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Bella and the Weigela

hywel

By hywel

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Bella has suddenly developed a taste for Weigela flowers, she pulls the branches down with her paws and chews them.

I was relived to read that Weigela is not toxic to cats and if they chew the flowers they will come to no harm :)

I’ve never seen Bella do this before, but this year my Weigela flowers are in tatters !

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Oh no! Strange happenings.As long as it's not toxic.

13 May, 2024

 

Bella gets a like for being naughty, sorry Hywel but that has really amused me , she can't deny it can she as you caught her on camera.....

13 May, 2024

 

It’s a shame Bella can’t tell you whether you might like to chew Weigela too … 🙂.

13 May, 2024

 

Great photo Hywel ... I wonder if it has similar chemicals found in Nepeta (Catmint) as our Megan used to love rolling around near that.

13 May, 2024

 

strange you put this as yesterday we saw a cat on ours too !

13 May, 2024

 

At least you will be very glad it's not poisonous for cats!

14 May, 2024

 

I am like Lincslass and it made me smile, but it must have been a worry for you incase it harmed her.

15 May, 2024

 

Thank you all ... yes it made me smile too :)
I tried stopping her doing it but to no avail lol she kept going back to it.

15 May, 2024

 

Well, thank goodness they're not toxic! I had a wiegela like yours called (I think) summer wine... Rufus never showed any interest though; (our Rufie crossed the bridge in January) and our crazy winters over the last three years took their toll on it. lovely to see sweet Bella. Meowr!

16 May, 2024

 

https://catsingardens.blogspot.com/2019/06/why-do-cats-go-nuts-over-weigela.html I found this, thought you might like to read it, Hywel.

16 May, 2024

 

Thank you Lori, that was interesting.

Sorry about Rufus :(

17 May, 2024

 

Smashing photo, all the same, Hywel. She's a lovely cat! Thank heavens it's not harmful to her.

17 May, 2024

 

Thank you :)

20 May, 2024

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