Are there any plants big enough to eat a cat?

17 years ago

Are there any plants big enough to eat a cat?

Cuz the neighbor's cat attacked one of our birdhouses last night and I was just wondering.

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cryptkeeper
17 years ago
how about nepenthes rajah?or a venus flytrap with some plutonium mixed into the media lol.i just ordered some plants from ebay and im going to be watchig my birds(finches and lovebirds)for sure. No kidding!
xymox
17 years ago
LOL now why would you do that? that is CRUEL! some records say that a nepenthes truncata was found to have small rats inside their pitchers in the wild...

I never had a problem with cats before.. but, i would feed one to a plant :s some people tend to use pepper as cat and dog repelant.. but i am not sure about birds. try moving the birds in a safer area. :P out of harm.
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fluffygrue
17 years ago
Ooh, I wish.

I'm not a cat person, and one of the neighbours' cats has found a way into our garden. He keeps staring at Silent Bob, my favourite koi. :(
petiolaris
17 years ago
Awww.... cats are great critters! They're like the female of our species - enigmatic. One just needs to put the time and effort into understanding them. This in contrast to the tail-wagging dog, which are like guys - very simple and uncomplicated.

Her is our current cat - Starlight:

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Geting back to protecting the plants, perhaps an appropriate sized bird cage or some sort of caging can be utilized? It would also keep out the other uninvited fauna, like squirrels and birds. Won't do much for nsails and cutworms, though. For that you'll need tuna cans and fill with bakers yest and sugar water.
darkdes
17 years ago
cats hunt smaller animals, thats instinct. and there is no no repelent for instinct
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17 years ago
If you don't want it eaten but want it repelled... try sundews. Our cat made the mistake of thinking they were fun to bat at... once. LOL reminded me of the time he got a price tag stuck to his foot. Some cats really hate that.
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A Nepenthes Bull Terrier should do the trick!!!

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