Catnip

Catnip may drive your cat crazy, but it’s a sedative for chickens. What happens if you give chickens catnip? Good for your Hens Not just… Read More »Will Catnip Hurt Chickens?

We know the kitties can smell the skunky aroma from quite a distance, but how strongly can they smell it? Herbalist Debs Cook explains, “Cats… Read More »Can Cats Smell Catnip From Far Away?

It was thought at one time that tigers didn’t react to catnip, but we know differently. Watch our video to see for our Big Cats… Read More »Does Catnip Work On Lions?

The main ingredient in catnip is called nepetalactone, that stimulates certain brain chemicals related to mood and happiness. This sense of euphoria has been compared… Read More »Why Does Catnip Make Cats Go Crazy?

Good for your Hens Not just for cats, Catnip is known for being a natural insecticide, so planting it around your chicken coop and laying… Read More »What Happens If You Give Chickens Catnip?

Animal reactions to catnip This behavioural reaction to catnip seems to be limited to felines, oddly enough. Many other animals have been tested, from dogs… Read More »What Animal Eats Catnip?

Researchers suspect that catnip targets feline “happy” receptors in the brain. When eaten, however, it tends to have the opposite effect and your cat mellows… Read More »What Does Catnip Do To Cats Brains?

Catnip has a weedier appearance, while catmint is often used as a pretty, flowering perennial in beds. Catmint flowers more continuously than catnip. Catnip flowers… Read More »What Is The Difference Between Catnip And Catmint?

Mountain lions, lynx, bobcats, tigers and jungle lions all respond to catnip in the same way. There is no doubt at all that they’re all… Read More »Do Lions And Tigers Like Catnip?

The same substance that attracts cats also repels termites, mosquitoes and cockroaches. It is found in the plant known as Nepeta cataria or common catnip.… Read More »What Animals Deter Catnip?