Guest guest Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 LOL I am picturing this whole thing with the pulley system and cats sitting up for it. I'm glad that pulley system worked..... Great idea..... I gave me quite a chuckle reading your whole response.... It is like they are magnetically drawn to catnip isn't it. Judy - aust4freng Monday, August 21, 2006 4:05 PM about cats and catnip I keep catnip in a hanging basket for my main coon and siamese. I had one basket some cat jumped up in the basket, killed the plant and knocked the basket on the ground. The next time I thought I fixed the basket so it wouldn't fall and a cat got in there again and killed my plant. they lay on the plant and roll all over it with joy, but it kills the plant if they do it enough. well, then i moved a hanging basket onto my porch and same thing. so now we have pulley system and pulley the catnip basket up to the ceiling during the night and I lower it during the day. I pull leaves off of it and give to my cats every 2 or 3 days. They sit up for the leaves and just love it... I do know my cats HATE vinegar in the house. Maybe you'd have to spray vinegar around outside, though you'd have to do it proably every evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 My cats love dried catnip - hoover it up, roll in it - so I bought them a catnip plant and put it on the windowsill and they hated it - sat at the opposite end of the windowsill and wouldn't go anywhere near it, but when I dried the leaves they loved it - I found that quite perverse. My cats are being terrorised by a pair of tom cats so I shall try the vinegar idea around the cat flap to try to deter them. Cats are also supposed to hate citrus fruits so perhaps using orange or lemon skins might also dissuade them. BTW it's good to see you back, Wee. You've been sorely missed and as usual you have livened everyone up! Christie , " aust4freng " <werus wrote: > > I keep catnip in a hanging basket for my main coon and siamese. > > I had one basket some cat jumped up in the basket, killed the plant > and knocked the basket on the ground. > > The next time I thought I fixed the basket so it wouldn't fall and a > cat got in there again and killed my plant. they lay on the plant and > roll all over it with joy, but it kills the plant if they do it enough. > > well, then i moved a hanging basket onto my porch and same thing. > so now we have pulley system and pulley the catnip basket up to the > ceiling during the night and I lower it during the day. I pull leaves > off of it and give to my cats every 2 or 3 days. They sit up for the > leaves and just love it... > > I do know my cats HATE vinegar in the house. Maybe you'd have to > spray vinegar around outside, though you'd have to do it proably every > evening. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catnip (complete with cute kitty pictures) -Erin www.zenpawn.com/vegblog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 22, 2006 Report Share Posted August 22, 2006 HI Just read this mail about cats and catnips ...here it agreement that the fresh catnipplant is an extremely poisoning to the cat....the vets say they have seen cats die from it - very very sick first - and they could do nothing !!! the cats love it - it gives them a fix -;-), smelling it...but ...yes it is very poisoned - so best te give them it dried and put into some very heavy fabric... love rise ^--^ (>'o'<) rise (,,) (,,) rises http://www.rises.dk http://community.webshots.com/user/artderise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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