We used to have a catnip bed in our backyard garden and it turned our yard into cat central for the neighborhood. That patch was always flattened and nibbled on from them rolling and biting it
I bought a catnip plant once to grow in our garden, my plan was to grow it and dry it for the cat I was living with. The plant didn't even last a night as I left for school the next morning and it was torn to utter shreds. The rest of the garden plants were perfectly fine.
Dried doesn't hold a candle to fresh grown. If you really want to get them going, use your fingernail to dig slashes into the leaves to release the oil.
I'm not sure if I've seen it grow around where I live (though the leaves are VERY familiar), but when it's light tomorrow I'm gonna hunt around. One of my cats is already a catnip fiend, so I can't wait to see what he's like with the fresh stuff!
NO LITTLE GERMAN CAT DONT DEVELOP A DRUG PROBLEM
[“Oh mein Gott, sobriety ist ein bunch of bullscheiße”](https://youtube.com/shorts/3hx9d45i1Gs?si=xjyQ6QcgcU8fe34T)
for all we know this could be like the holy fuckin grail strain of cat nip
and that cat is having themselves an experience
something not anywhere near as potent as what we know as catnip
same plant, just slightly more selected genes / mutation kind of thing
in human terms
some god level weed just out in the woods some place
this is how you be one, and in sync, with the nature and understand life, for the first time,
next time you witness a person eating sand or grass , and makeing weird noises, remember this video, and do the same, this is the path to paradise
You will enjoy all Feelings at once,embrace mother earth,whole
Because she gives you everything to live,while you fuck her up,till she decides to remove you
This cat is happy,( without the irrataiting camera guy)and in sync with nature
I can't remember where I read this, but they have receptors in their brains, kind of like we have cannabinoid receptors. The theory is that the plant, like most plants, have insecticidal properties, and rolling in it and eating it helps get rid of parasites, giving an evolutionary advantage to cats that developed the receptors sensitive to it.
I'm pretty sure they hallucinate, but it probably also gives them a euphoric feeling. Tbh, scientists don't know a whole lot about what happens in a cat's brain when exposed to it?
It's theorized that it mimics feline sex pheromones. I'm assuming they did studies to conclude this. I've also read studies that it supposedly mimics the pheromones of a mother cat. That's why you see the playful *kitten-like* behavior. They are essentially taken back to their youth for a brief moment.
Again, these are all just scientists positing on a group of cat's behavior after exposure. It's going to be pretty hard to get a cat to lay in a noisy-ass MRI machine (to see which areas of the brain lights up), so that's obviously off the table. 😆
Other than dissection immediately after exposure, which is OBVIOUSLY morally reprehensible, I can't think of any other way to determine exactly how it affects a cat's brain?
So, in essence, theories are all that's available.
In.Love. So cute. We planted some in our yard as we were xeriscaping and the nursery suggested it along with lavender; sage etc…..Our cat upon finding g it, would lay on the plant and guard it from…..what we don’t know…..broke her heart when we carried her back inside….she mewed the whole way in….
What a cutie! I started growing catnip in a pot inside my house for my cat thinking she would love it. She tries to nibble my house plants so often I thought I’d give her a plant of her own for her chewing moods. And catnip at that, surely it would be irresistible to her. Nope. Bitch won’t even sniff the plant. Zero interest.
It feels like common courtesy not to touch and shove your phone in the face of someone having their first existential psychedelic trip. Leave him be!!!
There was some kiwi plant that are native to an island around New Zealand and someone tried to bring them to the US but they kept getting destroyed at night. After a while they realized it had the same effect on cats as catnip and they're the ones who destroyed them
My cats have a similar reaction when I bring out the ‘nip 😂 I used to put it on plates for them but as the ‘nip took effect they’d try to eat the plates so now I just sprinkle it on the floor and let them do what they like 😂
I like how there is another kitten there. Like hes the friend who brought together this intervention. "Sprinkles we are here because we love you. You got a problem Sprinkles!"
Fun fact, catnip is theorised to replicate cat sex hormones, so that cat is just getting himself horny af
Also why kittens younger than 3 months aren't affected
catmint and calamint, nice plants that bloom most of the year, dont spread much, and bees love it. Basically cat crack, parents cat would roll in that shit
My mum once owned a catnip plant. Once the local cats found out about it, there would always be one of them curled up in a ball in the plant pot. Took 3 weeks for the plant to die.
