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Well, Ginger took it upon herself last night to eat the growing tops off of my miniature Ponytail Palm Bonsai. This plant is at least 30 years old and I've had it for more than a decade.
Ginger started munching the tips of the palm spears months ago - that's when I brought the first cat grass into my home. I now keep a supply available for her to munch on as she needs to. For quite a while, that worked, and she completely left my bonsai alone. (I'd also made it much more difficult for her to get to it, which also seemed to have worked - until last night, anyway.)
This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I noticed a glob of what was mostly green spittle with some half chewed bits of palm spears in it on my living room floor. Immediate "Uh-oh!" moment; I ran into my office, and sure enough, she'd gotten up on top of the wardrobe that the plant was kept on and had completely eaten off all of the new spring growth on each of the two palms in the pot!
We're talking quite a tasty snack here, and she really pigged out - I'm surprized there wasn't more that she spit up. Needless to say, she was not given her usual treat supply this morning, and I rescued my poor bonsai and brought it to my office at work to live where it can never again be mistaken for a kitty snack!
Sigh...note to self...need more cat grass...
Ginger started munching the tips of the palm spears months ago - that's when I brought the first cat grass into my home. I now keep a supply available for her to munch on as she needs to. For quite a while, that worked, and she completely left my bonsai alone. (I'd also made it much more difficult for her to get to it, which also seemed to have worked - until last night, anyway.)
This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I noticed a glob of what was mostly green spittle with some half chewed bits of palm spears in it on my living room floor. Immediate "Uh-oh!" moment; I ran into my office, and sure enough, she'd gotten up on top of the wardrobe that the plant was kept on and had completely eaten off all of the new spring growth on each of the two palms in the pot!
We're talking quite a tasty snack here, and she really pigged out - I'm surprized there wasn't more that she spit up. Needless to say, she was not given her usual treat supply this morning, and I rescued my poor bonsai and brought it to my office at work to live where it can never again be mistaken for a kitty snack!
Sigh...note to self...need more cat grass...