5 things to know about catnip

MNN ^ | Wed, Feb 02 2011 at 10:05 AM | Morieka Johnson

[The Cajun]

Brings out the *Kitten attitude* in ours, especially with older toys they have lost interest in.
Sprinkle catnip on the old toys, instant new toys to them.

[ladyjane]

I gave a friend a bag of catnip once. She put it on top of her refrigerator. The next morning she came into her kitchen and the contents of the bag were all over the kitchen.

It was her first cat. She didn’t know much about them. Obviously.

[raccoonradio]

ah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V1pangstKg&noredirect=1

Catnip Dream

and as one of the comments notes catnip is pot for cats

[NoCmpromiz]

We have it growing all over the place here. Of course, right now it's not doing so well. Probably due to the globull warming... ;-)

Looks like this:

[FlJoePa]

[momtothree]

“It iz all mine. All mine”.

[momtothree]

We use to have two cats (sisters, actually). One smelled the cat nip and walked off... uninterested as usual. The other one went BONKERS. I mean “eyes went black, running like a crazy person, trying to climb the walls” bonkers. Needless to say, no more cat nip. Maybe that is a small % of cats that react to it like bath salts but it scared the heck out of me!

[martin_fierro]

6. It makes a lousy cigar.

[stayathomemom]

I had a cat who loved green olives. She would go crazy over them. My sister’s cat loves to lie on top of “his” catnip plant in the garden.

[NoCmpromiz]

catnip is pot for cats

Must watch the cat lest he become a headline on the nightly mews...

[martin_fierro]

6. It makes a lousy cigar.

For teh pipples, dat iz.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I had a Briard that just loved salty green olives too! But they didn’t intoxicate him. Hu goes abdo-lutely bonkers around celery leaves. Gets way mo stoned than on catnip! She’ll even attack me!

[a fool in paradise]

[TigersEye]

Catnip is a mint family plant and like mints it has a cooling and mild sedative effect. I wouldn't expect it to have any stronger effect than any other mint or chamomile but it would be good in combination with them. It's safe and good for small children who are feverish when you don't want to use stronger things.

Don't use catnip sold for cats though. A lot of that is cheap crap that is old and full of big stems. Get some at the whole foods store, herb store or best of all grow your own.

[Slings and Arrows]

...and thaaaaaaaat’s why they call it “dope!”

[Overtaxed]

It works for me....I use homegrown catnip, usually fresh leaves. Puts me out like a light but it’s kind of hard keeping the kitties out of it.

[NoCmpromiz]

6. It makes a lousy cigar.

So does cornsilk ;-)

Can You Smoke Catnip

[TheOldLady]

LOL! Catnip always reminds me of my late Rocket, who was a “mean drunk.” He’d get
on the ‘nip mouse, and anyone who tried to take it away from him would get growled at
and swiped at. He never actually hurt anybody, but the other three learned to leave him
alone when he was “in his cups.”

Lucas Prince of Darkness and the girls do not appreciate ‘nip as my Rocket did.

I haven’t bought any Kitty Hooch mice since he passed.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

That cat looks just like my Apple!

[Slings and Arrows]

RIP Rocket. You were loved.