It's kinda like hot spices and humans, the plants create a defense mechanism that is supposed to protect them predation, however the target can evolve to have a different reaction then deterrence...
Angry drunk.
My old Maow was the same way.
In vino veritas.
I'm your huckleberry
Apparently Johnny Ringo is an educated man. Now I *really* hate him.
"This is my muduhfuckin house Gus"
You're wife is a Bigfoot Gus
tf is goonie-goo-goo, gus
Reefer madness
Mean drunk, from that hissing and stink eye.
Hahaha, this one got me
That hiss was definitely "bitch don't kill my vibe"
I think your cat may have a drug problem
Didn't even start with the gateway drug. Just rather hardcore.
The problems only start when the drugs run out.
The catnips is mine, precious. GOLLUM GOLLOM
That drug has a cat problem
Agreed. The cat doesn't have enough catnip.
I grow catnip in my garden to bring the cats into the yard... I mean garden.
We used to have a catnip bed in our backyard garden and it turned our yard into cat central for the neighborhood. That patch was always flattened and nibbled on from them rolling and biting it
Cat central, my kind of heaven
So what you are saying is, your catnip brings all the cats to the yard?
And they're like
it's better than yours
Damn right
I could teach you, but cats are notoriously hard to train.
"MREEEOOOOOOW"
I bought a catnip plant once to grow in our garden, my plan was to grow it and dry it for the cat I was living with. The plant didn't even last a night as I left for school the next morning and it was torn to utter shreds. The rest of the garden plants were perfectly fine.
Savages 🐾🐾
Could you teach me? I'd completely understand if you had to charge me for the lessons.
[Nepeta cataria!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepeta_cataria)
He went full gollum
Never go full gollum
i literally heard him say "my precious"
The ‘nip turned him into Donald Duck!
That's that high quality vs store bought and packaged
Dried doesn't hold a candle to fresh grown. If you really want to get them going, use your fingernail to dig slashes into the leaves to release the oil.
It grows wild in our yard. We give our girls both fresh and dry, but that fresh shit just hits different apparently.
I'm not sure if I've seen it grow around where I live (though the leaves are VERY familiar), but when it's light tomorrow I'm gonna hunt around. One of my cats is already a catnip fiend, so I can't wait to see what he's like with the fresh stuff!
If you're unsure, rub the leaves between your fingers. Catnip smells surprisingly dank.
Haha I'll keep that in mind, cause I certainly don't want to give my cats the wrong plant! Ty for the info :D
I'm about to grow some In my yard
This is how you get more cats. Not a joke.
mien gott he went feral for the weed
[удалено]
Lisan Al Catnip.
Our Meowssiah
Meow'dib
NO LITTLE GERMAN CAT DONT DEVELOP A DRUG PROBLEM [“Oh mein Gott, sobriety ist ein bunch of bullscheiße”](https://youtube.com/shorts/3hx9d45i1Gs?si=xjyQ6QcgcU8fe34T)
The fuck have you got me watching?
🤣🤣
Kitty sounded like a damn puma there at the end
Cat: It's MINE. MINE OWN. MY PRECIOUS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I did not know they would get all possessive over it. Damn.
*MINE!*
i love how it pans over to the other car with the judgmental look on his face
Hahahahah he’s like can I has some
*HISSSSSSS* No, you cannot.
Crackhead in the making.
Cathead
That'ssss the stufff...
This is Reefer Madness for cats. Look at what the ‘nip can do to a perfectly respectable cat. Catnip: not even once
for all we know this could be like the holy fuckin grail strain of cat nip and that cat is having themselves an experience something not anywhere near as potent as what we know as catnip same plant, just slightly more selected genes / mutation kind of thing in human terms some god level weed just out in the woods some place
And no catnip whatsoever was held here. It was all snorted up!
Cat: My precious!!
THE PRECIOUS, HE WANTS TO KEEPS IT!! WE MUST NOT LET HIMS NEAR THE PRECIOUS!!!
Me when weed became legal.
Meowy Wowie.
