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:LOL: 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 :LOL:. Anyone else have the separation problem?

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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