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Can catnip cause urinating?
I have 2 cats. They are brother and sister and about 15 1/2 years old. The male has been diabetic for about 8 years and other then being fat is doing pretty good. I give him two shots a day. The female has shown very early signs of kidney disease but nothing bad yet. Here is the problem. About a year ago for the first time in her life she urinated on the carpet in the family room. I had her checked out and she had a urinary tract infection. I gave her meds and it cleared up. A few months later she urinated on the carpet a few more times. I had her checked out and she was fine. A month or so ago it started happening frequently. I had the vet check her out and I even shelled out $275 for an ultra sound. The blood tests all came back fine and the ultra sound looked ok too. Its been about 3 weeks since she was at the vet and she hasn't had an accident since then. There have been no stressful changes in her life. She has lived in same house with her brother for 8 years. I keep the litter box clean at all times and added a second litter box too. I have been racking my brain trying to think of anything that might be causing her to go outside the litter box. She always uses the litter box to move her bowels. She only has "accidents" urinating A year or two ago somebody gave me two soft pads that the cats could lay on. Those mats had catnip in them and Betty my female at kept urinating on them and I eventually took them off the floor so they couldn't use them anymore. I have always left a few toys on the floor in the family room that are soft and when they were bought had catnip in them. I have had those toys literally for years but my male cat Barney likes using them as a pillow so I never threw them away. I started wondering if there was a link between Bettys urinating on the carpet and the catnip smell in the toys even though the catnip shouldn't even exist anymore after all these years. I decided to pick up all the toys and left nothing on the carpet in that room. She has not urinated on the carpet in the three weeks since I picked up those very old toys. The bottom line is has anybody every heard of catnip in anyway causing cats to urinate where they usually do not? I hope this all makes sense Thanks Steve -- Steve's page of Fun links http://www.stevesfunlinks.com/ See Steve with famous people like the Bradys http://www.flash.net/~steve84/index1.htm Steve's page of over 200 Disney links! http://www.flash.net/~steve84/Disney.htm |
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Can catnip cause urinating?
Yes the smell of catnip will always be on the toys unless you chemical
bleach them. And I heard of catnip causing a cat to urinate catnip here is how to think of a cat they are each unique just like humans they will all react differently I grow my own catnip it grows like a weed ought to see cats with fresh catnip Archive-name: cats-faq/misc URL: http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/misc.html Last-modified: 13 Aug 1999 ======= The latest versions of these FAQ's may be obtained via the Web at http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/ The multiple posted (ASCII) parts of the FAQ are all archived at rtfm.mit.edu (18.181.0.24) in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers/cats-faq. These files will also appear in other sites that mirror the RTFM archives. ========== Miscellaneous Information Note: Please see the [1]Table of Contents FAQ for a complete list of topics. __________________________________________________ _______________ Author Originally written 1991 & updated through 1997 by Cindy Tittle Moore. Maintained by the Fanciers website as of July 1999. __________________________________________________ _______________ Catnip and Valerian. Catnip is a plant that causes various reactions in cats. Very young cats and kittens will not be affected by catnip. About 20% of cats are never affected by catnip. It is not known why or how catnip has the effect it does on the rest of the cat population. It is a non-addictive "recreational drug" for cats with no known harm to the cat. There was an article in Science [exact reference?] on the neurological effects of catnip on cats. It seems to stimulate the same pleasure centers in the feline brain that orgasm does. Most cats "mellow out" and become sleepy and happy, others start acting very kittenish. A small percentage will become possessive of their catnip and may snap or hiss at you. You can find wild catnip plants in most weedy areas, and harvest the seed. Or you can buy seed from companies like Burpees or Parks or Northrup King -- most garden centers have catnip seed this time of year -- check the "herb" section. Or even seed racks in the grocery and discount stores. Catnip is easy to grow. You will need to keep the plant itself out of the reach of the cats as catnip-lovers will quickly destroy it. The best strategy is to get some growing, and then pinch and prune it regularly and give the harvested leaves to your cat. Keep it in its own pot, as it will spread rapidly. Cats will tend to dig up transplanted catnip and eat it roots and all, but are much gentler on plants started from seed. The leaves have to be bruised to release the odor, and transplanting seems to be enough bruising... Nepeta cataria is the common catnip; other Nepeta species have varying amounts of "active ingredient". A good one is Nepeta mussini, a miniature-leaved catnip that makes a good rockgarden plant. Nepeta is a genus of the Lamiaceae (=Labiatae), the mint family. There are about 250 species of catnip, plus a bunch of hybrids between species. Only about 10 are available in this country, though. You can order seeds from Burpee (215-674-9633) Nepeta cataria B61424 $1.25; N. mussinii B38828 $1.45 Valerian root is an herb with effects very similar to catnip and generally makes cats a bit nuts. It is however not as readily available as catnip and perhaps a bit more potent than catnip. Catnip and Valerian both act as sedatives on humans. __________________________________________________ _______________ |
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Can catnip cause urinating?
