I try to be a good human, I really do. This afternoon, the kitties were so co-operative when I clipped their claws that I decided to give them a treat. I went to the cabinet, took down the tub of catnip and sprinkled it liberally over the base of the BopperBall and in the center of the TurboTrack.
It was ugly. Pixel was clawing and slobbering over the Bopper like a crack ho who hasn’t had a hit in a week. Havoc draped herself over the TurboTrack and stared at her paw like she had never seen it before. My cats are stoned off their fuzzy asses!
Speaking of spoilage… my kitty looooooooves shrimp, and no other “human food”. I’m not too big of a fan, but will eat some if prodded. So the other day, I was walking through the frozen seafood section of the grocery store, saw boxes of shrimp rings for cheap and thought: Ooohh, better grab a box for the cat :smack:
Hey, silenus, ya wanna start a club? Mr. SCL, who grows catnip plants in his office, gave the furry demons a sock full of fresh catnip tonight. I am typing with my feet on a stool to avoid having my toes turned into cat toys, and there are cats lying in attitudes of stonedness lying all over the place.
When my fire company did ham suppers, I’d spend all day cooking and handling the meat in the kitchen. When day was done, at the bottom of the baking pans was a collection of scraps and a dark broth. I’d bring that home to my kitties, and more than one kitten would climb my clothing attempting to get to the tasty bits before I could put the food down.
My dog has horrible storm anxiety. We’ve tried different meds to help her, some with better results than others. The vet recently prescribed Valuim. She said she thought half a tablet would do it, but to give her a whole tablet that night to see how she reacted to it.
Man, it was hilarious. Her lower eyelids drooped, and she kind of just laid there and wobbled, like one of those bobble-head figures. Occasionally, she’d flop over and give a big siiiiiiigh. She was really groovin’.
Catnips some good stuff. Last week I was cleaning around the house and tossed a bag of it on my bed for awhile. I kinda forget about it came back to catnip everywhere and one very pleased bat laying in the middle of it.
There was something so natural about the scene. As if nature was making a visual statement of what catness was.
For more fun, I recommend playing bird songs for your kitties. If that doesn’t get them, try dogs barking, and if that doesn’t work, then distressed kittens will. I’ve tried to find catnip plants for my cats, but no place around here sells them.
3 of our 4 cats love it when I bring home catnip pillows. They know when I have them too, even before I’ve taken them out of the bag; they’ll surround me, mewling piteously for me to get them out of the bag and throw them around. When I finally do (after a bit of merciless teasing, of course) they’ll chase them down and then roll around with them, licking them 'til they’re absolutely soaked with cat spittle.
Those things only last a few days around here, since they lick all the potency out of them.
Our 4th cat, Patches (the princess) has never liked catnip for some reason. She just sniffs at it briefly and then leaves, as though it offends her sensibilities.
Yeah, I guess I can respect a cat that knows how to “just say no.”
Some brands of dry catnip doesn’t do much for them, but whatever stuff they use in those catnip pillows sends them into a frenzy. I’ve gotten some bagged stuff that they like, too, but it never lasts long – I’m going to have to get them a toy or two that I can put catnip in that they can’t easily get to/destroy.
I made the mistake of buying batnip too, once. They shouldn’t keep the two on the same shelf! My cat was terribly disappointed, but watching the bats echolocate themselves into shrubbery was a hoot!
