I'm not one for indoor plants because I can't seem to care of them because of my cats. A neighbor gave us a little spider plant part (not sure what it's called but I hear that you can seperate them and grow a new one... It's one like that). I put it in a bigger pot and it did really nice these last few months (only had it since September) and last week one of my cats discovered it and slowly ate it until now it's this pathetic spinet stump! Makes me so mad because it looked cute. I have a little entertainment center in my kitchen and it was on top of that and lo and behold, he jumped up n got to it. I don't know what to do. I don't know if I can save this plant or if the leaves will grow back. Plus, 'if' it does grow back, how the hell do I keep my cat off of it. I have no where to put it that someone won't get to it (I have multiple cats), unless I hang it from the ceiling. Advice on my plant and keeping cats grubby mouths off plants needed!
You can try to cover the soil with tin foil or sprinkle some cayanne pepper/tabasco on the dirt (maybe even dilute some water with hot sauce and spray the leaves so it will taste bad to the cat).
They are pretty hardy little plants - it should come back!
Indeed spider plants are hearty little plants and it will probably come back. I have an indoor cat and she attacks just about any plant that we have in the house EXCEPT for these two: Snake plants (upright and very architectural-looking plant) and Echevaria (succulents)
snake:
http://www.google.com/search?q=snake+plant&hl=en&...
Hahaha! (sorry!) I have the same problems! It will grow back! I have never really found a good way to keep the cats out of the plants except to hang them and I take them outside (on our porch) in the summer months. They really thrive there. You could try the dish soap spray as someone else recommended, that may help. I may also try that! I just kept moving mine until they lost interest in them. You could also try growing a small pot of cat grass, or plant. They sell them at pet stores (Petsmart, etc.) Keep it easily accessible so maybe they will just go for that? Good luck!
You can even spray some dilute dish soap on the plant to make is less palatable to the cat. This also helps with aphids as a bonus. Be careful with hot sauce as it could hurt the cat's tongue.Be aware that lillies can be extremely toxic to cats!!
I have no advice for you, but once I rescued a pot of tiger lilies when a neighbor moved. I put them in the dining room and soon I had 6 shoots a couple of feet tall growing in the pot. I woke up one morning and my cat (still a half kitten) had eaten each shoot down to a nub! I couldn't believe it, but she did it. The pot went outside, so that's how I solved my dilemma. I do have other plants, but she leaves them alone.
Ug, I have a cat (and a plant) like this.
