Stinky can get very excited by something on my breath, the silly goof.  He
especially like mint.  Many nights, after I do my teeth,  he tries to pry my
jaws apart so he can inhale the minty vapors. ;)

Same here - when I had a cold some weeks ago I put one drop of China
Oil under my nose to make breathing easier. This is a very sharp
mixture of menthol and peppermint oils.
Linus got very excited about that scent and tried to lick my nose. As
I know that etheric oils are poisonus for cats I put my hand before my
nose which made sleeping a hard thing to do.<g>
After some minutes Linus got the message and lay down on my stomach to
sniff my breath.
I was thinking that catnip or cat mint might be related to pepper mint
and some cats really like that smell even though peppermint is way
sharper that catnip.
Now Linus behaves like a odor sniffing device - he can be three rooms
away when I put that drop China Oil on - he appears 3 minutes after I
did so. He must get the scent even three rooms away (which would be
the kitchen). So we now have a little meeting every night, me keeping
my nose protected as he once actually bit into it. <g>, and he trying
to get as much scent as possible.

Bettina

Bettina

I often drink before going to bed. Cider or orange juice. Booze is for
before I type to newsgroups. Anyway, WooToo always sniffs me when she
comes to join me. If it was cider she hangs around, obviously
enjoying. She doesn't react _negatively_ to orange juice (or to
grapefruit juice on a couple of occasions) but moves away after a
moment and seeks her usual spot where she can control blanket-usage.

Will in New Haven

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