"Julie and Sam" wrote in message
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Lacey says it is so unfair! She lurves catnip. Last weekend we went to a
catshow and one of the catfood companies had cardboard cat scratchers that
you fill with catnip. So we brought two of them home, filled them with 1/2
the catnip and set it out. Lacey got the first snort....mmmmm, good
stuff, Meowmy. The other three followed and over the next few days we'd
find one or the other of the cats either scratching the cardboard or
stretched out across the cardboard box.

Then suddenly Lacey began sneezing. Hard, body wracking sneezes. Her nose
began running and you could hear a rattly breathing. For several days she
sneezed like that as I scratched my head trying to figure out why she was
suddenly sneezing. Was she getting sick again? Then it occured to me, she
had begun sneezing when I put the catnip out. Could she be allergic to
catnip? She said NOnoNO, Meowmy. Ize lurves de 'nip. Well, I had to give
the idea a try so I took it out of the house. Within 12 hours she had
almost stopped sneezing and by the next day she was cleared up. sigh It
appears I have a cat who is allergic to catnip!

Julie and Lacey


Maybe it just needs to be controlled better. Some of our eat nip. Others
have been know to snort it. Usually followed by violent sneezes. Rolling
in the followed by grooming can set off the sneezes too. They just get it
up their noses. I really like it better when we have access to fresh nip.

Jo