Do you have a cat?

Hello, akrrm. No, I don't have a cat. I have a dog, but he is not interested in the plants at all. Also he's a corgi so he can barely reach the leaves

It is mechanical damage of some sort. If not the Corgi then someone walking past, perhaps even carrying something. There's no other likely explanation.

Since you've recently purchased this plant, you can attribute the damage to careless handling at the growers, during shipping, at the retail outlet, or anywhere else along the line.

Thank you all for the responses. I have another question. Is it possible that the rips - if attributed to mechanical damage during transfer of the plant, can appear an entire 3 weeks after?

Also, what can I do at this point? Are those leaves salvageable at all? Or should I remove them?

Thank you!

- Robbin

Just leave them, they're still viable and functioning just fine. My Monstera has a couple leaves with worse damage and it doesn't phase it one bit. I leave them alone because they're still photosynthesizing and contributing to the rest of the plant. Mine has already grown newer much larger leaves that look much better. Once your plant deems that those older leaves are no longer necessary, it will naturally shed them when it's ready to.

Good to know, thank you for your insight!

Mine has similar rips, not a lot just a few here and there. It's from the leaf unrolling and getting stuck somewhere along the opening of the leaf. Some come out perfect, some do not.