Can’t seem to break her of the Habit.
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July 27th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
put something over the soil (netting or wire), but please do NOT use mothballs. They are toxic to cats and will destroy your pet’s liver, even the scent will do damage. Also, once you cover the plant’s soil, place the cat’s litter box near the plant to encourage the cat to use it, even if inconvenient–you can move it later. You may have to try different types of litter–my cat refuses to use the feline pine stuff, maybe yours is finicky too. If you need to, put some soil in the litter box with the litter until the cat regularly uses it, then cut back slowly on the soil. You may try to put a scoop of your cat’s waste in the litter box so he smells his scent in it. I bought a new litter box for one of my cats, and he initially wouldn’t go in it because he didn’t realize that it was his. Once he realized it, he never had another accident. This is a very fixable problem.
July 27th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Try making loose and large balls of aluminum foil, and cover the surface of the soil with them. That stops many a cat from using it as a place to poop. If that doesn’t work, get some wire mesh and cut it to fit over the top of the pot. You can still water through the mesh, but the cat won’t be able to get to the soil.
July 27th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
I’ve been told that cats hate the feeling of tinfoil under their feet. I know of people who’ve used tinfoil to deter their cat from going to the washroom where they shouldn’t, or keeping the cat off their furniture. It would be a really cheap and easy thing to try, so you really can’t go wrong.
good luck!
July 27th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
orange peels is what i use
July 27th, 2010 at 3:27 pm
place tin foil on top of the soil for a few weeks.
July 27th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
I had the same problem. You could put some type of pepper on the top of the soil, which will not hurt the plant or cover the top of the soil with pebbles. That stopped my cat, but now she eats the leaves. Good Luck!!!!!
July 27th, 2010 at 4:32 pm
I had the same problem. This is how I resolved the problem, I hope this is going to be helpful for you too.
1. Put another litter box in the house. A vet told me that the “magic number” for the number of litter boxes in a house is number of cats + 1. I have two adult cats and had only one box (big one) and they had no problem with it until one of them started to have diarrhea and the other cat started to refuse using it, and then used planted pot as a substitute.
2. I cut out cardboard boxes and put those cut-out boards (exact shape) on top of the soil. and put bricks on them so that the cat won’t unravel them from it.
Once the cat started to use the new litter box I think you can take boards away.
I tried a sample of some kind of herb to put in the litter to attract the cats to the litter box, but that was totally ineffective for my cat. You can buy it at pet store, if you want to try.
Good luck!
July 27th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
ROFLMAO. You get rid of the potted plants.
July 27th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
Decorative rocks, glass beads, rock mulch or wood mulch will deter her. They like soft dirt and sand, but not digging in rocks and mulch.
Decorative glass beads and rocks are inexpensive and can be found in the crafts dept of Walmart, near the vases.
Or, for a quick fix, just put some crumbled aluminum foil around the base of the plants.
July 27th, 2010 at 6:26 pm
We stopped ours by just putting large pinecones all around the base of the plants. They’re even decorative.
July 27th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
cheap wooden chopsticks or bamboo skewers from the asian grocery. make a little fence around the rim of the planter. works great.