"Diana Kulaga" wrote in message
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I dare not put any plant of value down there since my sister has a cat,
which is a terror to plants and flies, killing every plant put where she
can
reach it. With that critter, a plant in bloom would not live long enough
for fruit on the table to blast the flowers. Thanks to it, I have
developed
an intense
dislike for cats. They're just as bad as tree rats.

Oh, Ted, not all of them! Casper nuzzles the canes of a huge Dend, but
would never tear it up. Last winter we had slews of plants in the house,
all within his reach, and he treated it like a jungle game, but never hurt
so much as a leaf. Depends on the kitty.........

Hi Diana

I guess either you got lucky, or my sisters are unlucky. All three of them
have cats, and all three of their cats are plant killers. -( But none of
my sisters want me to introduce their cats to my oldest sister's dog. A
siberian husky, he will eat any vertebrate, other than human beings of
course, that has the gall to enter his domain. I couldn't begin to number
the rodents, birds, snakes and feral cats on which he has dined. But then,
they live in a very lightly developed area, with swamp across the road to
the south and boreal forest (on crown land) to the north beginning near
their property line. They get to see all kinds of wildlife most people get
to see only on National Geographic of the Discovery Channel. Just last
summer, on one occassion I was there, I saw a falcon try to take a song
bird, and the little bird, although injured, managed to escape. But, with
all the wildlife there, they'd be overrun by vertebrate pests if not for the
feral cats that have learned to avoid colt and for colt. They have a really
nice garden because, in part, the feral cats have decimated the rodent
population around the house.

Cheers,

Ted