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caught mid chomp, little gremlin. almost every plant is toxic to cats yet he craves the death greens.

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[–] dr_jekell@lemmy.world 28 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Have you tried planting a tray of grass for him to eat instead?

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

planning on getting him some cat grass! nothing as of yet but it's our next purchase.

[–] avg@lemmy.zip 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I have 2 toddlers and 2 cats, redirection is much more successful than negative reinforcement for both.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago

definitely, i believe it. luckily i mostly teasingly swat at him as he tends to avoid the plants. he had to pester again today though.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In the meantime try a handful of regular ol' lawn grass, if you know it's not full of pesticides. My cat loves the random grass I weed out of my outdoor plant pots even more than the official Cat Grass I grow indoors. By the way, don't bother with fresh catnip, it's not for eating and most cats would rather sniff the dried kind.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

thanks for the tip! pretty sure our lawn is treated, unfortunately.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I have some cat grass and both of them completely ignore it. It's the only indoor plant they don't eat.

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

oh great hah. i’ll look up specific plants cats enjoy munching on then. i was just gonna get some simple PretSmart grass.