[CH] sort of off topic- cats and plants
Jonathan T. Smillie (jsmillie@protix.com)
Mon, 26 Jan 1998 15:41:46 -0600
Hey CHers- I have a quasi-moral dilemma on which this list's members
are uniquely qualified to advise.
I have a rather large potted plant (a Dracaena (sp?) marginata) which
one of my cats, whom I otherwise love dearly, loves to chew the lower
leaves of. The plant doesn't like this, and is responding by drooping and
losing leaves.
Some time ago, somebody on this list was mentioning a method of keeping
animals ( I believe it was jackrabbits, but I ditched the message so can't be
sure) off plants by spraying them with a dilution of hot sauce and water.
The dilemma I'm having is: Would this be too cruel a method to employ in
controlling my cat's desire to munch on the plant? I wouldn't of course use
anything absolutely incendiary- I don't want Chou-Chou to go the way of the
mosquito in the Tabasco TV ad- but I've tried just about everything else and
the little bugger still gets in there.
Comments/suggestions/animal rights diatribes/alternatives?
Jonathan
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