Yea it should be fine but you need to stop it asap!! Get some chicken wire or that green plastic fencing around it...also claim your territory and piss all around it(im takin it its outside) you could also put human hairs or crushed up red pepper around it to keep them away...Ive been using gasoline around my plants too but nowhere around the soil...probally a good 5ft from it but make a circle of it and make sure you piss everytime you check on your plants but you should be good with the fencing, make sure its as high of theplant if not higher though!!! GOOD LUCK!!
alls you gotta do is keep cutting the top growth shoot about an inch or two below from where it stops and in a couple days you'll have two new hrowth shoots coming from the sides of where you cut it! hope this helps and feel free to ask if you have more questions