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celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 29 Sep

My daughter found some catnip growing wild over at the park. She brought some home. The two cats that were inside took a deep whiff. Silver who is the older cat(he's somewhere between 9-12 years old)was just so relaxed and acted...

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Interesting Cat Myths

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 16 Aug

I found an article on cat myths today and I wanted to share the ones I found most interesting. Here are a few: * Catnip-- Not all cats are susceptible to the charms of catnip. About 50-75% of cats are catnip lovers. It is an...

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I can explain

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169449) • United States 18 Mar 25

I have the back of an old toilet tank in my yard. I grow catnip in it. Bruno never noticed it last year, when it was growing and tall. It has reseeded itself and come up. He discovered it. Bruno has been trying to roll in the...

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Bitty is "spooked"

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169449) • United States 29 Dec 23

Bitty has always been very picky about going to people or even people being around her. It took me a week to get to touch her once she moved in a year and a half ago. The plumber scares her. He smells of pipes, cigars, probably...

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Scar Starts Secret Business to Feed New Kids

Four Walls @FourWalls (86624) • United States 11 Dec 20

Our peerless leader, Scar the Cat, is about to become a daddy. Maybe. It’ll be interesting if the kittens are gray or tan! At any rate....there will soon be more mouths to feed. And, while mom-to-be Emoci has a...

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I did a science experiment on Kitty today. I won't attach a photo of the electrodes in her brain.

The Horse @TheHorse (238294) • Walnut Creek, California 20 Nov 20

As you know, I'm a frustrated researcher. I was trained in psychological research, but have spent most of my career teaching college students and working in clinical settings with troubled children. Today, I decided to do an...

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Catnip for my cat

Loriejane Almira D. Quiboloy @Loriejane22 (132) 19 Dec 18

Why do cats LOVE catnip? "The leaves and stems of the catnip plant contain an oil called "nepetalactone." When cats smell nepetalactone, it stimulates special receptors that sense chemicals called "pheromones." The result is a...

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I have annoyed the cat

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169449) • United States 20 May 18

Princess will go with us on our next journey. In Omaha we will stay in a cabin. We will put her on a lead but inside while we are gone during the day, and if we let her out at night.of course. I bought a halter for her today to...

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brandi @happy1305 (54) 29 Apr 17

my two darling babbies were playing while eating cat nip. its so funny to watch them. aylanna was on the scratching post doing little spins on it and the other running around and going on the top of the couch and down back and...

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Does your cat take the catnip?

youless @youless (114117) • Guangzhou, China 14 Mar 17

Long time ago I had cats before and they ate the normal grass to vomit their hair. Today I learned that there is the catnip for cats. I don't know whether it is good or bad for the cats because it seems it works like the drugs....

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Enjoying an unexpectedly "early" evening

fluffysue @fluffysue (1482) • United States 15 Jan 17

I ended up getting out of work relatively early tonight, and don't work again until tomorrow night, so I'm sitting with my kitty in my lap, having some wine. Just me, not the kitty--although they do make "wine" (from catnip) for...

Fable – The Big Cat and the Little Mouse

Gus Kilthau @Ceerios (4698) • Goodfellow, Texas 26 Aug 16

The Big Cat and the Little Mouse Yesterday Cat arrived, only to smell that the house was already occupied by Mouse. Although Cat was yet to have personal contact with mice, Cat had been taught throughout her several years of...

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Stoner

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43581) • Denver, Colorado 20 Feb 16

Meet our cat Stoner. He was named Stoner because of his insane love of catnip. After a binge, he just sits there and stares at you with half-closed eyes, looking very much like a human who has just taken a few bong rips. In...

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Know When To Meow No

DW Davis @DWDavis (25797) • United States 3 Feb 16

Tiger Cat was sitting on my desk making a pest of himself, as he often does, when I realized I hadn't taken any pictures of him or Joe Cat with my new camera. As it turned out, Tiger Cat didn't much appreciate being hounded by...

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Wow! Whoda thunk catnip does so much?

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 13 Feb 13

I was looking for some natural mosquito repellants when I came across an article about the benefits of catnip. I was quite amazed! It not only makes cats EXTREMELY happy, but it's good for migraines, tummyaches, insomnia,...

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I bought my cat some catnip

Elizabeth White @Masihi (4413) • Canada 5 Jul 12

Last week or so I was frustrated that Kitty wasn't playing with any toys, and I tried everything, but only could get him to play for a bit with yarn. So I went to the pet store and bought some catnip, just a small bag to start off...

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My cat don't play with toys....

Elizabeth White @Masihi (4413) • Canada 2 Jul 12

Nope, he doesn't...we adopted him at 10 years old, and his previous owners have said that he had no interest in playing with toys. Bummer. We bought Kitty a green mouse, brand-new but nope, he won't look at it. He's a fat...

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new kittens and catnip

michael_newberry91 @michael_newberry91 (3) • United States 20 Jun 12

OK, so my fiancee and I got a new kitten, we have wild catnip under our porch. A day after we got our kitten, It started going 100 miles an our zipping around our house, and took espeacially high intrest in our shoes. Would this...

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They love the catnip!

911Ricki @911Ricki (13588) • Canada 3 Jun 12

I went shopping today for an assortment of herbs for Marco, and grabbed a caatnip plant for all the cats and even Marco. My cats like the dried store boughten kind and go nuts over it. At first they were iffy about it. My...

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Ever Dry and Store Your Own?

NailTech @NailTech (6874) • United States 4 Apr 12

I wonder if any one of you have tried to dry and store your own kinds of spices for your food, like fennel leaves or catnip, anything like that? I have with catnip leaves but only for stuffing in little pouches/pillows I made for...

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