BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 03 Dec 11 - 03:19 PM

kat, that's very interesting. I wonder if you've got different catnip to the stuff I grow? I grow Nepeta, but a smallish dwarf variety which doesn't droop all over the path like the larger ones. I've had Siamese for thirty years or more, minimum of three at a time, and never have I known a single one who was interested in the Weed. But my British Shorthairs always went mad for the stuff. I've always assumed it was because Siamese are different in some way. The Brits even used to rub the poor plants in the Spring, just as the tiny shoots emerged, killing a lot of it.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Dec 11 - 12:14 AM

Eliza, all my Siamese have always loved it. The one I have now, Kipling, cried at the door, from inside, every day during the growing season, wanting me to bring him a couple of leaves whenever I took the dog out and back in. He would get very insistent. Even now, he demands his "weed," but alas, it is all dried stuff now...not nearly as good as the fresh!

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: JennieG
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 11:09 PM

I have datura growing but not brugmansia.....but I have a few brunfelsia bushes, will that do?

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 08:28 PM

May I suggest datura and brugmansia?

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Little Robyn
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 04:40 PM

Hey that Wiki thing says it can be used for humans - I didn't imagine it! I chewed a leaf of it - tasted slightly bitter.
Robyn

Humans
Catnip has a history of human medicinal use for its soothing properties. It has also been known to have a slightly numbing effect. The plant has been consumed as a tea, juice, tincture, infusion or poultice, and has also been smoked.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 03:18 PM

LOL! Would I then become delirious, drooling and with a big smile on my face, gnu?

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: gnu
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 03:00 PM

"not rolling on the leaves, but rubbing them and sniffing"

Ya gotta roll THE leaves fer them to have any effect. Bobert could probably teach ya how to roll leaves.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 02:22 PM

So where is the humannip as needed?

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: GUEST,Eliza
Date: 02 Dec 11 - 01:50 PM

Siamese cats aren't affected by catnip. British ones are. I've had British shorthairs delirious after rolling on the leaves, drooling, big smiles on their faces. Have tried it myself, (not rolling on the leaves, but rubbing them and sniffing) but sadly, no effect.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: JennieG
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 10:36 PM

Fancy that.....I never knew that catnip affected kitties by heredity! Certainly explains why our two Ozzie cats aren't interested. Bees like it though....even Ozzie bees.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Jeri
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 07:46 PM

Here's a WiPedia thingie on Catnip, where I learned that 1) It's NOT related to cannabis, 2 only half to two thirds of cats react to it, it's genetic, and a lot of Australian cats aren't affected, and 3) it's got nepetalactone in it which, when distilled, may be 10 time more effective in repelling mosquitoes than DEET. You're gonna need that up in the tree.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: gnu
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 07:16 PM

Cats are goofy? Well now, I'da never guessed.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Jeri
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 07:11 PM

I don't think catnip has any psychoactive cat drugs--I just think they really like it and don't have many hangups about acting goofy anyway.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Jeri
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 07:09 PM

Your tree's got WiFi?

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: GUEST,999
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 07:06 PM

"I tried chewing a leaf of catnip once and it made my head feel funny. If it works for cats why shouldn't it work for people?
Robyn"

Brownies, the only path. I ate six, saw the neighbour's dog and have been up this tree for over seven hours now.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Bobert
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 05:17 PM

Yeah, they're both in the cannibus famaily...

((((cough)))

B;~)

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 04:24 PM

,I>I wish there was something like Catnip that we could use on people sometimes!

There is, but it's illegal.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: JennieG
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 04:19 PM

I have a lovely catnip plant which is doing very nicely, little purple flowers blooming merrily.....bought it for our cats.....and they aren't interested in it. Might try it myself.

Cheers
JennieG

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Little Robyn
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 03:53 PM

I tried chewing a leaf of catnip once and it made my head feel funny. If it works for cats why shouldn't it work for people?
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 08:38 AM

Yes, Bobert, and I think I know why.

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 08:36 AM

I wish there was something like Catnip that we could use on people sometimes!

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Pete Jennings
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 08:06 AM

Our cat goes bonkers with it, then after a while, falls asleep on top of it!

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 12:16 AM

In another post, Bobert, you said all you had was 'seeds and stems' left........see if they'll go for that!


............................oh, go ahead, you can spare 'em!


GfS

Subject: RE: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Dec 11 - 12:11 AM

Isn't it the catnip wot put them to sleep?:-)

Subject: BS: Me Thinks We Could Use Some Catnip...
From: Bobert
Date: 30 Nov 11 - 09:10 PM

Seems that we have a lot of sleeping cats of late and need a good dose of catnip...

Your thoughts???

B;~)