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No response to fresh catnip?
I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a
catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). |
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No response to fresh catnip?
"aryder" wrote in message oups.com... I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). It might be the variety of the catnip My furballs go nuts over the valerian version but all of them not so interested in the fresh plant unless it is valerian |
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No response to fresh catnip?
On Aug 17, 12:21 pm, aryder wrote:
I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). Are you sure it's catnip versus cat mint? My cats didn't respond to the catmint at all. The leaves of any sized plant will work. |
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No response to fresh catnip?
On 17 Aug, 19:25, "Matthew" wrote:
"aryder" wrote in message oups.com... I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). It might be the variety of the catnip My furballs go nuts over the valerian version but all of them not so interested in the fresh plant unless it is valerian Is Valerian a speacial type of cat nip? And, how does it differ to other forms please? Thanks.... Sheelagh"o" |
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No response to fresh catnip?
"Sheelagh o" wrote in message ups.com... On 17 Aug, 19:25, "Matthew" wrote: "aryder" wrote in message oups.com... I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). It might be the variety of the catnip My furballs go nuts over the valerian version but all of them not so interested in the fresh plant unless it is valerian Is Valerian a speacial type of cat nip? And, how does it differ to other forms please? Thanks.... Sheelagh"o" Normal stuff makes them do their thing Valerian makes you call your insurance agent |
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No response to fresh catnip?
On 17 Aug, 18:21, aryder wrote:
I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). also, may be because it's fresh? maybe the dried stuff is more potent? i have never tried the fresh stuff, just the dried and it sends jessie up the wall, she has various toy cigars, carrots and bananas stuffed with it and it is wonderful to see her hold them in her front paws and rub her face against them, a true junkie |
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No response to fresh catnip?
On 17 Aug, 21:42, "Matthew" wrote:
"Sheelagh o" wrote in message ups.com... On 17 Aug, 19:25, "Matthew" wrote: "aryder" wrote in message groups.com... I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). It might be the variety of the catnip My furballs go nuts over the valerian version but all of them not so interested in the fresh plant unless it is valerian Is Valerian a speacial type of cat nip? And, how does it differ to other forms please? Thanks.... Sheelagh"o" Normal stuff makes them do their thing Valerian makes you call your insurance agent- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aaahhh. I see!! I live very close to a seed packaging firm called Unwins, & directly behind this firm is a plant (horticultural station), I think I might mosey on down there over the weekend, to see what they have to offer me. I will write that name down to see if they have any. I would love to see the effect that it has on them. I don't know whether fresh or dried is better, but it will be interesting to find out, won't it, Lol? Thank you Matthew... I'll let you know how it goes ) Sheelagh"o" |
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No response to fresh catnip?
"Sheelagh o" wrote in message ups.com... On 17 Aug, 21:42, "Matthew" wrote: "Sheelagh o" wrote in message ups.com... On 17 Aug, 19:25, "Matthew" wrote: "aryder" wrote in message groups.com... I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). It might be the variety of the catnip My furballs go nuts over the valerian version but all of them not so interested in the fresh plant unless it is valerian Is Valerian a speacial type of cat nip? And, how does it differ to other forms please? Thanks.... Sheelagh"o" Normal stuff makes them do their thing Valerian makes you call your insurance agent- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aaahhh. I see!! I live very close to a seed packaging firm called Unwins, & directly behind this firm is a plant (horticultural station), I think I might mosey on down there over the weekend, to see what they have to offer me. I will write that name down to see if they have any. I would love to see the effect that it has on them. I don't know whether fresh or dried is better, but it will be interesting to find out, won't it, Lol? Thank you Matthew... I'll let you know how it goes ) Sheelagh"o" I take no responsibility in what your cats will do |
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No response to fresh catnip?
