My postman is getting concerned. Something is up at the DMouse House.
Strange parcels are being delivered here on a regular basis. There are anxious looking cats in the windows, and there is usually one ready and waiting to inspect the parcels.
The parcels have a rather pungent smell, and on more than one occasion, a stray cat has been seen following the postie as he makes his way down our street.
That is right. I am a 'nip dealer.
At this moment in time, there are six completely stoned cats sleeping off their latest hit.
Canadian catnip is considered by many cats to be the best in the world, and my household of aficionado's would agree. We've had rolling cats, divebombing cats, drooling cats, and fighting cats. Then they get the munchies and fall asleep, usually sprawled out on their backs showing their bits off to all who care to look.
Naturally, within five minutes of their eyes opening, they are after the next hit.
Charlie and Oz favour crying for more. WIllow and Ellie have been caught trying to break into the drawer where the 'nip is stored. Frankie prefers the winding around my ankles and purring technique and Holly's method is simply to steal the pillow from whoever is successful in getting it.
And so on.
Lila is jealous. She only got a huge rawhide bone and a Dog Brick, which she is fairly rubbish at. So she decided to swipe a catnipped pillow.
Ellie was not impressed. She puffed up, growled, and it took quite a while to stop the blood from Lila's nose.
But Lila doesn't like to be outdone. She has learnt to copy their stoned behaviour, and is presently rolling around on the floor, drooling and rubbing her cheeks on her toys.
Frankly, she looks quite daft.
1 comment:
*sigh* My cats are immune to 'nip. Wonder if ritalin works the same way...?
Posted by: Jaymee | Sunday, 11 September 2005 at 17:26
I thought the catnip thing was just a urban myth! Wow. What a way to keep the pets well-behaved. Does it work on teenagers, do you think?
Posted by: Kinuk | Sunday, 11 September 2005 at 18:43
I wish!
This is the first time that all six have been interested. Male cats are more susceptible to its charms, and when we tried other brands, only the boys responded.
This time, the girls were just as keen to get their share.
I need to find dog nip.
Posted by: DMouse | Sunday, 11 September 2005 at 19:21
That is so fucking hilarious.
Posted by: Miss Arrogant | Monday, 12 September 2005 at 18:46
LOL! My Kross-eyed one LOVES Kitty Nip! It grows wild up at the trailer and we brought it home a few weeks ago. I kid you not, he was so happy that he did a somersault off of my lap!
I now have it hanaging on a hook to dry and I swear he can spend hours staring at it, willing a bud to drop to the floor!
I'd be happy to send you some for your monsters. (When I read your last post I also laughed as Greg and I frequently refer to our cats as the Monsters. As is "Have you fed the Monsters yet?")
Posted by: kross-eyed kitty | Tuesday, 13 September 2005 at 16:11
That would be fantastic!
Ours have been the Monsters, from when we got Frankie to keep Harvey company. The pair of them were so mischievous and ratbaggy together that the name stuck.
Posted by: DMouse | Tuesday, 13 September 2005 at 18:06
When I was student teaching, my cooperating teacher for German gave me a baggie of some unknown dried grassy stuff. As I looked at him in alarm, he explained that it was home grown catnip, and his cats went nuts for it.
I took it home to my tortoiseshell, who promptly went crazy for it. I stashed it in a high cupboard in the kitchen. The next day, when I got home, there was catnip everywhere, and the cat was stoned for about two days!
Posted by: Kimmer | Wednesday, 14 September 2005 at 12:52
If you like, send me your address thru my email and I will mail you some. There is tons of it that grows wild up north at the trailer so It's very easy for me to get a bunch for you.
Posted by: kross-eyed kitty | Friday, 16 September 2005 at 13:55
LMAO!!! You enabler, you!
Posted by: Nymphe | Sunday, 18 September 2005 at 00:09
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