Q: We have a new rescue cat. For reasons we don’t know, it has been digging the soil out of the tops of all the house plants. It is using the litter box just fine, so it isn’t that. We tried several home remedies and sprays that didn’t work. I just want to put a barrier on the soil, but I am afraid of harming the plants and I don’t want to make it hard to water the plants. What do you think would be a good option that isn’t too expensive and won’t harm the cat or the plants?
We have a lot of larger pots and we don’t want to make them heavier, so we don’t want to cover the soil in the pots with gravel.