The hangover from this is gonna knock him out for days
If I plant catnip in the garden will the r/catdistributionsystem send me some kitties?
this is how you be one, and in sync, with the nature and understand life, for the first time, next time you witness a person eating sand or grass , and makeing weird noises, remember this video, and do the same, this is the path to paradise You will enjoy all Feelings at once,embrace mother earth,whole Because she gives you everything to live,while you fuck her up,till she decides to remove you This cat is happy,( without the irrataiting camera guy)and in sync with nature
"I'm gonna cut my ear off to prevent world war 2"
lol what is that from
This is cat mint, not nip.
Wow all the way down here. Cheers to you for knowing it's nepeta or cat mint.
That cat does not want you to hold its catnip.
I wonder what kind of buzz does it give them?
I can't remember where I read this, but they have receptors in their brains, kind of like we have cannabinoid receptors. The theory is that the plant, like most plants, have insecticidal properties, and rolling in it and eating it helps get rid of parasites, giving an evolutionary advantage to cats that developed the receptors sensitive to it.
I'm pretty sure they hallucinate, but it probably also gives them a euphoric feeling. Tbh, scientists don't know a whole lot about what happens in a cat's brain when exposed to it?
What?!‽ Who’s missing out on the grant money to study that?? I feel like that’d be a shoo in to get the grants on almost any they’d apply for!
It's theorized that it mimics feline sex pheromones. I'm assuming they did studies to conclude this. I've also read studies that it supposedly mimics the pheromones of a mother cat. That's why you see the playful *kitten-like* behavior. They are essentially taken back to their youth for a brief moment. Again, these are all just scientists positing on a group of cat's behavior after exposure. It's going to be pretty hard to get a cat to lay in a noisy-ass MRI machine (to see which areas of the brain lights up), so that's obviously off the table. 😆 Other than dissection immediately after exposure, which is OBVIOUSLY morally reprehensible, I can't think of any other way to determine exactly how it affects a cat's brain? So, in essence, theories are all that's available.
It'd have to be somewhat euphoric for them to want it Its more interesting that it seems to be genetic disposition to it? Some cats have 0 reaction.
Yeah, and very young cats and very old cats are less affected for some reason?
Did he just "My precious" the catnip?
Now he's strung out all the time and stealing from his owner
He's fiending.
I tried to plant a row crop of Catnip on my farm, it was a waste of time for me, but not for my 6 farm cats who spent all day playing in it.
But then did they get the munchies and really crack down on the rat/mouse population?
Not sure about the mice, but they did manage to kill the nip
Living on the prairies indeed😅
Feral cat
He’s living his best life! Bro is stoned. Lol
In.Love. So cute. We planted some in our yard as we were xeriscaping and the nursery suggested it along with lavender; sage etc…..Our cat upon finding g it, would lay on the plant and guard it from…..what we don’t know…..broke her heart when we carried her back inside….she mewed the whole way in….
Hissing at the other cat lol. He will apologize tomorrow.
r/tooktoomuch
Damn, that tuxedo boy is trippin.
WE LIKE DRUGS BOSS MAN
Mine! I found it! Fuck off!
What a cutie! I started growing catnip in a pot inside my house for my cat thinking she would love it. She tries to nibble my house plants so often I thought I’d give her a plant of her own for her chewing moods. And catnip at that, surely it would be irresistible to her. Nope. Bitch won’t even sniff the plant. Zero interest.
It feels like common courtesy not to touch and shove your phone in the face of someone having their first existential psychedelic trip. Leave him be!!!
He’s a mean drunk!!
Hahh very good kush right there
Like how the other cat had their mouth open horrified
Don't bogard that catnip, my friend.
I plant it all around my house mosquitos hate it, cats love it.
This seals the deal - I hate mosquitoes and love cats. Would it be excessive to replace all grass with catnip?
Me when I ate my first eatable and I got a bad trip
There was some kiwi plant that are native to an island around New Zealand and someone tried to bring them to the US but they kept getting destroyed at night. After a while they realized it had the same effect on cats as catnip and they're the ones who destroyed them
#Tweaked.