On 18 Aug, 04:33, "Matthew" wrote:
"Sheelagh o" wrote in message ups.com... On 17 Aug, 21:42, "Matthew" wrote: "Sheelagh o" wrote in message roups.com... On 17 Aug, 19:25, "Matthew" wrote: "aryder" wrote in message groups.com... I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). It might be the variety of the catnip My furballs go nuts over the valerian version but all of them not so interested in the fresh plant unless it is valerian Is Valerian a speacial type of cat nip? And, how does it differ to other forms please? Thanks.... Sheelagh"o" Normal stuff makes them do their thing Valerian makes you call your insurance agent- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aaahhh. I see!! I live very close to a seed packaging firm called Unwins, & directly behind this firm is a plant (horticultural station), I think I might mosey on down there over the weekend, to see what they have to offer me. I will write that name down to see if they have any. I would love to see the effect that it has on them. I don't know whether fresh or dried is better, but it will be interesting to find out, won't it, Lol? Thank you Matthew... I'll let you know how it goes ) Sheelagh"o" I take no responsibility in what your cats will do- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Lol, This is noted, & your advice is heeded. I think I might take the precaution of putting them out in the multi pen before conducting this experiment actually.... We have a couple of climbers here. Both Biffy & Lilly feel it is necessary to climb the side of the pen now and again, just to see if there is still no way out of the roof of the pen. Just out of interest, have you ever seen a cat doing a bat-fing? Both of ours do it. I had to reinforce the roof because of this. Sometimes they climb all the way up there & just hang out (literally!!), for a few moments, before letting go & "always" landing on their paws..It amazes me. I wonder what will happen to the dynamics if Valerian is involved? Yes, I do have the insurance companies number to hand.... Sheelagh "o" |
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No response to fresh catnip?
On 18 Aug, 15:32, "Sheelagh o"
wrote: On 18 Aug, 04:33, "Matthew" wrote: "Sheelagh o" wrote in message oups.com... On 17 Aug, 21:42, "Matthew" wrote: "Sheelagh o" wrote in message roups.com... On 17 Aug, 19:25, "Matthew" wrote: "aryder" wrote in message groups.com... I'm growing some catnip for our cat. He's about 7-8 years old. I had a catnip filled toy before for him that he seemed to respond to. There was no response though to a fresh catnip leaf I crushed and placed in front of him. He just walked away. The plant is about 5 weeks old. I've read some cats don't respond to catnip, but he seemed to respond before. Is the plant too young? Do just the buds work? Any advice would be much appreciated ;-). It might be the variety of the catnip My furballs go nuts over the valerian version but all of them not so interested in the fresh plant unless it is valerian Is Valerian a speacial type of cat nip? And, how does it differ to other forms please? Thanks.... Sheelagh"o" Normal stuff makes them do their thing Valerian makes you call your insurance agent- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Aaahhh. I see!! I live very close to a seed packaging firm called Unwins, & directly behind this firm is a plant (horticultural station), I think I might mosey on down there over the weekend, to see what they have to offer me. I will write that name down to see if they have any. I would love to see the effect that it has on them. I don't know whether fresh or dried is better, but it will be interesting to find out, won't it, Lol? Thank you Matthew... I'll let you know how it goes ) Sheelagh"o" I take no responsibility in what your cats will do- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Lol, This is noted, & your advice is heeded. I think I might take the precaution of putting them out in the multi pen before conducting this experiment actually.... We have a couple of climbers here. Both Biffy & Lilly feel it is necessary to climb the side of the pen now and again, just to see if there is still no way out of the roof of the pen. Just out of interest, have you ever seen a cat doing a bat-fing? Both of ours do it. I had to reinforce the roof because of this. Sometimes they climb all the way up there & just hang out (literally!!), for a few moments, before letting go & "always" landing on their paws..It amazes me. I wonder what will happen to the dynamics if Valerian is involved? Yes, I do have the insurance companies number to hand.... Sheelagh "o"- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - seems like you have adrenaline junkie cats there, if they start tying lengths of strong elastic between their back legs and to cage roof you might need to start to worry, or just get them mini crash helmets |
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