How to keep cats out of my flowerpots?

My cats love to lie in my 12 to 18-inch clay flowerpots, which of course kills the plants (trampled plants, broken stems, etc.) I think they like the elevation it gives them, but there are plenty of other places they can lounge around.



How can I keep them out of my flowerpots?

How to keep cats out of my flowerpots?
Can you add semi sharp decorative material to the flowerpots, like rocks? Not only will it keep cats out, but it will help retain moisture!
Reply:mothballs work very well for outside flowerbeds so I dont see why you couldn't use them indoors for house plants, I wouldn't use a whole one I would start out putting not quite half in the smaller one and a half on both sides of your larger ones I wouldn't use the powdery mothball, get the balls so you have better control of how much your actually are using because I'm not sure but the powder may interfer with your plant when you water them. I would also keep a squirt bottle close by so if you can catch her in the act you can squirt her a little!
Reply:Cayenne pepper!!!!!
Reply:sorry to say dont have real flower pots..some plants are harmful to cats...or make a special flower just for cats adding catnip in the soil. hope this works for you luv have a good weekend ;)xXx
Reply:turn your flower pots upside down.
Reply:My daughters cat would lay in my big flower pot. The plant was big and sort like a tree. I put a knick nack in the plant. A big one that she couldn't get out. Put it a little bit in the dirt. They she couldn't push it out easily.



She hasn't been in there since. She did it in the summer. I think the dirt felt cool to her.
Reply:Hang plant pots at a suitable place
Reply:Mothballs
Reply:You could give them their own raised "pot" to sleep in/on - it will be because its warm and in the sun - If you find your cat were you don't want it - pick it up and move it to where it is OK for them to sleep in a similar warm sunny spot and pat them and praise them - takes a few weeks but they eventually get the picture - worked with my cats



or make it uncomfortable for them by putting a few rock around the dirt so they can't get comfortable ( not nice round rocks but Sharp-y uncomfortable rocks :)
Reply:I've heard cup up orange peels can do the trick. Another option is putting your cats in hanging planters or up on shelves on the wall they can't reach. Note, too, that a lot of houseplants are TOXIC to cats so it's not just the plants that can end up damaged!
Reply:Mushroom compost. It is not harmful to any of natures inhabitants and keeps cats away, simply because the aroma it exudes offends their highly sensitive nostrils! Hope you find this useful, good luck
Reply:you can use tooth picks sticking out of the dirt or crushed red pepper like you put on pizza
Reply:The only thing that worked with my cat (who is sitting on my lap while I type) was to spray green apple on the dirt. Other than that, nothing else helped.
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Reply:U can probaly put fake one's out there and move the real one's or train them to not lay in them :) also try not letting them by the plants :)