Nov
4
2010
Why do cats react to catnip?
I was on my Computer earlier, when I turned to find my cat being unusually "fussy"…..at the floor that she was laid on. I also noticed that she was biting and playing with something – though I was unable to recognize exactly what it was. Intrigued as to why my cat was doing this, I went up to her, and found her catnip toy (which I bought yesterday) next to her. It was the toy.
This then raised a question in my mind, why is it that cats react to catnip?
They get "high"
November 4th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
because they like the smell and the taste
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November 4th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
It is a sedative and it can be euphoric to cats (mimicking pheromones). It also has a history of use among humans for it sedative and numbing properties (to including being smoked).
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepeta_cataria
November 4th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
They get "high"
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me