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How to Grow Wheatgrass for Your Kitty


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Cat eating wheatgrass.Cats enjoy and can benefit greatly from having a constant supply of fresh growing wheatgrass. You can also grow barley grass seeds, rye grass seeds and oat grass seeds, usually sold at your health food stores. A side benefit for you is that this may prevent your kitty from eating your house plants. Many are toxic to cats.

Wheatgrass growing supplies. You can easily grow your own wheatgrass for pennies. Shown at the right is what you need:

  1. 1 pint glass, wide-mouth canning jar.
  2. Plastic lid with holes. (Cheese cloth and rubber band is OK)
  3. Garden potting soil. (A quart will last a couple months.)
  4. Wheat (Hard red winter variety.)
  5. Spray bottle.
  6. Growing container. (Margarine plastic container works well.)
  7. (Mature wheatgrass shown near end of usefulness.)

Here are the procedures for growing delicious fresh wheatgrass for your kitty.

  1. Place 1 tablespoon winter red wheat and one-half pint of water in the glass jar with plastic lid. Rinse a couple times then let soak overnight covered with fresh water.

  2. Wheatgrass growing jar.After approximately 12 hours pour out the water and refill the jar. Repeat filling and emptying several times to rinse the wheat.

  3. Drain wheatgrass jar.Drain all the water out and rotate the jar to distribute the wheat along the jar side.

  4. Set jar upside down.Turn the jar upside down and allow excess water to drain. Set the jar aside somewhere at room temperature and let stand for approximately 12 hours. Rinse once or twice during the 12 hours, as in step 2, to keep the wheat moist.

  5. Sprouted seeds.In about 12 hours the wheat will grow tiny sprouts. This indicates it is ready for planting and growing in the soil container.

  6. Prepare container.First punch some holes in the growing container plastic bottom to drain excess water. Place approximately 1/2 inch soil in the container and wet it.

  7. Seeds planted.Place all the sprouted wheat berries on top of the wet soil layer in the growing container.

  8. Cover seeds with soil.Place a layer of soil approximatly 1/4 inch thick on top of the sprouted wheat berries in the growing container.

  9. Spray soil.Gently spray water on the top soil layer in the growing container until saturated.

  10. Place the growing container in a bright window and let it grow naturally. Spray when needed to keep soil moist but not saturated. In a couple of days the sprouts should be well on the way to becoming a tasty snack for your cat. In about 3 days, depending on light and temperature, the grass should be ready for kitty.

Cat eating wheatgrass."I really enjoy a fresh salad after my dry and crunchy cat food."

HINTS: Start a new batch of sprouts about 4 days before the older batch gets dry and bitter tasting. This means you have a new activity in your life - constant wheatgrass growing! Since your kitty will be healthier and happier, it is time well spent.

If your cat sometimes throws-up the grass shortly after eating it, the grass is probably too long. Use scissors to trim the long grass blades down to about 1.5 inches (38 mm) so kitty can swallow it all the way.

Recommended Books.
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(Search a few words of title.)
-- Cats for Dummies by Gina Spadafori.
-- Kittens for Dummies by Dusty Rainbolt.
-- The Cat Behavior Answer Book: Practical Insights & Proven Solutions for Your Feline Questions by Arden Moore.
-- Think Like a Cat: How to Raise a Well-Adjusted Cat--Not a Sour Puss by Pam Johnson-Bennett.
-- The Cat Bible: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know by Tracie Hotchner.
-- The Cat Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Troubleshooting Tips, and Advice on Lifetime Maintenance by Sam Stall.
-- The Humane Society of the United States Complete Guide to Cat Care by Wendy Christensen.
-- Cat Training in 10 Minutes by Miriam Fields.
-- Cat Vs. Cat: Keeping Peace When You Have More Than One Cat by Pam Johnson.
-- Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul: Stories of Feline Affection, Mystery and Charm by Mark Victor Hansen.
-- Cat by Matthew Van Fleet.
-- All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome by Kathy Hoopmann.
-- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss.
-- Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle.
-- Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant.
-- The Natural Cat: The Comprehensive Guide to Optimum Care by Anitra Frazier.
-- Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life by Elizabeth M. Hodgkins.
-- The Cat Who Went into the Closet by Lilian Jackson Braun.
-- Guide to Animal Communication by Carol Gurney.
-- All About Kittens by Emily Neye.
-- Complete Kitten Care by Amy D. Shojai.
-- Three Little Kittens by Paul Galdone.
-- True Stories of Animal Communication by Monica Diedrich.
-- The Design of Animal Communication by Marc D. Hauser.
-- Revelations of Animal Communication by Joan Ranquet.
-- Evolution of Animal Communication by William A. Searcy.
-- A Book About Animal Communication by Preszler and June.
-- Principles of Animal Communication by J. W. Bradbury.
-- Vibrational Communication in Animals by Peggy Hill.
-- Animal Communication Networks by McGregor.
-- Animal Communication (Nature Files) by Anita Ganeri.
-- How Animals Communicate by Betty Tatham.
-- Animal Communication (Amazing Animal Facts) by Janet McDonnell.
-- The Mysteries of Animal Communication by Margery Facklam.
-- A Study in Animal Communication by Flora Davis.

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