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A tiny vase
Banana is for scale

This one is  the same size as above.
These tulips are perfect. Cats don't like them.

Short squat vase
Bottom weighted with rocks

Wall flower vase
Haven't tried them yet.

Through trial and error, I have found that certain shapes of vases and types of  flowers are more cat resistant than others (none are really cat-proof).   Here are three pictures of cat-resistant flower arrangements and also two pictures of vases that are definite no-no's. 

The two small vases on the left are good because cats can't get at the water inside.  The first arrangement is not perfect because the cats like to eat these flowers.  But  there is so little water here, that even if they do knock it over, very little gets spilled.  The second vase with tulips cut short is my most successful so far.

The third vase on the left does not look very sturdy but it works well for some reason.  I cheated here and weighted the bottom of the vase with rocks for stability.  Even cats knock it over, if it's less than half full, no water gets spilled because of the shape.

The fourth vase on the left is hangs on the wall. I haven't tried it yet, but it must surely work if it is far enough away from tables ad shelves.

The two vases on the right are examples of the kind of arrangement that doesn't last more than an hour in our house.  These elegant narrow bouquets can be salvaged if instead of water, you put in a kind of foam you can buy in craft stores. They also have it at Wallmart.  It's green and you shape it to fit into the bottom of the vase. Make sure you get the right kind of foam, the kind for fresh flowers, because there is also foam to arrange artificial flowers. You soak it in water then stick the flower stems trough the foam.  The flowers take the water from the foam.  This works because there is no water for the cats to spill if they overturn the vase and they are less attracted to it for the same reason.  But it is a lot of trouble, because cutting the foam is messy and you must remember to add water to keepthe foam moist.

If anyone has pictures of cat-proof flower arrangements and would like to send them to me, I will post them here.  Maybe this is a start of another huge trend on the net!

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Thin and narrow
Lasted less than an hour. Reassembled and photographed outside.

Thin and narrow
This one actually stands on a  stereo speaker surrounded by stuff so cats can't get to it (I hope). 

The Cat