tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421905751284573737.post177958066720585144..comments2017-06-13T18:28:47.053-07:00Comments on The Ficus Wrangler: Do plants really have it in for your cats?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16700996106174707766noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421905751284573737.post-79910774535718383622016-03-15T19:51:54.867-07:002016-03-15T19:51:54.867-07:00I've not had any cats trying to eat the ficus,...I've not had any cats trying to eat the ficus, but I can't keep marginatas (that's the professional name for dragon tree) in the house at all because my cats eat the leaves down to nubs. All of mine are outdoors, which of course won't work for you unless you're in the far south. But maybe your cat won't be interested. Try wrapping double-sided sticky tape around the trunk of your tree if kitty wants to scratch on it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16700996106174707766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421905751284573737.post-87622624840413166762016-03-15T15:58:36.637-07:002016-03-15T15:58:36.637-07:00Wish me luck, I've been given a large ficus an...Wish me luck, I've been given a large ficus an a smaller (but by no means small) dragon tree. Our house has a cat, and I'm hoping she doesn't decide to eat them. I'm more of a dog person. Dogs leave your plants alone (3 dogs lived to a ripe old age around a huge collection of plants), and this is my first combo of cat & foliage.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421905751284573737.post-48189889065828160772015-05-11T22:12:25.142-07:002015-05-11T22:12:25.142-07:00I completely agree with you! Thank you so much for...I completely agree with you! Thank you so much for posting this. I love plants, but three years ago, our cat ate a Tiger Lily, and my husband and I witnessed his three day descent into death. It was horrible. Now my husband won't let me keep plants in the house which are on "the list", although the lilies are clearly the most toxic. I have tried to keeping a few, and sometimes the cats start throwing up, and he insists that I give it away. Anyway, I understand both sides, but what I have started to do is to allow the cats onto the porch, where there is a pot with mixed green things in it. I believe that indoor cats have lost their natural instincts and are also desperate to get some green. I also happen to think that green things are munched on not only for their purgative properties, but also for the minerals or even for something deeper, like a kind of living energy, that the cats get from them. Cats are strange creatures, with their amazing physical abilities, and I think there is probably a lot we don't know about them. But anyway, my cats have been going outside and have begun to discern which plants are edible and which ones aren't. Their instincts seem to be getting sharper. I will try a purple begonia. I really want an indoor plant that they won't munch on! Sofiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860326124558885080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421905751284573737.post-82938936032402686102013-11-15T11:19:50.072-08:002013-11-15T11:19:50.072-08:00I thought I already posted a comment here but I se...I thought I already posted a comment here but I see nothing, I think due to Google account nonsense myself ;) I just mentioned that you are lucky, as my cat's favorite houseplant is the dreaded Spathiphyllum! So it of course lives on the porch. The Sansevieria (which they have no interest in) gets to stay inside. Heather Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08913796982460179435noreply@blogger.com