What does this mean? "And I heard of catnip causing a cat to urinate catnip" No More Retail wrote: Yes the smell of catnip will always be on the toys unless you chemical bleach them. And I heard of catnip causing a cat to urinate catnip here is how to think of a cat they are each unique just like humans they will all react differently I grow my own catnip it grows like a weed ought to see cats with fresh catnip Archive-name: cats-faq/misc URL: http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/misc.html Last-modified: 13 Aug 1999 ======= The latest versions of these FAQ's may be obtained via the Web at http://www.fanciers.com/cat-faqs/ The multiple posted (ASCII) parts of the FAQ are all archived at rtfm.mit.edu (18.181.0.24) in the directory /pub/usenet/news.answers/cats-faq. These files will also appear in other sites that mirror the RTFM archives. ========== Miscellaneous Information Note: Please see the [1]Table of Contents FAQ for a complete list of topics. __________________________________________________ _______________ Author Originally written 1991 & updated through 1997 by Cindy Tittle Moore. Maintained by the Fanciers website as of July 1999. __________________________________________________ _______________ Catnip and Valerian. Catnip is a plant that causes various reactions in cats. Very young cats and kittens will not be affected by catnip. About 20% of cats are never affected by catnip. It is not known why or how catnip has the effect it does on the rest of the cat population. It is a non-addictive "recreational drug" for cats with no known harm to the cat. There was an article in Science [exact reference?] on the neurological effects of catnip on cats. It seems to stimulate the same pleasure centers in the feline brain that orgasm does. Most cats "mellow out" and become sleepy and happy, others start acting very kittenish. A small percentage will become possessive of their catnip and may snap or hiss at you. You can find wild catnip plants in most weedy areas, and harvest the seed. Or you can buy seed from companies like Burpees or Parks or Northrup King -- most garden centers have catnip seed this time of year -- check the "herb" section. Or even seed racks in the grocery and discount stores. Catnip is easy to grow. You will need to keep the plant itself out of the reach of the cats as catnip-lovers will quickly destroy it. The best strategy is to get some growing, and then pinch and prune it regularly and give the harvested leaves to your cat. Keep it in its own pot, as it will spread rapidly. Cats will tend to dig up transplanted catnip and eat it roots and all, but are much gentler on plants started from seed. The leaves have to be bruised to release the odor, and transplanting seems to be enough bruising... Nepeta cataria is the common catnip; other Nepeta species have varying amounts of "active ingredient". A good one is Nepeta mussini, a miniature-leaved catnip that makes a good rockgarden plant. Nepeta is a genus of the Lamiaceae (=Labiatae), the mint family. There are about 250 species of catnip, plus a bunch of hybrids between species. Only about 10 are available in this country, though. You can order seeds from Burpee (215-674-9633) Nepeta cataria B61424 $1.25; N. mussinii B38828 $1.45 Valerian root is an herb with effects very similar to catnip and generally makes cats a bit nuts. It is however not as readily available as catnip and perhaps a bit more potent than catnip. Catnip and Valerian both act as sedatives on humans. __________________________________________________ _______________ -- Steve's page of Fun links http://www.stevesfunlinks.com/ See Steve with famous people like the Bradys http://www.flash.net/~steve84/index1.htm Steve's page of over 200 Disney links! http://www.flash.net/~steve84/Disney.htm |
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Can catnip cause urinating?
Sorry did not check my post before I sent it should have been the start of
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