It's fine if you give your cat catnip, but I'm going to choose not to. Whenever I've seen a cat on catnip, it just looks like they're going on a bad trip.
I don't want my cat to become an addict.
I'm sorry. My cat would just keep coming back to me for more. I don't want to be my cat's dealer. Besides, my cat doesn't even pay me for anything. If I'm lucky, she'll lick me. But when she licks me, the scent of Fancy Feast's Chicken Delight will infiltrate my nostrils and cause me to gag for about 33 seconds.
If I give my cat catnip, she'll forget what love is. She won't snuggle with me anymore. Instead she will compulsively clean herself for 4 hours at a time. She'll forgo sleep, and her eyes will no longer have the sparkle that they used to have. My cat will have bloodshot eyes. She'll become aggressive and get into cat fights if other cats try to steal her catnip. It's a slippery slope I tell ya.
If you have a cat, and you have given her/him catnip in the past, I recommend that you don't ever give it to your cat again.
For the withdrawal, I recommend giving your cat a lot of water, a satellite collar, and a lot of support.
Many cats try to bite themselves because they believe bugs are crawling on them during the withdrawal period. That's wear the satellite collar comes in. It's totally worth it.
Helping your cat recover is extremely important. Don't you want your cat to become the independent pet that she used to be? She deserves to sleep the 20 hours a day. The catnip made her strung out and crazy.
There are a couple ways to help recovery.
1) Bring your cat outside, and teach her how to catch a mouse. Catching a mouse is the ultimate victory for a cat. Demonstrate how to pounce onto a mouse. Your cat should catch on pretty instinctively, but that catnip may have altered some of her brain chemicals. Keep working with her until she catches a mouse
2) Empower your cat. Tell your cat how proud you are of her for giving up catnip. Some days your cat may be moody. She may blame you for enabling her to do catnip in the first place, but as long as your cat knows that you love her, everything will start to get better.
3) Stroke your cat. Long smooth strokes. Caress your cat with the love that peanut butter has to jelly. Look into cat massage. It's 73% effective in 25 of the 30 states it's practiced in. Your cat needs to destress. I also recommend cat yoga. What my cat can do with her paws is out of this world.
Once your cat is recovered, you are the one who can prevent another addiction. Just love your cat, and help your cat love her life.
You don't need catnip to have fun.
Purr. Meow. That's all.
I don't want my cat to become an addict.
I'm sorry. My cat would just keep coming back to me for more. I don't want to be my cat's dealer. Besides, my cat doesn't even pay me for anything. If I'm lucky, she'll lick me. But when she licks me, the scent of Fancy Feast's Chicken Delight will infiltrate my nostrils and cause me to gag for about 33 seconds.
If I give my cat catnip, she'll forget what love is. She won't snuggle with me anymore. Instead she will compulsively clean herself for 4 hours at a time. She'll forgo sleep, and her eyes will no longer have the sparkle that they used to have. My cat will have bloodshot eyes. She'll become aggressive and get into cat fights if other cats try to steal her catnip. It's a slippery slope I tell ya.
If you have a cat, and you have given her/him catnip in the past, I recommend that you don't ever give it to your cat again.
For the withdrawal, I recommend giving your cat a lot of water, a satellite collar, and a lot of support.
Many cats try to bite themselves because they believe bugs are crawling on them during the withdrawal period. That's wear the satellite collar comes in. It's totally worth it.
Helping your cat recover is extremely important. Don't you want your cat to become the independent pet that she used to be? She deserves to sleep the 20 hours a day. The catnip made her strung out and crazy.
There are a couple ways to help recovery.
1) Bring your cat outside, and teach her how to catch a mouse. Catching a mouse is the ultimate victory for a cat. Demonstrate how to pounce onto a mouse. Your cat should catch on pretty instinctively, but that catnip may have altered some of her brain chemicals. Keep working with her until she catches a mouse
2) Empower your cat. Tell your cat how proud you are of her for giving up catnip. Some days your cat may be moody. She may blame you for enabling her to do catnip in the first place, but as long as your cat knows that you love her, everything will start to get better.
3) Stroke your cat. Long smooth strokes. Caress your cat with the love that peanut butter has to jelly. Look into cat massage. It's 73% effective in 25 of the 30 states it's practiced in. Your cat needs to destress. I also recommend cat yoga. What my cat can do with her paws is out of this world.
Once your cat is recovered, you are the one who can prevent another addiction. Just love your cat, and help your cat love her life.
You don't need catnip to have fun.
Purr. Meow. That's all.
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