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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / November 2006Leave the catnip at the door
Lacey says it is so unfair! She lurves catnip. Last weekend we went to a catshow and one of the catfood companies had cardboard cat scratchers that you fill with catnip. So we brought two of them home, filled them with 1/2 the catnip and set it out. Lacey got the first snort....mmmmm, good stuff, Meowmy. The other three followed and over the next few days we'd find one or the other of the cats either scratching the cardboard or stretched out across the cardboard box. Then suddenly Lacey began sneezing. Hard, body wracking sneezes. Her nose began running and you could hear a rattly breathing. For several days she sneezed like that as I scratched my head trying to figure out why she was suddenly sneezing. Was she getting sick again? Then it occured to me, she had begun sneezing when I put the catnip out. Could she be allergic to catnip? She said NOnoNO, Meowmy. Ize lurves de 'nip. Well, I had to give the idea a try so I took it out of the house. Within 12 hours she had almost stopped sneezing and by the next day she was cleared up. <sigh> It appears I have a cat who is allergic to catnip! Julie and Lacey > She said NOnoNO, Meowmy. Ize lurves de 'nip. Well, I had to give > the idea a try so I took it out of the house. Within 12 hours she had > almost stopped sneezing and by the next day she was cleared up. <sigh> It > appears I have a cat who is allergic to catnip! > > Julie and Lacey Oh, what a cruel fate! Poor Lacey.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > Then suddenly Lacey began sneezing. Hard, body wracking sneezes. Her nose > began running and you could hear a rattly breathing. For several days she [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > almost stopped sneezing and by the next day she was cleared up. <sigh> It > appears I have a cat who is allergic to catnip! Wow, I've never heard of that. Poor Lacey! For me, that would be like being allergic to... hmm... CATS! :) Joyce > Lacey says it is so unfair! She lurves catnip. Last weekend we went to a > catshow and one of the catfood companies had cardboard cat scratchers that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Julie and Lacey Perhaps it is catnip DUST rather than the nip. Could you find them some fresh catnip and give that a try? MLB > Perhaps it is catnip DUST rather than the nip. Could you find them some > fresh catnip and give that a try? MLB I could do that, I've also considered running a controlled trial and bringing the catnip scratcher back in the house and see if she starts sneezing again. She's been trying to tell me she's allergic to cardboard ; ) Julie and Lacey > > Lacey says it is so unfair! She lurves catnip. Last weekend we went to a > > catshow and one of the catfood companies had cardboard cat scratchers that [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Perhaps it is catnip DUST rather than the nip. Could you find them some > fresh catnip and give that a try? MLB Oh that's a really good notion! > Within 12 hours she had > almost stopped sneezing and by the next day she was cleared up. <sigh> > It appears I have a cat who is allergic to catnip! Maybe she's only allergic to an abundance of catnip. Give her a little from time to time, she might be all right. Pi is crazy for the nip but if I give him too much, he becomes paranoid and erratic. (Yes, I can tell erratic cat behavior from normal cat behavior.) (No, it's not easy.) Chak SignatureI've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. --Maya Angelou >> Within 12 hours she had >> almost stopped sneezing and by the next day she was cleared up. <sigh> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >and erratic. (Yes, I can tell erratic cat behavior from normal cat >behavior.) (No, it's not easy.) A catnip overdose makes Scouty even more paranoid than usual... it also makes her very very sick! (just ask me how I know :P ) OH NO!! How sad :( Maybe if you just use less? > Lacey says it is so unfair! She lurves catnip. Last weekend we went to a > catshow and one of the catfood companies had cardboard cat scratchers that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Julie and Lacey > Lacey says it is so unfair! She lurves catnip. Last weekend we went to a > catshow and one of the catfood companies had cardboard cat scratchers that [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Julie and Lacey Maybe it just needs to be controlled better. Some of our eat nip. Others have been know to snort it. Usually followed by violent sneezes. Rolling in the followed by grooming can set off the sneezes too. They just get it up their noses. I really like it better when we have access to fresh nip. Jo ...> It appears I have a cat who is allergic to catnip! > Julie and Lacey Could she have gotten part of it up her nose? Annie |
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