"you think you can take me... I'M FKNG INVINCIBLE!!!" - pcp cat
My cats have a similar reaction when I bring out the ‘nip 😂 I used to put it on plates for them but as the ‘nip took effect they’d try to eat the plates so now I just sprinkle it on the floor and let them do what they like 😂
meow meow wildin
He likes it a lot
I like how there is another kitten there. Like hes the friend who brought together this intervention. "Sprinkles we are here because we love you. You got a problem Sprinkles!"
That other cat 😂 “bruh you gonna pass the ‘nip or bogart that all day”
The first step for sprinkles is an admitting he has a problem.
All I hear is "MINE!!" in those happy/crazy/angry meows of keep away 😹
Acceptance will be a bitch for kitty. A looooong road to travel, indeed.
Hear me out though: Tigernip
*we're in the Spirit world asshole*
Bruh living the life
Love tuxedo cats
Hope you took him home to sleep it off Been there cat, been there. Best to you. Tomorrow will be rough.
On Instagram. They really have some beautiful pictures. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C65OvCDsJv4/?igsh=MTFsM2FpdjJteHFxbQ==
Tuxedo is almost the opposite of Ginger one
Fun fact, catnip is theorised to replicate cat sex hormones, so that cat is just getting himself horny af Also why kittens younger than 3 months aren't affected
"my precious" Such a cutie
https://preview.redd.it/ob6xihhdic1d1.jpeg?width=275&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2b78da5ac19755e5699623b76a6804b5a7213bc
My friend planted some in her garden and her cat ate it right down to the ground and then dug up the roots and ate them too
"Sure, I do bit of catnip, but I can stop anytime"
Catnip is a feline aphrodisiac by the way. It makes cats horny. Enjoy that info forever.
*Sigh* That is information that I will never forget and bring up awkwardly at parties.
my mom decided to removed the catnip from theyre back yard when after there had been a whole bunch of cats growling at each other.
Cat be like "Whoooaaa, dis shit's better than the stuff at home!" XD
Meth heads have the same reaction.
homie is tweaking
Ever have 100% pure Columbian cocaine?
Damned junkies
My man you took too much you took too much you took too much.
natty nip got him feeling unwise
He's HOOKED!
That all natural shit hits hard!
The good uncut stuff. You gotta go to Meowxico for that.
Addiction is a harrowing journey.
That's not catnip - kitty is on mouseamphetamine!
Everyone stay away from the green catnip!
Love me a crack kitty
This is your cat on drugs..
Maybe it would be wise to call him. 🥰
 The cat 😂
Trippin balls
catmint and calamint, nice plants that bloom most of the year, dont spread much, and bees love it. Basically cat crack, parents cat would roll in that shit
My cat is a little weirdo. Catnip does nothing to him lol
Have you tried both kinds? Silvervine?
My cats never respond to catnip. I feel ripped off. ಠ_ಠ
Catnip aka cat crack.
He needs some milk
Hey cat - shaare.
“My … precious!”
Cute?
This is some good shit
Somebody needs to send Jimmy Carter to talk him down.
its*
Gonna live here now, just bring my food daily.
Sprinkles is fighting God.
I planted some in my yard and now the neighborhood cats AND chickens just chill in my yard.
Hold My Cat-Meth
Nothing meaner than a cat on a bad trip from some crazy weed.
THIS STASH MINE!
Black cat was stingy with the cat nip. Rub, rub, pass.
I’ve never given my cat this stuff because it feels weird giving my cat something so psychoactive.
That scene in Scarface when Tony puts his face down into the coke lol
I have catnip in my backyard hahaha
Nice
нарКот
They found the spice
Trippin’ balls
My cat doesn’t react to catnip much..
tweaking hard
Dudes feinding
Ohh yeah finally some good stuff
My mum once owned a catnip plant. Once the local cats found out about it, there would always be one of them curled up in a ball in the plant pot. Took 3 weeks for the plant to die.
Why is this stuff so addicting for cats?
It's kinda like hot spices and humans, the plants create a defense mechanism that is supposed to protect them predation, however the target can evolve to have a different reaction then deterrence...
Addiction
Sharing is caring buddy!
Looks like Cat Mint not Cat Nip. 😊
Catnip adventures are the best. This made me smile.
I could watch this for hours
"It's crazy weed, Stacy! Go on without me."
He is absolutely fiending