Y'all, please help me not kill this Ponytail Palm.

Edited:  I posted in a Ponytail Palm group and the concensus there is to not water it yet. I've been told to trim the brown, acclimate it to full sun, and give it a few more weeks before watering since it was in damp soil for who even knows how long. So I guess the plan is to wait. Maybe I'll water on August 1st and just do it monthly from there, since overwatering is my biggest concern.

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Y'all, please help me not kill this Ponytail Palm. I've had it for 6 days now, and I haven't watered it. The leaves look (to me) like they could use a drink, though. They're more pointy at the top instead of round, which makes me think they're limp. Also, there is some browning, but I think that's just due to it being shuffled around at the store. There were quite a few torn leaves when I bought it and I didn't prune them off.

Water it, or nah?

Baby Bear snuggs. 😊😊😊❤️

Baby Bear snuggs. 😊😊😊❤️

He's a tired boy.

Gonna preface this post with:

Gonna preface this post with:

Bear is ok. We were maybe 15 feet away carrying some stuff. And we're watching him for any adverse effects. We have a great emergency vet if needed, but I don't think that will be necessary.

It's always something with him. 🤦🏻😂

We taught him to enter the pool on the splash pad so he'd have some space to play... But I guess he forgot. That looked really intentional, until it wasn't. 🙃

This is why our pool is always warm. We don't leave it open if we're not watching the animals. It doesn't get much time to cool down because the cover is closed most of the time.

So far, he's totally fine. He's already gone back in how we taught him. He's been zooming around, getting towel dried, and rubbing his damp self all over us. 😂

Look who's posing all pretty...

Look who's posing all pretty in her hanging basket this morning. 😊

I knew I heard it, but...

I knew I heard it, but it was on a different side of the house than usual. It's a pretty one, though!

I went into the greenhouse today...

I went into the greenhouse today and found some of my plants near the door knocked over. We close the doors at night and leave the top windows open for ventilation, so I was confused how anyone was getting in there.

Shaun checked the security camera and found that (while we were out doing errands) Bear pushed through the barrier we put up to keep him out during the day. The barrier and him climbing in is what caused the toppled plants. Nothing else was bothered; I'm pretty sure he was just trying to make his rounds and was determined not to be stopped. He has a little stubborn streak sometimes. He gets it from me. 😂

So we're going to leave it open tomorrow and keep an eye on things. Most of the plants he could get to wouldn't be dangerous for him, just upsetting for me. But I really think he won't mess with anything if I'm not in there working. When "we're" working out there is when he gets mouthy/pawsy. He's gotta do the stuff, too! He loves smelling the plants and pruning leaves and digging in my dirt totes with me. He's so fucking precious. ❤️❤️❤️ He's the biggest helper in the land! 😊

Otherwise, he just likes to make sure that everything in the house and yard is in order, so we're gonna try trusting him to do just that. I think he'll do a good job, just like he did in the house when we started leaving him alone. ❤️

Look at Bear and Harley.

Look at Bear and Harley. Bear likes to chase the cats (when they run; they all know at this point that they're safe and don't have to), but he also just likes them. And the cats are really gentle about letting him know when they done with his attention... Unless he doesn't listen. 😂