Why cats are crazy for catnip
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Why cats are crazy for catnip
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Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#2Is the high similar to heroin/morphine etc in humans? Because if it is, then is catnip not addictive to a cat? What if a cat discovers whole fields of the stuff and decided to revel in it until death? It's unlikely but it could happen
Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#3Is the high similar to heroin/morphine etc in humans? Because if it is, then is catnip not addictive to a cat? What if a cat discovers whole fields of the stuff and decided to revel in it until death? It's unlikely but it could happen
A cat is not going to OD on catnip.
Also, from the article: "Big or small, the felines surrendered to the substance, rubbing their heads and bodies in the patches for an average of 10 minutes"
Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#4Why was this:
> The team, which has already patented an insect repellent based on nepetalactol,
At the BOTTOM of this article.
Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#5Why was this: > The team, which has already patented an insect repellent based on nepetalactol, At the BOTTOM of this article.
Cats are going to love people who spray that stuff on.
Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#6Not just catnip,valerian too,which is a 'top recreational drug' for cats, apparently. When we were kids,we used to give small amounts of valerian root to our cat to chew. The cat would literally tear anything apart just to get it. Then,a few minutes later,it gets high, and just keeps rolling over purring with satisfaction.
Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#7Is the high similar to heroin/morphine etc in humans? Because if it is, then is catnip not addictive to a cat? What if a cat discovers whole fields of the stuff and decided to revel in it until death? It's unlikely but it could happen
What if a human discovers whole aisles of cheese and decided to relish in
it until casomorphin overdose?
Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#8Why was this: > The team, which has already patented an insect repellent based on nepetalactol, At the BOTTOM of this article.
Because it's a pretty reasonable place to put openly declared competing interests in a news article about a paper in one of the publisher's journals?
Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#9Most cats, that is. 50-70% do not respond to catnip.
Re: Why cats are crazy for catnip
#10I've considered growing actinidia kolomikta, a species of kiwi berry vine, which is noted on wikipedia as being highly attractive to cats. The article mentions Actinidia polygama so I wonder if it's just the entire genus