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Article #1403Re: Catnip
From: Bill Landsborough
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1986 21:11
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1986 21:11
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In article <1776@rayssd.UUCP> msf@rayssd.UUCP (Michael S. Frank) writes: >> Does anybody know the details of what catnip does to cats? I got Zaphod >> some for Christmas, and he completely freaked out (jumping around, doing >> flips, and then zonking out on the couch for the rest of the day). All this >> made me wonder if catnip doesn't do something . . . bad to a cat's system. >> >I, too, would like to know. I just recently gave my two 11 week old kittens >some catnip. They didn't like it (I had to trick them into eating it by mixing >it with tuna). After they did eat it, they were only slightly more active than >normal. Are there some cats that catnip won't affect? Did their age have >anything to do with it? >-- >Michael Frank Catnip is not meant to be injested, just smelled by the cats. We wrapped it up in a small sock and the cats just smell it and they get crazy. And it lasts for months like that. Bill Landsborough
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