This is a red herring in my considered opinion. There are indications that people are using Google to search for “catnip poisoning in cats”. There is one well-known website which discusses this topic together with symptoms, causes and diagnosis but … Continue reading →
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 →
This article was published on 6th June 2010 and is as applicable today as it was then: This is about herbs for a cat — 6th June 2010. I have just received an email from Kathrin Stucki of A1 Savannahs. … Continue reading →
Most cat caregivers know that domestic cats get a non-addictive high from silvervine and catnip. Silvervine is also called matatabi (又旅) or Japanese catnip. It is a climbing plant that grows in the mountainous regions of China, Japan, Korea and … Continue reading →
I think this is a very good question. What if you see an injured feral cat and you want to help by taking her to a veterinarian? True feral cats are essentially wild. They are totally unsocialised. This means they … 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 →
Professor Benjamin Hart from the University of California’s School of Veterinary Medicine claims that mice produce lactones which act like catnip on domestic cats and, in doing so, it acts as a defence against being killed by said cats! Catnip … Continue reading →
I had no idea but that well-known domestic cat ‘psychedelic drug’ called catnip is also an insect and mosquito repellent. It’s a double purpose product. Although I’m not sure you should use it on yourself unless you want your cat … 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 →
Yes, catnip is okay for kittens but Dr Desmond Morris writes in his book Cat World that, “Young kittens do not show the response. For the first two months of life all kittens avoid catnip, and the positive response does … Continue reading →
