Catnip question

My cat loves your catnip. I have one question however. I'm finding very
small, hard dark brown items underneath the cardboard of her scratcher, and
that's where I usually sprinkle the catnip.

They look like seeds of some sort, but I'm not sure. Upon very close
inspection, each little hard item has what appears to be two white dots on
one side. At first, I thought it could be a carpet mite, but my vet put it
under a microscope and couldn't determine what it was. I've also seen them
in the container of catnip.

There are perhaps 1/32" large (maybe smaller.
Would anyone happen to know what these are?

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 01:44:46 -0500, FemCat wrote:

My cat loves your catnip. I have one question however. I'm finding very
small, hard dark brown items underneath the cardboard of her scratcher, and
that's where I usually sprinkle the catnip.

They look like seeds of some sort, but I'm not sure. Upon very close
inspection, each little hard item has what appears to be two white dots on
one side. At first, I thought it could be a carpet mite, but my vet put it
under a microscope and couldn't determine what it was. I've also seen them
in the container of catnip.

There are perhaps 1/32" large (maybe smaller.
Would anyone happen to know what these are?

Why yes, maam, I happen to know they are catnip seeds. I mean, what
else would they be? Why would carpet mites be in a bag of catnip???

http://www.sharonsherbgarden.homeste...tnipseeds.html

You might wish to plant some so she could have live catnip plants to
destroy. Cats love to do that. The plants smell nice too; they are a
sort of mint. They will grow in full sun or a sunny window.

Charlie

I always assumed they were just part of the catnip plant. I find these all
the time when giving my cats catnip.

Celeste

"FemCat" wrote in message
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My cat loves your catnip. I have one question however. I'm finding very
small, hard dark brown items underneath the cardboard of her scratcher,
and
that's where I usually sprinkle the catnip.

They look like seeds of some sort, but I'm not sure. Upon very close
inspection, each little hard item has what appears to be two white dots on
one side. At first, I thought it could be a carpet mite, but my vet put
it
under a microscope and couldn't determine what it was. I've also seen
them
in the container of catnip.

There are perhaps 1/32" large (maybe smaller.
Would anyone happen to know what these are?