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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2005Persia's Catnip Sock
Every couple of weeks I refill Persia's "sock" with the good catnip (I keep it stored in the freezer). Her "sock" has a velcro closure to make emptying and refilling it simple. Catnip only makes her slightly crazy. She doesn't normally get the zoomies but she rolls around with it and bunny kicks it into submission. Then it's time for her to give it a good washing :) Last night she did the bunny kick thing but I guess she was too tired to wash the sock. Next thing I knew, she had wrapped her paws around it and laid her head on it like a pillow and was sound asleep. She looked so sweet! (Darnit why isn't my digital camera battery here yet?!) Jill  SignatureI used to have a handle on life...but it broke off. > Every couple of weeks I refill Persia's "sock" with the good catnip (I keep > it stored in the freezer). Her "sock" has a velcro closure to make emptying [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jill Awwwww. The moments in life like that are the ones you need to burn into the hard drive of you brain when a camera is unavailable. What the heck type of battery does you camera take that needs to be ordered??? I go to Walgreens to get mine. Hugs, CatNipped > > Every couple of weeks I refill Persia's "sock" with the good catnip (I > keep [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > CatNipped It's an lithium rechargeable battery, about 2 inches long and rounded on one side, flat on the other. My camera is a 4 year old Sony Mavica that takes 3.5 diskettes rather than memory sticks or whatever those things are. Best Buy didn't have the battery in stock so I ordered one online. Jill >>> Every couple of weeks I refill Persia's "sock" with the good catnip >>> (I keep it stored in the freezer). Her "sock" has a velcro closure [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Jill I think when you get a job you should get a new camera. Will keep purring for you. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > >>> Every couple of weeks I refill Persia's "sock" with the good catnip > >>> (I keep it stored in the freezer). Her "sock" has a velcro closure [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > I think when you get a job you should get a new camera. Will keep > purring for you. LOL! But I *love* my Mavica! I don't have to connect anything to the PC - just pop out the diskette and pop it into the a: drive and voila, instant pictures! Jill >>>>> Every couple of weeks I refill Persia's "sock" with the good >>>>> catnip (I keep it stored in the freezer). Her "sock" has a [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Jill Oh, connecting things to the PC is easy. I used to have my USB cable permanently attatched to the computer and the end was lying on my desk. So all I had to do is plug it into the camera. Now that I have my new computer, I just take my XD memory card out of the camera and stick it into a little slot in the front of my computer. Voila, instant pictures :-) You can also do that with a little card reader that you have permanently connected to the computer. I don't know how much they are over there, but here they are only about $10. I can't imagine that a 4 year old camera has very good resolution. My Olympus is 2 years old and has 4 megapixels. That used to be a lot but it's not all that great anymore. We gave our old 1 megapixel camera to our niece, the pictures were just so crappy compared to the new camera. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > >>>>> asleep. She looked so sweet! (Darnit why isn't my digital > camera [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Oh, connecting things to the PC is easy. Silly, I know that, I just hate extra cables. I used to have my USB cable > permanently attatched to the computer and the end was lying on my > desk. So all I had to do is plug it into the camera. Now that I have > my new computer, I just take my XD memory card out of the camera and > stick it into a little slot in the front of my computer. Voila, > instant pictures :-) My PC doesn't have a slot in front. Of course it's also 2 years old so it's obsolete :) You can also do that with a little card reader > that you have permanently connected to the computer. I don't know how > much they are over there, but here they are only about $10. > I can't imagine that a 4 year old camera has very good resolution. You've seen some of my pics of Persia; the resolution is just fine :) > -- > Britta > "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>>>>>> asleep. She looked so sweet! (Darnit why isn't my digital >> camera [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > You've seen some of my pics of Persia; the resolution is just fine :) Well, sure, in Webshots, where the pic is much smaller than the original. If that's all you ever use it for, that's fine. But if you want large pics that cover your whole screen or can be printed, you would need better resolution. I've had many of our best travel pictures of SE Asia printed out in poster size and framed. Couldn't do that with less resolution than what we have. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > >>>>>>> asleep. She looked so sweet! (Darnit why isn't my digital > >> camera [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album But basically that *is* all I use my digital camera for. I've had luggage tags made from the webshots site (love those! my bags are easily identifiable on the luggage carosel with a pic of Persia dangling from them!). I photograph food sometimes. I have no need to have large blow-up posters of anything I photograph. If I want to do that, I've got two 35 mm "real" cameras. I'll keep my Mavica for a while longer :) Jill I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer lint (the soft fluffy kind from my blankets)...then add some catnip. I never thought of storing catnip in the freezer. Does it stay fresher longer this way? And do you freeze the store bought kind or is it the fresh grown kind? > I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer lint (the > soft fluffy kind from my blankets)...then add some catnip. > > I never thought of storing catnip in the freezer. Does it stay fresher > longer this way? Yes, it does. Storing herbs in the freezer is a trick my mom taught me. Of course the catnip is dried the herbs I freeze are "fresh" from the market, but either way freezing keeps them longer. Jill > > I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer lint > (the [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jill