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My partner and I are moving into a new apartment, and I'm hoping, with my new job and all, we could start growing an indoor herb garden.

The only problem is...we have a cat that gets into everything. We used to have a spider plant in a windowsill that died because he chewed up all the leaves. (I tried to get one of those cat grass things to distract him from it, but he ignored it and it attracted gnats instead.) I was thinking we could maybe have a hanging plant, but then we risk him trying to leap onto it. (He once tried to leap over an 8-foot wall just because he wanted out of the room he was in. He failed and hurt himself. I don't trust him to not try to jump onto something hanging from the ceiling.)

So I'm wondering if anybody knows how the fuck you stop a cat from getting into everything without spending more money to just enclose everything in glass.

CAT IS UNSTOPPABLE

Coffee grounds and orange peels. I had no problems whatsoever with cats last year.

...I had slugs mind you, but I have plans for those this year. If I don't spend the entire spring (assuming spring ever EVER ever arrives) trying to sort my ground cover out.

Coffee grounds might work, but I'm not so sure about orange peels. Weirdo has a fondness for mandarin oranges and will drink the juice from the cans we get of them :|

But I will test his tolerance to coffee grounds! Chances are it won't stop him, but I'll try :P Thanks for the suggestion!

yvw

I think the theory behind it is citrus? So try lemon or lime peels instead? The volatile oils in the bitter peels puts them off with the smell, so I suspect kitty won't like the orange peels, even if s/he does like the (probably 90% sugar) juice from the processed ones.

If you're moving into a new apartment, why not pick a room and keep cat out of it and put your herby herbs in there? Doors are for a reason, yo. And if the cat goes in? Throw his ass out.

Right? I have several rooms in my house that are cat-free zones, it's really not that hard. Sure, they get in sometimes, but then I get them out again and we carry on as before.

This sounds like a good idea. I don't have a cat, but it's a sound strategy that would work with any animal.

This is the only successful method I've found for saving seedlings from my cats.

That may be an option if we move somewhere with a bedroom, but we're looking at studio apartments and the only separate room in those would be the...most likely windowless bathroom, which sort of isn't ideal for plants. If we find a 1-bedroom, it might work, but I'm more wondering if there's any way to keep him out of the things if we end up with a studio.

ALUMINIUM
JARS OF PENNIES
WATER GUN

ssscat

I don't know about orange peels, but I'd definitely second the suggestion downthread of water pistols. Overusing them would be bad and mean, obviously, but do it on enough occasions and the cat should eventually kick his plant-eating habit.

Anyway, I sympathise with you anon. We used to have this really naughty cat who ate all the plants (actually, she pretty much ate everything and liked most of it) and peed on all the cushions. She was adorable and lovely, but... cat had issues and it took time and work on our parts for her to calm down some.

Haha... We have a squirt bottle that we use to try to keep him off the counters. Dooooesn't work a bit. I mean, yeah, he scrams when he sees us reaching for it, but it doesn't actually stop him from doing anything - it just makes him more sneaky about it.

Maybe I'll see about investing in a climbing tree for him before getting plants. Maybe if he's got other things to play with, he'll be less inclined to destroy our things...

The compressed air you use to clean key boards- our cat happens to like water, but at this point I even reach for the can and she skidattles. (The lady at the organization we adopted her from offered that as a suggestion originally.)

DISCLAIMER: ONLY BE SURE NOT TO FIRE CSN UPSIDE DOWN OR YOU MIGHT ACCIDENTALLY BLIND YOUR CAT WITH THE FREEZING PART. Other than that, cwhich is hard to get wrong tbh, completely safe. :)

Maybe you could try a plastic cover of some sort for the little garden? With holes in it so the plants get air, but sturdy enough that all kitty can do is lick at the plastic?

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