Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site rayssd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!rayssd!msf From: msf@rayssd.UUCP (Michael S. Frank) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Re: Catnip Message-ID: <1776@rayssd.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 12:50:43 EST Article-I.D.: rayssd.1776 Posted: Mon Jan 6 12:50:43 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Jan-86 06:39:00 EST References: <700@astrovax.UUCP> Sender: msf@rayssd.UUCP (Michael S. Frank @ Raytheon Co., Portsmouth RI) Distribution: net Organization: Raytheon Co., Portsmouth RI Lines: 16 > 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 allegra!rayssd!msf