I put a little catnip out on my computer desk. It didn’t take Andy long to figure out where it was and to come and sample it.
Andy inhales deeply…!
“Good ‘nip!”
“Mmmm! More ‘nip!”
Andy finds the second sample of catnip, and snorts it down.
My cats show the range of cat reaction to catnip. Dougy is interested in it but has no reaction. Andy loves the stuff and reacts with typical cat abandon to this favorite herb.
I have found several cats who don’t react to catnip, do like valerian.
Interesting! That stuff Japanese have – silver vine…? – proved unsuccessful with my boys. They became aggressive with each other. I didn’t care for the reaction, so never gave them more. My brother says his cat goes crazy when when puts BenGay on his legs, reacting pretty much like you’d expect with catnip.
I have always found cats attraction to catnip very bizarre. Does Andy act any differently once he consumes it?
Andy hops around a little and gets a little buzz, but doesn’t really do much more.
Good job Andy 🙂
He notices it from a long ways off. Good nose for ‘nip, that Andy has!
Andy is a hero cat! 🙂
In friendship
Michel
I don’t know about hero, but he is good companionship!
The nose knows… 🙂
He smelled it from over on the computer and came running!
George just looks at it and says “Why the heck are you putting this over her?”
That’s pretty much Dougy’s reaction to the dry catnip. The fresh makes him shake his head and run away.
That does it. I need to get some in my yard!
It’s easy to grow, but it goes fast once cats realize it’s there…! My suggestion is you plant several plants at the same time or grow one indoors till it is fairly big before transplanting it outside. I personally haven;t had good luck transplanting catnip outside, thanks to cats ripping it up before it could establish itself. My best result was when I grew it in a hanging planter on the patio.
I know. I have some oregano in a basket. It is from the same family of herbs and the cats are always wanting to sleep in the basket. It’s cute, but it doesn’t a lot for the oregano.
I hadn’t given thought to oregano being interesting to cats. I haven’t grown any lately (inside), but now I’ll have to give it some thought!
Funny how certain behaviors are as people’s are
Must be a mammalian thing…!
You getting the poor guy hooked on it there, Doug… O_o
Yeah, then I’ll start charging him full retail for it!
Tricky-tricky nip dealer that you are! 😉
Things you learn watchung crime movies…!
You paid attention to detail!
Survival amongst cats — my retirement goal…!
LOL! But you know he will pay you in HALF dead mices and spiders 😉
No mice or lizards in the house, but spiders and crickets occasionally supplement the boys’ entertainments….1
XD I hate it when Nubia brings home a spider 🙁
Ugh1 The boys don’t bring them home, but, when they see one in the house, it is dead meat. They love, love, love spiders!
XD. Both indoor but somehow manage to find them as presents all the time :(. They must have a secret spider breeding space!
That’s a disturbing thought…!
Lol that it is haha