On the 'Nip
Posted by Elizabeth on 02-18-2010 at 4:08 pm
My cat used to be completely indifferent to catnip.
I tried her on a couple of catnip toys and she had no interest whatsoever. After a while, I gave up.
A couple of months ago, we ran out of the brand of cat treats that she likes (the ones that don’t make her sick), and every single store in town had quit carrying them. Of course, we found some on Amazon.com and ordered a case of six packages. I think we still have three in the cabinet. The seller included a sample of catnip, which, given the cat's history, I figured would be largely ignored. So, I left it sitting on the kitchen table and didn’t think anything of it.
An hour later, I walked into the dining room and saw the cat sitting on the table, licking the plastic packaging that contained the ‘nip.
Since she seemed so attached to it, I made her a toy with the catnip stuffed inside, but that was months ago now. That toy has started to lose it’s scent, so I went to the health food store down the street with the bulk spices last week and got another baggie-full. Since then, she has been standing in the kitchen next to the pantry, meowing and looking confused.
Today I felt bad enough for her that I knit up a couple of these bunnies.
To get the picture of her with the bunnies in it, I had to chase her off the counter where I did the stuffing.
Does this make me a pusher?
I tried her on a couple of catnip toys and she had no interest whatsoever. After a while, I gave up.
A couple of months ago, we ran out of the brand of cat treats that she likes (the ones that don’t make her sick), and every single store in town had quit carrying them. Of course, we found some on Amazon.com and ordered a case of six packages. I think we still have three in the cabinet. The seller included a sample of catnip, which, given the cat's history, I figured would be largely ignored. So, I left it sitting on the kitchen table and didn’t think anything of it.
An hour later, I walked into the dining room and saw the cat sitting on the table, licking the plastic packaging that contained the ‘nip.
Since she seemed so attached to it, I made her a toy with the catnip stuffed inside, but that was months ago now. That toy has started to lose it’s scent, so I went to the health food store down the street with the bulk spices last week and got another baggie-full. Since then, she has been standing in the kitchen next to the pantry, meowing and looking confused.
Today I felt bad enough for her that I knit up a couple of these bunnies.
To get the picture of her with the bunnies in it, I had to chase her off the counter where I did the stuffing.
Does this make me a pusher?
Knitting
