Everyone says that a cat cannot be poisoned by catnip (Nepeta cataria) in the conventional sense. The worse that can happen is that it may cause vomiting if large quantities are ingested and it may cause a headache and general … Continue reading →
We don’t know why some cats don’t react to catnip! That’s the complete and unhelpful answer. The experts think that a cat is predisposed to reacting to catnip because of their inherited genes. But we don’t know what genes are … Continue reading →
There is a proposition online in the news media that the similar chemicals in catnip and silver vine, nepetalactol and nepetalactone respectively, can help protect a cat from mosquitoes and perhaps other parasites, as well as giving them a high. … Continue reading →
It is universally known that catnip induces playful actions such as rolling on their backs and rubbing. Catnip affects both domestic and wild cats such as lions, tigers and ocelots. Approximately 2/3rds of cats are affected. The effective substances ‘agents’ … Continue reading →
It makes you look carefully; a stange combination of a hairless cat and a tongue covered in catnip. In my experience domestic cats don’t really eat catnip when it is loose as we see in the photo. They lick it … Continue reading →
What does catnip do to cats? In short it sets off a series of nerve stimulations from the nose to the centre of the brain where it has an effect upon the hypothalamus and the amygdala creating an emotional sexual response akin to responding to an artificial cat pheromone.
Continue reading →Thirty-three percent (one in three) of domestic cats do not respond to catnip and therefore sixty-six percent do. Eighty percent of domestic cats respond to silver vine another cat stimulant. Fifty percent of domestic cats respond to valerian root and … Continue reading →
Do tigers like catnip? The answer depends upon the individual tiger. Some domestic cats don’t respond to catnip and most tigers do not respond to catnip. Big Cat Rescue (BCR) state that tigers respond to catnip but they do mention … Continue reading →
Timmy our stray cat after a session with a catnip toy This is a look at the cat drugs of catnip and matatabi from a slightly scientific point of view. Catnip is well known and the Japanese matatabi hardly known … Continue reading →
Catnip video – Before I show my selection (very carefully selected while smoking catnip just to get in the right frame of mind) you might like to read these pages on catnip (all open in new windows): Growing Catnip Catnip … Continue reading →
