cat grass!
It’s not as if da boyz need any help throwing up, but …
A couple of months ago my yoga buddy Flor insisted that since Sunny & Azar were indoor cats I should grow some grass for them to eat. And then one day during our after-yoga brekky she gave me a packet of “cat grass” seeds and said I could grow them on my balcony. I finally got around to planting them the other day and was surprised yesterday to see the grass had virtually shot up overnight. Cool, eh?
Has anybody else ever planted cat grass? That’s actually what it was called on the packet. I’m going to move the planter down to balcony floor level later on today and see what happens. I’m pretty sure that Azar will go for it because he eats any plant he can reach, even those that seem impossible for him to get at (no doubt he shape shifts during the night, the little sneak). Though perhaps after being spoilt with fresh asparagus they will both turn their noses up at a bunch of grass. We shall see…
At the risk of seeming gauche, what does the fresh (never canned) asparagus do to the cats wee? hmmm.
Yes! I saw cat grass when I was in Berlin in April. My uncle’s cat ate it, seemed to love it.
To be honest, I never got that up close & personal with the cat box to notice if their was a difference in odour, ismarah.
Recognise your little planter, Sue?
It is probably wheat. If your cats are like mine, they will love it. When I lived in Alaska I always had “cat grass” for them. You might want to wait a couple of days to give it a chance to get it’s roots firmly established. If you put it down too soon it will come out of the dirt roots and all and scatter dirt around when they try to eat it. You’ll know it’s ready when you can pull on the leaves and they don’t just come out of the dirt easily.
I never did get any growing to the point it wouldn’t pull apart. But then I have industrious cats who can dismember just about anything.
We have three cats. I quickly replaced all indoor plants with cacti. I’m sure a planter of cat grass would last less than an hour with these three.
“Cat grass” is just one or other of oats, barley, wheat or rye seeds.
You can probably get any one of them at your local health food store that sells seeds for sprouting, and at half the cost. The only thing you need to worry about is that your seeds have not been sprayed with anything but since the grasses that eventually sprout are for human consumption, you can be fairly sure that they are safe.
You could also try alfalfa seeds to sprout.
Or grass seeds. Make sure that these seeds are not “weed and feed” types, of course.
BTW, Benjamin loves to stick his face in the grass but won’t eat them. He prefers the grass in the back yard. Basically, it is good for cats because it helps them urp up hairballs.
That’s a good idea to wait another day or two, hmh. Though the grass is looking even lusher this morning and doesn’t come out when I tug on it. Still, the boys may be more persistant than me.
I have the same problem, Zeus. My few houseplants are either hanging from the ceiling or walls, or placed out of reach on bookshelves. As for cut flowers … forget it.
Hmmm … so far no major interest in the cat grass.