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Our And Our Neighbor’s Cats Found Catnip And Cat.exe Stopped Functioning (30 Pics)
Our cat Melchett loves catnip, and I love photographing him and our other cats. Neighborhood cats also visit to "borrow" some nip, including Benji, Tommy, and Bob.
We have two cats at the moment, who have one eye between them. Melchett had one eye removed last year due to a cataract, and Gertrude had both eyes removed this year also due to cataracts. All our cats have been named after characters and animals in the TV show Blackadder, including Edmund, Baldrick, Bubbles, Turnip, Percy, Meg, Mrs. Miggins, and Mildred. Some of our cats have come from rescue centers, but many have just appeared at the door, hoping to be fed and have stayed with us for years.
I have been photographing cats since I got my first camera when I was ten years old, and I'm now in my 50s. They are fascinating to photograph as they always do their own thing and are impossible to predict, so they always provide a challenge to photograph successfully.
Nepeta cataria, otherwise known as catnip, catswort, catwort, or catmint, is well known for its attractiveness to cats. What's less known is that domestic cats aren't the only felines that react to it almost the same as domestic ones. Lynxes, leopards, servals, and cougars, and in rarer cases, tigers and lions, all enjoy the recreational effects of catnip. In general, two-thirds of cats have a natural attraction towards it. The most common effects of catnip on cats are rubbing on the plant, rolling on the ground, licking, and chewing. When they overdose, they usually drool and get irritated or sleepy, meow, growl, and purr, or get really scratchy. But other than that, it's a harmless, fun opportunity for cats to relax.
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Benji
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Yana Friman 6 years ago
The little cunning guy...looks like he's inventing a new trick to try on his hooman)
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Baldrick
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alwaysMispelled 6 years ago
I used to get these cosmic bananas for my cat, Monster. He loooooved them!!!
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Edmund
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Melchett
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Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
I know from experience that, whether in a planter or a garden, cats will chew a live catnip plant right down to the roots. I don’t know how the growers of what becomes the dried catnip manage to keep their crops intact.
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Melchett
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Melchett
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Edmund
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Elaine Mattingly 6 years ago
Some fall off the wagon, I fell off the Empire State building...................and I'm still falling.
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Gertrude
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Melchett
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troufaki13 6 years ago
My cat must be the only cat in the entire universe that doesn't like catnip... :/
Sarah Huston 6 years ago
Not all cats do. It's genetically determined which ones react and which don't. https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/08/catnip/
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Sherri Haight 6 years ago
I made a bored panda account just to say not only cute pics awesome blackadder names
Podunkus 6 years ago
Neither does my cat, so instead we share a pint every now and then. 🍺
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CaptainDinosaur 6 years ago
My boy Attila is a 14 year old tabby and he's never liked catnip, but if a human-type is... ahh... let's say enjoying some people-nip, he just has to come enjoy the atmosphere.
Gilda Farrell 6 years ago
And they don't get addicted to it and it doesn't do them any harm. That's so not fair.
Jackie Wacky 6 years ago
.Lovely collection of pics of kitties who are totally wasted! It seems that Melchett needs to start going to Catnip Anonymous meetings 😄
Eagle Girl 6 years ago
These pix are Classic!! But it's not fair to us cat ppl who don't have a high speed camera & 90% of these pix would be blurs lol
Oskar vanZandt 6 years ago
Melchett was my favourite... what a character! It's fun to see your cat stoned: I rarel give mine catnip, but I do love the wathc their antics when I do!
Anna McHugh 6 years ago
So this is how one person spent quarantine: watching Blackadder and dealing with drug-addled flatmates...
Chris DiFonso 6 years ago
When any cat is under the influence of catnip, the cat's name should be either Cheech or Chong. Even if the cat is female. Period.
Jenn Marriott 6 years ago
I don't know what catnip actually does to a cat, I'm more of a dog person. But Edmund is the best, paws 🐾 down!!
bored human 6 years ago
That's just what the cats want you to think. They are all actually being mentally transported to the secret cat society meeting where they go over their plans to overthrow the hoomans.
