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Cat Forum / General Topics / May 2004Cat Grass at Home
Hello All! We are having a devil of a time purchasing the usual "Cat Grass" that our cats love so much. Just recently [here in North San Diego] both Petsmart and PetMart have gone completely out of stock. It is something of an inconvenience to have to trot all over town trying to find it; sometimes they have it...sometimes not. Does anyone have an alternative? Some digestive greens, other than grass? Can I sprout "cat grass" or something else they'll like at home? Please advise! Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Alain...San Diego I used to buy oats from a feed store (horse/cow feed) and grew oat grass. My cat loved it. > Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Alain...San Diego Oat grass seems to be what's used in the "ready to eat" and "grow your own at home" varieties. Going to the feed store is a good idea and regular old grass seed does the trick as well. Spider plants work also. Judy > I used to buy oats from a feed store (horse/cow feed) and grew oat grass. My > cat loved it. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Alain...San Diego circa Tue, 11 May 2004 18:52:01 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, A.Pismo Clam (Alaininvc@'86DASPAMnetscape.net) said, > Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Cat grass is usually just a combination of wheat, oat and rye grasses (sprouts). Throw in a little catnip and they'll loooove you. :-) Alternately, you could just order this: http://www.ferretstore.com/bg-32282.html Laura  SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. Search here: http://www.drsfostersmith.com/ > Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Alain...San Diego > Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Alain...San Diego Well my Tiara loves Round Lettuce! So if there is no grass, she is happy with this. Other 4 though don't bother with lettuce... Also you can just bring them the regualr grass from the outside! But it has to be fresh or they wont even look at it :) My local nursery sells "oats for cats" seeds. Gave the first batch to Mr. Bonkers today. He went nuts with it. http://www.seedsolutions.com/PDF/GardenSeedPacketDisplays.pdf Scroll down to the oats for cats picture. > Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Alain...San Diego >Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >grass? Can I sprout "cat grass" or something else they'll like at home? >Please advise! You can also try your local grocery store - ask at the produce department. I was going through the produce a couple weeks ago and saw they they started carrying "cat" grass. Apparently, it's considered a health food. Meghan & the Zoo Crew Equine and Pet Photography http://www.zoocrewphoto.com Hi Meghan, Our stores do not yet have and cat grass. I have tried the "wheat grass" and the cats sniff it and walk away. Alain >>Hello All! >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Equine and Pet Photography > http://www.zoocrewphoto.com SignatureMZ >Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Alain...San Diego Health food stores probably carry seeds for sprouting. >Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Many thanks for taking the time to respond! Any of the wide bladed crop grasses, especially oats and wheat are popular with cats, but it's often difficult to find them in less than enormous (ten pounds or so) quantities. I discovered whill trying all sorts of things some years ago that very yound popcorn sprouts are well appreciated - a few seeds wrapped in a paper towel (wrapped so that they can grow out through the folds) and kept moist in an open jar will soon provide a handful of shoots that can be cut off and given to the cats. The only real advantage is that plain, untreated, popcorn seeds can be purchased by the bag as popcorn for popping at any grocery store. The quantities and prices are both reasonable. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. > >We are having a devil of a time purchasing the usual "Cat Grass" that > >our cats love so much. > >Does anyone have an alternative? Our cats love wheat grass. It grows wild in our garden from the wheat straw that we use as mulch. If I were going to plant it, I would go to the health food store and buy a pound or so of "Wheat" used for sprouting. >> >We are having a devil of a time purchasing the usual "Cat Grass" that >> >our cats love so much. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >the health food store and buy a pound or so of "Wheat" used for >sprouting. I don't have a handy health foor store so I wasn't aware of that source - wheat is indeed excellent: cats really like it. I just checked the phone book - looks like someone did open one here - I've been past the address many times and don't recall seeing it, but it may still exist. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. you can order cat grass/seeds here: http://www.kittygrass.com http://www.localharvest.org/store/item.jsp?id=293 http://www.kittyoats.com http://www.petextras.com/catoatgrass.html > Hello All! > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Alain...San Diego |
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