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Petting or catnip: Curly's delima



 
 
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Old July 10th 08, 01:22 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Ted Davis[_2_]
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Default Petting or catnip: Curly's delima

Catnip grows wild in several places on my property - descendents of a
feral plant given to me several years ago. One is growing in an abandoned
flower pot that I mived into the sun from under the patio awning - it
looked beautiful today, so I broke of a piece and put it on the front
porch. Curly came running and jumped on the porch as he usually does when
I get home ... and ran straight into the catnip. Stop. Sniff. Take a step
towerd me and get a quick head scritch. Back to the nip. Back and forth;
back and forth; back and forth. Then CJ came along and solved his delima:
he flopped down on the catnip and started rolling in it. Curly settled for
a lot more petting (my hands smelled of catnip since I crushed the stuff
in them).

I checked another plant that was growing under the awning: it was in
flower, and had very stiff stems. I broke off the top and took it inside.
This is *powerful* stuff - it brought cats from all over the house. It
was too strong for some of them, but eventually Avery took possesion of
it. It moved around, appearing and disappearing for several hours.

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used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla).


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Old July 10th 08, 03:24 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
nik Simpson
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Default Petting or catnip: Curly's delima

Ted Davis wrote:


I checked another plant that was growing under the awning: it was in
flower, and had very stiff stems. I broke off the top and took it inside.
This is *powerful* stuff - it brought cats from all over the house. It
was too strong for some of them, but eventually Avery took possesion of
it. It moved around, appearing and disappearing for several hours.

My problem is Muddy can't resist fresh catnip, even when the shoots have
barely made it above ground level, it's real hard on the catnip plant.
When he's not eating it to within an inch of its life he sleeps on it ;-)

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Old July 10th 08, 06:20 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Jofirey
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Default Petting or catnip: Curly's delima


"nik Simpson" wrote in message
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Ted Davis wrote:


I checked another plant that was growing under the awning: it was
in
flower, and had very stiff stems. I broke off the top and took it
inside.
This is *powerful* stuff - it brought cats from all over the
house. It
was too strong for some of them, but eventually Avery took
possesion of
it. It moved around, appearing and disappearing for several hours.

My problem is Muddy can't resist fresh catnip, even when the shoots
have barely made it above ground level, it's real hard on the catnip
plant. When he's not eating it to within an inch of its life he
sleeps on it ;-)

--
Nik Simpson


I have temporarily solved this catnip dilemma. It is so hot here this
week that my potted plants were taking a beating.

So this afternoon I put several inches of water in a plastic kiddie
pool and set the pots in there to soak up what they will. That'll
keep Jake off the catnip pot for a few days. It has a moat.

Jo


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Old July 10th 08, 01:55 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Ted Davis[_3_]
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Default Petting or catnip: Curly's delima

On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:24:20 -0500, nik Simpson wrote:


My problem is Muddy can't resist fresh catnip, even when the shoots have
barely made it above ground level, it's real hard on the catnip plant.
When he's not eating it to within an inch of its life he sleeps on it ;-)


Normally, they don't bother the plant until it becomes damages in some way
so that the odor gets out. Of course, a cat can easily damage the plant
in the normal course of their activities. Once damaged, it can be all
over for the plant.

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T.E.D. )


 




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