Smokie the cat is COVERED in catnip

[TZ]

So I decided to get the kitties a late xmas present. My two kitties hadn't liked catnip in the past but the vet told me as they got older that might change, and I noticed they really seemed to like catnip toys. So I brought some home from the store today.
As soon as I put down the bag with the catnip in it, Smokie stuck her head in it..So I pulled it out and put it on her cat tree..She jumped up and started sniffing..but instead of eating it...she started rolling it it..until she had it ALL over her body..As we speak she's running around the place like a nut..I don't think she ate much of it...but sniffing seemed to suffice..She is funny though with the little bits of it all over her....:)

[derby378]

1. That's why you need to get Smokie one of those "50-pound" catnip bags

Axl goes nuts with one of those bags when it arrives fresh from the pet store.

[GCP]

2. Here's one of our cats under the inlfuence

And yes, that's catnip all around her.

[Arugula Latte]

17. Bwa ha ha!

You thought "The Faces of Meth" was scary ... It's got nothin' on "The Faces of Catnip." :rofl:

[lizerdbits]

3. Max getting high with his catnip bag

That thing has been covered in his saliva so much I really need to get a new one. I can never get a good pic of him laying on his back rubbing the bag on his face with his paws.

[rcrush]

4. What exactly is catnip?

[TZ]

5. Pot for kitties

Seriously. It makes them high.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/herbs-spices/question303.htm

[busybl]

12. I heard it's a type of mint

[Blue Gardener]

6. I grow my own

Dry it, then run it through the food processor. The kitties seem to prefer it over anything bought from the store. In the summer they get to eat fresh catnip from the garden, which they think is the best thing in the world. It's very easy to grow.

[BeachBaby]

7. This post is useless without pics!

I wanna see! x(

[TZ]

8. Sorry Smokie is not cooperating at the moment

She must be catnipped out..She's just sitting there licking at it..none of the kookiness earlier today...:(

[applegrove]

9. I'll put a tiny pile of it on the ground. My Monster will eat it. I'll pretend to

want some myself and he'll cover the pile with his paws and his body as if to say "Mine - all mine". He's so cute!!!

[tabbycat31]

10. go for the "El Gato Muy Loco" catnip cigars

they really live up to their name. Here's some photo evidence. Note, I tied a string to Tabby's because otherwise I would have lost two hands.





I have this in a signature at another forum

[busybl]

11. aaw

that's what my cat Gingie used to do. He loved that stuff. I used to call him my little stoner.

[radfringe]

13. we have a patch of it growing during the summer

every few days, we trim it down, shred it up and give it to the cats.

the big boy - Gato, LOVES his catnip. he'll rub in it for a few minutes, then it's NOM NOM time.

[susanna]

21. Truly funny story...and I am a "dog" person, so count me educated...

I grew catnip UNKNOWINGLY in my front beds for a couple of years. Couldn't figure out why cats of every stripe congregated in my flower beds. My neighbor finally clued me in. She said, "basically, you are the neighborhood's feline drug supplier." Doh. (It was a pretty plant, though.)

I've since removed it, but the die-hards come back every year hoping for a regrowth. :-)

[PassingFair]

14. When I rented my first house....

my brother moved in with me and we had two cats.

One day, we bought a POUND bag of catnip, and
the bag tore when we opened it, so we put the
catnip into two smaller baggies.

My mother is one of the world's SNOOPIEST
creatures, and sure enough, a few days
later she "stopped by to look for her
missing tupperware". She pulled open the
drawer with the catnip in it and nearly
had a heart attack, but all she said, as
casually as she could was, and I am not
making this up...

"You kids sure keep a LOT OF GRASS around".

We like to *uck with her, so we didn't tell
her it was catnip.

[tabbycat31]

19. LOL

that would so be something I would do. Too bad my mom already knows that I have never (and never intend) on smoking anything.

[Submariner]

15. So Smokie doesn't know how to "Just say NO!" ?

[Arugula Latte]

16. Smokie has to hit bottom before she can quit the 'nip.

:)

[Catshrink]

18. Tip to keep catnip toys fresh -- and save $$$

I have a large jar with a latche lid. I keep a set of 50# catnip bags in it with lots of sprinkled catnip. Once a week or so, I say "fresh drugs!" and they come running. I give them the refreshed toys and put the stale ones in to incubate. It works -- they love it.

[ikojo]

20. Smokie seems to be properly named

If she were human what would she be smoking?.....

[applegrove]

22. My two cats love the catnip.