around your home as well. Hope this helps you out.

It keeps my cats away. I also spray them with a water bottle

when i catch them in the act.
Reply:Spray the leaves with vinegar, shouldn't hurt the plant and the cat will stay away.
Reply:white vinegar ;)
Reply:Let them continue.......they will definitely stop when they have become poisoned!



A lot of houseplants are very poisonous to animals.... you may want to research it and rid your home of those plants.



Now, they sell an indoor formula cat food that is supposed to help them get what they are trying to get from your plants.... same reason they will chew on weeds outside.... for the natural vegetable fiber, that helps move the hair through their digestive tract and helps control the formation of hair-balls.



See sources for a couple of lists I found
Reply:Pepper or tabasco sauce. You can also use the stuff they make to stop people biting their nails.
Reply:put the cat outside.....just joking, mix some vinegar and water in a spray bottle, and spray around the plants...cats hate vinegar, and it won't harm them...
Reply:Animals hate citrus smells now orange works bet in my case. Any ways you can buy something it pet stores pre made in a spray bottle to stop from eating plant and clawing at funiture carpeted area such as stairs. It really quite handy. You could also grow your self or purchase a little grass plant for the kitten so it will leave the other plants alone. You could also get this at your local pet store. hope this help good luck. You probally should have gotten a cat from the shelter. Less problems that way.
Reply:Drano.
Reply:Buy you Tabby some greenies!!
Reply:Growing "cat grass" from the pet store made mine stop eating my plants.....she just eats her grass now
Reply:I agree with tjslove. Cats hate the smell of citrus. Squirt the plants with lemon or orange and you can even leave pieces of the peel on top of the soil in the plant pot.