Biljana Malesevic 6 years ago
My cat likes when I put a little around her scratching pole, then she literally dances around that pole, like a fluffy tiny pole dancer. At the end she just lies down and blinks while rubbing her little head on the same post. It's incredibly cute.
Sansa Blacktyde 6 years ago
I love that you named your cat after Blackadder characters! My cats also go crazy after licking catnip!
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Love this post, adorable kittens, a good laugh at some, my two girls like cat nip, I sprinkle on the floor, they eat, then roll around, but not a reaction as some on this post, thanks for the laughs !!!
Victoria Swift 6 years ago
Holy s**t Batman, that has to be the WORST headline I've ever read...
Dorothy Cloud 6 years ago
I always thought they enjoyed catnip. These pictures look like they're in pain!
Katerina Huskova 6 years ago
Well, I don't like cats in general...but I don't fond it ok to give them drugs 🤷🏻♀️
Eunice Probert 6 years ago
Catnip is non addictive and doesn't harm cats, as drugs harm humans. In fact, there have been some studies made to try to adapt catnip for human use.
Load More Replies... troufaki13 6 years ago
My cat must be the only cat in the entire universe that doesn't like catnip... :/
Sarah Huston 6 years ago
Not all cats do. It's genetically determined which ones react and which don't. https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/06/08/catnip/
Load More Replies... Sherri Haight 6 years ago
I made a bored panda account just to say not only cute pics awesome blackadder names
Podunkus 6 years ago
Neither does my cat, so instead we share a pint every now and then. 🍺
Load More Replies... CaptainDinosaur 6 years ago
My boy Attila is a 14 year old tabby and he's never liked catnip, but if a human-type is... ahh... let's say enjoying some people-nip, he just has to come enjoy the atmosphere.
Gilda Farrell 6 years ago
And they don't get addicted to it and it doesn't do them any harm. That's so not fair.
Jackie Wacky 6 years ago
.Lovely collection of pics of kitties who are totally wasted! It seems that Melchett needs to start going to Catnip Anonymous meetings 😄
Eagle Girl 6 years ago
These pix are Classic!! But it's not fair to us cat ppl who don't have a high speed camera & 90% of these pix would be blurs lol
Oskar vanZandt 6 years ago
Melchett was my favourite... what a character! It's fun to see your cat stoned: I rarel give mine catnip, but I do love the wathc their antics when I do!
Anna McHugh 6 years ago
So this is how one person spent quarantine: watching Blackadder and dealing with drug-addled flatmates...
Chris DiFonso 6 years ago
When any cat is under the influence of catnip, the cat's name should be either Cheech or Chong. Even if the cat is female. Period.
Jenn Marriott 6 years ago
I don't know what catnip actually does to a cat, I'm more of a dog person. But Edmund is the best, paws 🐾 down!!
bored human 6 years ago
That's just what the cats want you to think. They are all actually being mentally transported to the secret cat society meeting where they go over their plans to overthrow the hoomans.
Biljana Malesevic 6 years ago
My cat likes when I put a little around her scratching pole, then she literally dances around that pole, like a fluffy tiny pole dancer. At the end she just lies down and blinks while rubbing her little head on the same post. It's incredibly cute.
Sansa Blacktyde 6 years ago
I love that you named your cat after Blackadder characters! My cats also go crazy after licking catnip!
sharron lynn parsons 6 years ago
Love this post, adorable kittens, a good laugh at some, my two girls like cat nip, I sprinkle on the floor, they eat, then roll around, but not a reaction as some on this post, thanks for the laughs !!!
Victoria Swift 6 years ago
Holy s**t Batman, that has to be the WORST headline I've ever read...
Dorothy Cloud 6 years ago
I always thought they enjoyed catnip. These pictures look like they're in pain!
Katerina Huskova 6 years ago
Well, I don't like cats in general...but I don't fond it ok to give them drugs 🤷🏻♀️
Eunice Probert 6 years ago
Catnip is non addictive and doesn't harm cats, as drugs harm humans. In fact, there have been some studies made to try to adapt catnip for human use.
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