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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: Catnip
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Date: Sat, 11-Jan-86 14:37:31 EST
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA mhuxl!smh

> Catnip is not meant to be injested, just smelled by the cats.  

Catnip is a plant in the mint family.  My wife has a large patch in her
vegetable garden. About a dozen neighborhood cats enjoy it immensely
all year long.  They roll in it and eat it; yes EAT IT.  Since they are
all healthy and since it is a natural herb, I can't see anything wrong
with ingestion or were you jesting about injesting.  Also, if you believe
in a creator, I think only he/she knows what it was "meant" for.  Obviously
cats think it is meant to be eaten, and thoroughly enjoyed.  Even the
kittens in the neighborhood visit it regularly, even after they become
cats.