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Teddy - 21 Apr 2005 17:13 GMT

How much catnip is too much? I have catnip growing in my front flower
bed and Taz adores it. He is an indoor cat so only gets what I give him
and what he steals from Niki. But he begs for it several times a day. I
only give him a little 3 or 4 times a week.

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bigbadbarry - 21 Apr 2005 17:33 GMT

so...you are controlling the substance uh?...haha

I dont think Taz will OD or nothing...I mean, the other cats eat freely
right..

I gotta plant me some...I've been buying that "Cosmic" brand..

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CatNipped - 21 Apr 2005 17:36 GMT

> How much catnip is too much? I have catnip growing in my front flower
> bed and Taz adores it. He is an indoor cat so only gets what I give him
> and what he steals from Niki. But he begs for it several times a day. I
> only give him a little 3 or 4 times a week.

Dude! You are *totally* dealing drugs to your kitties. Please teach them
to "Just say no!" LOL!!!

Seriously, cats can't OK on catnip, so give him as much as he likes.

Hugs,

CatNipped

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-L. - 21 Apr 2005 18:26 GMT

Contrary to popular belief you can OD your cat on fresh catnip - he
will most likely throw up if he eats too much, though. Use it
sparingly - once or twice a week is plenty for fresh catnip.

And catnip will spread like wildfire if you let it, btw.

-L.

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CatNipped - 21 Apr 2005 20:18 GMT

>> How much catnip is too much? I have catnip growing in my front flower
>> bed and Taz adores it. He is an indoor cat so only gets what I give
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>
> -L.

ROTFLMAOWTIME!!! Nooooooooo, Lynnie's not reading my posts, she has me
kill-filed (in Google!!!). Funny, though, how she always jumps in to
contradict what I've written even though she can't possibly have read it!

And, no, they *CAN'T* overdose on catnip:
http://www.cat-world.com.au/Catnip.htm

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Mary - 22 Apr 2005 04:26 GMT

> >> How much catnip is too much? I have catnip growing in my front flower
> >> bed and Taz adores it. He is an indoor cat so only gets what I give
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> And, no, they *CAN'T* overdose on catnip:
> http://www.cat-world.com.au/Catnip.htm

You just don't GET it, DO YOU, Catnipped? If Lynnie or Megan say
something IN A REALLY AUTHORITATIVE TONE then it
HAS TO BE TRUE.

And Lynnie is not reading your posts. She Thykick !!!!!!!1

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CatNipped - 22 Apr 2005 14:27 GMT

> You just don't GET it, DO YOU, Catnipped? If Lynnie or Megan say
> something IN A REALLY AUTHORITATIVE TONE then it
> HAS TO BE TRUE.
>
> And Lynnie is not reading your posts. She Thykick !!!!!!!1

I can't help it, I get the giggles every time I think about her reading one
of my posts and then waiting anxiously for someone to reply to it so she can
reply to *them* and trash whatever it is I've written. Next time I'm going
to ask that nobody reply to my note and then I can sit here and picture her
at her computer going nuts waiting and waiting and thinking, "Come on,
reply, someone reply, dammit - I can't wait to trash this b*tch!" LOL!!
She just might explode!

Hugs,

CatNipped

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sriddles@aol.com - 22 Apr 2005 04:37 GMT

> Contrary to popular belief you can OD your cat on fresh catnip - he
> will most likely throw up if he eats too much, though. Use it
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>
> -L.

It will also come back year after year, even if it's in poor soil and
you don't tend it at all. Easiest stuff to grow I ever saw. Can't help
wondering why those little packs are so expensive! (Maybe I should
consider it for a cash crop)

Sherry

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-L. - 22 Apr 2005 09:55 GMT

sridd...@aol.com wrote:

> It will also come back year after year, even if it's in poor soil and
> you don't tend it at all. Easiest stuff to grow I ever saw. Can't help
> wondering why those little packs are so expensive! (Maybe I should
> consider it for a cash crop)
>
> Sherry

That's true of most of the mint family, actually.

Hey, a woman in the Bay area makes a *huge* living from making and
selling her catnip. It's excessively strong. She sells the plain nip
and also has them sewn into these really cute mice (in interesting
brightly colored fabrics). At the vet we sold them for $2.00 each - I
think half of that went to her. I loved it when we got a shipment in -
the lovely aroma of catnip could be smelled throughout the room.

-L.

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sriddles@aol.com - 22 Apr 2005 17:07 GMT

> sridd...@aol.com wrote:
> > It will also come back year after year, even if it's in poor soil and
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>
> That's true of most of the mint family, actually.

Speaking of the mint family, I think there's a definite attraction to
cats w/ the other varieties, although not as pronounced as catnip. I
planted a patch of spearmint, just for nostalgia reasons. Anyhoo, that
patch always had dead rats/gophers/mice in it. One or all of the cats
would hide their caught prey in it. I always wondered why.

Sherry

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CatNipped - 22 Apr 2005 17:10 GMT

>> sridd...@aol.com wrote:
>> > It will also come back year after year, even if it's in poor soil
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> patch always had dead rats/gophers/mice in it. One or all of the cats
> would hide their caught prey in it. I always wondered why.

Mine go crazy over Valerian root (I take it to help me sleep).

Hugs,

CatNipped

> Sherry

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-L. - 22 Apr 2005 17:38 GMT

sridd...@aol.com wrote:

> Speaking of the mint family, I think there's a definite attraction to
> cats w/ the other varieties, although not as pronounced as catnip. I
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>
> Sherry

I wonder if it was to mask the scent. My dogs recently found a bird
evidently "buried" by the neighbor's cat - it was covered in debris and
mushrooms that had been scratched from around the surrounding ground.
I thought the mushrooms a little weird - it looked like the cat had
sought them out specifically.

-L.

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