We love coffee and buy Starbuck's whole bean Columbian. Right now we keep them in the fridge to preserve freshness. I wonder if keeping them in the freezer would be better? Hugs, CatNipped > > > I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer lint > > (the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > CatNipped We keep ours in the freezer, we put the bag in a ziploc freezer bag. It works well > > > I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer lint > > (the [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > CatNipped That I really couldn't tell you. These days I only drink coffee when we breakfast at a diner when we're on the road. Even when I had an office to go to, I generally would have one cup. More often I'd avail myself of one of the many teas they had to offer, with honey and a little half & half (like single cream for our non U.S. friends). Jill >> > I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer lint >> (the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > CatNipped My mother used to have a selection of coffee in the freezer. But she no longer drinks coffee. Winnie >> "KaN" <misplacedisland@lobstertrap.com> wrote in message news:d15fa185784893dd8ee2ec0448e96627@localhost.talkaboutpets.com... >>> I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer >>> lint (the soft fluffy kind from my blankets)...then add some catnip. >>> I never thought of storing catnip in the freezer. Does it stay >>> fresher longer this way? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > CatNipped We always keep our coffee in the freezer too. Seems to work quite well, but I don't have anything to compare it to. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >> I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer >> lint (the soft fluffy kind from my blankets)...then add some catnip. >> I never thought of storing catnip in the freezer. Does it stay >> fresher longer this way? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jill We've been keeping the catnip in the freezer for years. We have to bring it from home because there doesn't seem to be any available in Thailand. So we're not going to take any risks of having the precious nip lose it's potency! ;-) -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > >> I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer > >> lint (the soft fluffy kind from my blankets)...then add some [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > -- > Britta I've always kept catnip in a quart jar, and put their toy mice in the jar to "marinate." I never thought about putting it in the freezer! (Don't know what they'll think about marinated, frozen toy mice tho) Sherry >>>> I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer >>>> lint (the soft fluffy kind from my blankets)...then add some [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Sherry LOL the "mice" (if they are of the stuffed variety) would thaw in no time flat. But I wouldn't put glass jars in the freezer. Use a sealed plastic container if you try this. Jill My friend Betty (Orca(t) and Spot's mom) buys baby socks at the dollar store and fills them with catnip. Then she hot-glues them closed and passes them out to her friends' cats, and we ALL have cats. They get several of these a year. Jane - owned and operated by Princess Rita, Orca(t), and Spot >I do the same thing with socks! I partially fill them with dryer lint (the >soft fluffy kind from my blankets)...then add some catnip. > >I never thought of storing catnip in the freezer. Does it stay fresher >longer this way? And do you freeze the store bought kind or is it the >fresh grown kind? Arggg...I just reread your message. This isn't a real sock, is it? I really need another cup of coffee..... > Arggg...I just reread your message. This isn't a real sock, is it? > I really need another cup of coffee..... But real socks work. When mine get holes, I've put nip in the toes (often the heel goes first) tie a knot in the foot of the sock to hold the nip in place and provide a good solid place to dig in the claws and teeth, and voila, something that will provide months, if not years, of fun! Of course, you do end up with lumpy soggy socks lying around, but that just adds to the appeal of your decor! SignatureCheryl re: Of course, you do end up with lumpy soggy socks lying around, but that just adds to the appeal of your decor! *lol* I agree...I have to, I have 7 of them lying around just now. >> Arggg...I just reread your message. This isn't a real sock, is it? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >course, you do end up with lumpy soggy socks lying around, but that just >adds to the appeal of your decor! I bought a package of baby socks (the teeny tiny ones) and filled them with catnip and closed them with crochet thread wrapped around the opening several times and then knotted. Purrs and Hugs, Nan > Arggg...I just reread your message. This isn't a real sock, is it? > > I really need another cup of coffee..... Nope, not a real sock :) I bought the catnip at the store. I could grow my own in pots on my patio, I suppose, but I'm a lazy gardener (and it might attract other cats which would freak Persia out, she doesn't like other cats). Jill >> Arggg...I just reread your message. This isn't a real sock, is it? >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Jill I grew cat grass for Rusty once long time ago. He ignored them and still go for my house plants. Right now I mainly have cactus which Rusty left alone. Winnie > Nope, not a real sock :) I bought the catnip at the store. I could grow my > own in pots on my patio, I suppose, but I'm a lazy gardener (and it might > attract other cats which would freak Persia out, she doesn't like other > cats). I tried growing catnip one year. It didn't even last a single summer; I had a kind of mini dust bowl in the spot the catnip had been in. SignatureCheryl > > Nope, not a real sock :) I bought the catnip at the store. I could grow my > > own in pots on my patio, I suppose, but I'm a lazy gardener (and it might [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > -- > Cheryl I kinda of thought ours looked like a miniature buffalo wallow. It must be hardy stuff though, because it came right back this spring. Sherry sounds sooo cute, Jill -- Christine > Every couple of weeks I refill Persia's "sock" with the good catnip (I keep > it stored in the freezer). Her "sock" has a velcro closure to make emptying [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Jill |
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