It’s true.
I always thought it was an old wive’s tale, but this morning I saw our cat Reiki eating catnip. I knew they liked it, but I didn’t know they liked to eat it. Reiki was not just rubbing up against it, but actually biting off chunks and chewing on it. I guess cats really do like catnip after all.
Do your cats eat catnip?
Linzie says
Yes, our cats eat it right up!! We have tons of it growing around the chicken pen so I picked a bunch and dehydrated it so I could sew up and stuff some kitty toys!
mb says
my catnip survives in my house, my own cat doesn’t even notice it! but all the neighbor cats love to eat it, so any that i plant outside gets totally thrashed. 🙂 i’m glad i can keep some alive indoors, i use it for tension headache tea.
Tina says
My cats LOVE to eat it. They like fresh leaves better than dried, and they just go wild for it!
Carys says
oh, mine (at least 10 of 12 of them) love catnip and eat it as well as rubbing against it.
they especially like if i break off a long stalk and play with them with it — they’ll eat it down to a bare stalk very, very quickly (within minutes).
<3
carys
Shannon says
I have been meaning to grow catnip for a while now but one of my kitties loves to eat the dried organic variety I keep in stock. She does the usual sniffing and rolling around in it but mostly she just sits there feverishly lapping it up as fast as she can. And sneezing. It’s cute, really. 🙂
Trish says
I tried growing catnip years ago, but my cat ate it! Yes, cats love catnip!xxx
Lindsey @ The Herbangardener says
Yeah! My cat goes absolutely nuts and chows down on it when I pick her some fresh springs.
So cute!
Jasmine says
hahaha. I usually can’t even get a catnip plant grown up enough to be called a plant before the kits have eaten the poor start down to the ground…
🙂