She sounds so sweet.  We picked up a pot of fresh catnip at Petsmart
yesterday.  I don't think it was all that pungent as it was quite pale.  But
Jake buried his nose in it and started grazing like a goat.

Jo

Awww, a new drug for Persia! :) I'm glad she likes her mousie.

I've noticed that my cats respond better to dried catnip than freshly
picked stuff. I grow it in pots on my porch, and I used to snap off
leaves, tear them up a bit, and feed them to the monsters. They liked
it, and they ate it, but it wasn't quite the result I was looking for.

Then I tried cutting back the plant and then binding the cuttings
together with an elastic, and hanging them outside to dry for a couple
of weeks. Then I'd crumble it, removing the dried sticks, and feed
*that* to the kitties. Voila! They licked it, rolled in it, raced around
maniacally, and did all the things you associate with a catnip-crazed
cat. So now I always dry it in bunches before I give it to them.

Joyce

There you go, now you've got her hooked. ;o) One of the many goodies
Waffles sent Frank was a packet of apparently very potent catnip. I gave
the cats some, and they went crazy, and I closed the bag (ziplock
plastic bag) and put it out of their reach, but I left out the carboard
package that was around the bag, and they go crazy over *that*. Each one
will occasionally go over and rub themselves all over the package.

Isn't it woderfull to see them so happy? :-)

This is exactly when happened when I managed to get hold of "the real
stuff."  I'd tried my two kitties with a catnip mouse plus a catnip spray
with no interest whatsoever.
So my friend, who has three cats, bought them some "good stuff" after I'd
told her that mine didn't seem to care about it.
Boyfriend went crazy about it.  It was in a little cotton pouch.  He didn't
know what to do first.  He rubbed himself on it, he threw it in the air and
caught it, he got hold of it in his mouth and slobbered all over it, until
it was absolutely soaking wet.

It's amazing the effect that good catnip has isn't it?

Tweed
P.S.  Kitty is immune to it.

What a great present!
Best wishes,

That reminds me; I need to get some fresh catnip. Mine is getting
stale. You know, you really need to get some piccies of Persia and her
mousie!

--
CATherine

I bought a teapot at a yard sale once and Nocturne freaked, insisting on
climbing onto the counter to rub it.  I wondered what had brought on this
unusual badness from our usually sedate Nocturne, until I opened the teapot
and found that the prior owner had left a bag of catnip inside.

--Fil