how often do you give your kitty some catnip?

i try to remember every week...

Mine know what the jar looks like. I like to give some once a week (when I remember).

not very often...

She is such a calm sweet little thing (4lbs and 15yrs old!)
But when she gets catnip, she goes nuts. Its a whole new side of kitty, climbing walls, constant meowing, not to mention the mess. She spreads leaves all over the house.

I give it to her on special occasions like christmas, or when Im really bored.

thanks for the laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once winter sets in the nip comes out! Keeps him from driving us crazy. He spend a lot of time yowling at the door to go out and is toatly P***ed off when the doors opened and it cold hits not to mention the snow.

OMG, LOL they ARE great entertainment, aren't they?
but even better on the nip...

Mine get there big stash of cat nip toys every night after the dogs are up for the night. We then scoop them all up in the morning as the dogs run outside. Otherwise the dogs would chew them all up.

None of my cats ever paid any attention to catnip. Guess I just have weird cats!

We have a catnip spray that we spritz occasionally on some small stuffed toys. Once or twice a week.

One time I found a bottle of bubbles at Pet Smart that had catnip in it. One of our cats would jump five feet after those bubbles! It was hilarious. I have never found it again. STBDH (soon-to-be DH) tried making some but it never worked the same plus was afraid it would stain things. (The one from Pet Smart said it wouldn't stain and never did.)

Every few days, just depends on what's going on. Nearly always at night when we put the dogs to bed.

It really is hilarious.

yes they are, but I did have to contain myself a few weeks ago when he had the cone on his head. The thought of cat with the cone on the nip...

I make catnip bags for mine to play with now and then

I have three cats all of whom love catnip. I also have two pots of live catnip herb on my patio. One day DH says I need to buy some more catnip plants. I look and behold! the plants are stubs! Not even a green shoot showing. Well, it was August and the gardening shops do not carry herbs until Feb and March around here so the cats are just going to have to go without til them. Guess they shouldn't be so greedy! I am hoping some seeds come up but none so far and no seeds to be found in the stores.

Not as often as they would like, LOL. Maybe once a month.

squirrels & chipmunks will destroy those plants, too & then lay on their back with all fours in the air!

i was amazed to find nip in the garden center @walmart!

Oh, that would be a fantastic toy for the cats! I certainly would be entertained by it!! I just googled "catnip bubbles" and found that you can buy it at Walmart and Amazon!

when I remember, I'll make little bags and put nip in it. Boy do they know what I'm doing. Also have a store bought toy that I periodically refill with nip and they both go to town on it.

We have catnip growing in the vegetable garden so our girls can get their own whenever they want.

Mostly they try to lie down on the plants and roll on them.

Which is to teach me to put the catnip plants at the edge of the garden, to minimize the damage.

And that has an extra bonus in that the deer don't like "smelly plants" so the catnip, garlic, and lemon balm act as (tiny) deterrents.

Mine get it quite often since I grow my own. At least a couple times a week except for winter, I pick off a few stems when I walk by the plant. The neighborhood cats have discovered it, so I now put a tomato cage upside down over the plant in the spring when it first comes up (its a perennial) to minimize damage. They (and I) can still get at the stems growing through the wire but the plant doesn't get flattened.

Question.... What is the purpose of cat nip? Does it tire them out at night? :)

There's no real purpose for it. And, almost 20% of cats don't react to it. Its mildly stimulating and the cats enjoy it. Sort of like people having a drink or two.

Our cat would get 'stoned' on catnip. Nothing bothered kitty when she had some.
Had to be careful where we walked when she got a hold it. :)

Neither one of mine are interested in Catnip. Only one we've had over the years was affected by it.

Mine go crazy for the fresh stuff out of the garden more than the dried stuff from the store. Just be careful the stuff spreads everywhere!!


A weak tea of catnip is great for colic in babies.

they say not to let them have it to often cause it won't have much effect cause they become to use to it. some cats could care less about it. once a week is good. i usually need it more in the winter when they are cranky and fussy with each other. it calm them down after eating and rolling in it.i put it in a box or their post i also have a cat cd they like that works. we are down to 4 now but we did have 12 and had to figure something out when they were young.

Depends on the cat. My last cat didn't touch it. My sons cat will put is head in the jar to get more. I don't know if their is a medical reason to not give it to cats.

I have never been able to find live plants so we have a large jar of very old catnip. About once a year or so, when my son is home, we pour a little on a rug runner for our cat to enjoy. She does not like it nearly as much as our other cats used to, but she does roll around and rub and play a little which amuses my son. Yes, she makes a mess too but I leave it for a good while and then vacuum everything up. The old dried stuff is not very potent.

We always had it growing by our barn. If I could go all the way back to New York State it would still be there. Maybe sometime I will find a live plant at a nursery.

Mine aren't turned on to catnip. But let us brush our teeth with peppermint or eat some Peppermint patties, one of our cats goes nuts. :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

My boy loves it but he gets really calmed down by it. I give him a toy with catnip when I think about it and he just lays down and holds it.

The first time I gave my Siamese catnip, he got so excited he wet all over himself and floor.

My current cat is a snob, she is not interested. I did have a siamese that when I gave him lobster would try to climb the walls, drapes, catch his shadow. Now he was funny!

I have some planted in the yard and it really spreads. I don't have a cat anymore so I might get rid of it.

I have one that goes nutz - the small 4lb. 13 yr old.
and one that pays no mind. the 15lb 3 yr. old. (Maybe we should be glad about this one!) At least she's the sweet one. :-D :-D :-D

Plant in hanging baskets next time.

I have the spray, at least once a week I spray Puddin's scratchy post.

Whenever they want it! They have three or four toys filled with catnip. They don't always play with them, though. And just so you know, the effect only lasts about 30mins. Then they are done.

Mine have a potted catnip plant right by their feed bowl. It lets them have something to chew to help digest the furballs. Not all of them are crazy about catnip, but I have one cat who goes into spasms of ecstasy everytime he's near it.

Not to often because all four of them act like lunatics
when they get it.

They prefer to roll around in it as to eat it. They are
also very picky about the catnip they like. They DO NOT
like store bought nip. I have a friend who found some
heirloom cat nip plants and grows it for her 11 cats, so
she gives me a large mass of it in the summers.

My furkids loves the fresh from the garden nip.

We call it "kitty pot" around here! :)

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