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    Separation anxiety?

    Well Simba has been with us all of four days and is already ruling the roost. If we sit in the room with him he plays around - has a sleep and often ignores you but the minute you get up to leave the room - he cries at the door. If I am at my pc and I ignore him he cries at my feet for attention. Also he has taken a liking for a Yukka plant in the corner and keeps jumping into the big pot and scattering mud everywhere - I have lifted him out of this pot more times than I care to mention and I know he knows it's wrong. If I leave him for any length of time there is mud all over the floor! The temporary solution to this is videos placed all over the bottom - he seems quite cross about this My daughter has spoilt him I fear and I'm not sure how I will cope without her when she goes back to school next week . Anyone else have the separation problem?

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    Sounds like our 6mos old, Zephyr. He cries when he cannot find us, wants food, wants to play, etc.

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    You could place large pebbles in the bottom but unfortunately all of our cats love having a good dig about in our plants.

    You will need to be careful though as yucca plants are extremely poisonous to cats so be careful he doesn't try to nibble the leaves or anything like that.

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    Thanks for telling me that! I didn't know - he seems more interested in the mud at the moment but I may have to move the plant if that's the case.

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    Not a problem - it's just always good to be aware of things that could cause a problem. Good luck keeping him away!

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    I've just been told by my husband it's not a Yukka plant its a Dragon tree. I will take a photo of it later - as I'd like to know if it's safe. If it is poisonous I will move it to a room he doesn't go in as I wouldn't be able to keep him away.

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    Below is a list of plants dangerous to cats....thought it might help.

    Alfalfa Almond (pits)
    Aloe Vera Alocasia
    Amaryllis Apple (seeds)
    Apple Leaf Croton Apricots (pits)
    Arrowgrass Asparagus Fern
    Autumn Crocus Avocado (fruit/pit)
    Azalea Baby’s Breath
    Baneberry Bayonet
    Beargrass Beech
    Belladonna Bird of Paradise
    Bittersweet Black-eyed Susan
    Black Locust Bleeding Heart
    Bloodroot Bluebonnet
    Box Boxwood
    Branching Ivy Buckeyes
    Buddist Pine Burning Bush
    Buttercup Cactus, Candelabra
    Caladium Calla Lily
    Castor Bean Ceriman
    Charming Dieffenbachia Cherry, Laurel Cherry (pits/seeds/wilting leaves) Chinaberry
    Cherry, most wild varieties Cherry, ground
    Chinese Evergreen Christmas Rose
    Chrysanthemum Cineria
    Clematis Cordatum
    Coriaria Cornflower
    Corn Plant Cornstalk Plant
    Croton Corydalis
    Crocus, Autumn Crown of Thorns
    Cuban Laurel Cycads
    Cutleaf Philodendron Cyclamen
    Daffodil Daphne
    Datura Deadly Nightshade
    Death Camas Devil's Ivy
    Delphinium Decentrea
    Dieffenbachia Dracaena Palm
    Dragon Tree Dumb Cane
    Easter Lily * Eggplant
    Elaine Elderberry
    Elephant Ear Emerald Feather
    English Ivy Eucalyptus
    Euonymus Evergreen
    Ferns Fiddle-leaf fig
    Florida Beauty Flax
    Four O'Clock Foxglove
    Fruit Salad Plant Geranium
    German Ivy Giant Dumb Cane
    Glacier IvyGolden Chain Gold Dieffenbachia
    Gold Dust Dracaena Golden Glow
    Golden Pothos Gopher Purge
    Hahn's Self-Branching Ivy Hellebore
    Heartland Philodendron Hemlock, Poison
    Hemlock, Water Henbane
    Holly Honeysuckle
    Horsebeans Horsebrush
    Horse Chestnuts Hurricane Plant
    Hyacinth Hydrangea
    Indian Rubber Plant Indian Tobacco
    Iris Iris Ivy
    Jack in the Pulpit Java Beans
    Janet Craig Dracaena Jessamine
    Jpanese Show Lily * Jerusalem Cherry
    Jimson Weed Jonquil
    Jungle Trumpets Kalanchoe
    Lacy Tree Philodendron Lantana
    Larkspur Laurel
    Lily Lily Spider
    Lily of the Valley Locoweed
    Lupine Marble Queen Madagascar Dragon Tree Marigold
    Marijuana Mescal Bean
    Mexican Breadfruit Miniature Croton
    Mistletoe Mock Orange
    Monkshood Moonseed


    Morning Glory Mountain Laurel Mother-in Law's Tongue Mushrooms
    Narcissus Needlepoint Ivy
    Nephytis Nightshade
    Oleander Onion
    Oriental Lily * Peace Lily
    Peach (pits/wilting leaves) Pencil Cactus
    Peony Periwinkle
    Philodendron Pimpernel
    Plumosa Fern Poinciana
    Poinsettia (low toxicity) Poison Hemlock
    Poison Ivy Poison Oak
    Pokeweed Poppy
    Potato Pothos
    Precatory Bean Primrose
    Privet, Common Red Princess
    Red-Margined Dracaena Red Emerald
    Rhubarb Ribbon Plant
    Rosemary Pea Rubber Plant
    Saddle Leaf Philodendron Sago Palm
    Satin Pothos Schefflera
    Scotch Broom Silver Pothos
    Skunk Cabbage Snowdrops
    Snow on the Mountain Spotted Dumb Cane
    Staggerweed Star of Bethlehem
    String of Pearls Striped Dracaena
    Sweetheart Ivy Sweetpea
    Swiss Cheese plant Tansy Mustard
    Taro Vine Tiger Lily *
    Tobacco Tree Philodendron
    Tomato Plant (green fruit/stem/leaves)
    Tropic Snow Dieffenbachia Tulip
    Tung Tree Virginia Creeper
    Water Hemlock Weeping Fig
    Wild Call Wisteria
    Yews -- e.g. Japanese Yew English Yew Western Yew
    American Yew

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    Thanks for that list.
    I will be letting the cats out to the shadehouse, but that's mainly ferns and fuchsias....

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    Gosh what a huge list! Thanks for putting it up - very helpful!

 

 

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