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Christmas Package CATNIP Sack

kitty December 14, 2014

Don’t forget about your cat this Christmas. Cat’s love Christmas too! Now you can get Crack For Kitty CATNIP prearranged in a Christmas package. This holiday sack is ready to give to your kitty or to the cat lover in your life. Each sack is hand sewn from 100% natural burlap then topped off with a festive bow. Inside the burlap sack you will find a resealable bag containing 0.5 oz of catnip. Each bag has roughly 10 tablespoons or one months worth of catnip. Of course, you may not get a months worth out of this bag if you have more than one cat or if your cat(s) are catnip addicts.

Our catnip is 100 % USDA certified organic catnip which means it is free of all pesticides and is non-GMO. Grown in the USA under strict standards and harvested for maximum purity and potency. Each bag of Crack For Kitty Catnip contains only catnip leaves and flowers (no fillers, just pure catnip bliss). Scientifically known as Nepeta Cataria but to cats, it is simply kitty crack!

Make your cat feel blissful and groovy by sprinkling out about a tablespoon 2 to 3 times a week. The euphoric state typically lasts 2 to 5 minutes. Sometimes, you can get up to 15 minutes of kitty high depending on your cat. Be sure to rub some catnip between your fingers to release the chemical known as nepetalactone; the natural catnip oil that drives cats wild.

NOTE: Occasionally, small amounts of stems from leaves and flowers might be found in the mixture. This catnip is safe for human use and consumption. Kittens will not respond to catnip until they are about six months old. Sadly, 10 to 30 percent of cats will not respond at all to catnip.

EXTRA NOTE: Each order is for ONE sack however, you can order as many sacks as you want. Since the each sack is hand made there will be slight variations between each one such as size. Also, the topper (bow) may not necessary match the product picture.

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What You May Not Know About Catnip

kitty September 27, 2014

Did you know that catnip comes from the mint family? And here you thought it came from the pet store. What you may not know about catnip. Really, catnip is a herb that grows in the soil. Catnip comes from the plant Lamiaceae which is from the genus Nepeta and of the species Cataria. There are over 200 species of this plant! It is obvious that catnip has deep origins. Now that we got all that out of the way, do you know why your kitty goes nuts over catnip? To put it simply, there is a alluring chemical composition in the Nepeta Cataria plant. What is this magical substance you ask that can send your kitty to a state of bliss? It’s the substances known as nepetalactone, which is the active ingredient secreted from the leaves and stems of the catnip plant.

Nepetalactone oil is extremely volatile which means that is dissipates very rapidly. The fresher the catnip the higher the potency of oil. It is the oil from the catnip plant that drives cats mad. A fresh leaf from the catnip plant has the highest potency. One fresh leaf is stronger than that old catnip mouse, in fact, one fresh leaf from the catnip plant is stronger than the bag of catnip you just picked up at the pet store. As with most things in life, fresher is always better. Like every plant from the mint family, the catnip plant has a short shelf life. The main reason catnip looses it’s effect is due to the nepetalactone oil. This oil in the catnip plant is UV photosensitive. It is for this reason that you need to store catnip in a dark, cool and dry place for maximum freshness. Therefore, unless you play on giving that whole tub of catnip you just bought to your kitty you should probably stick with smaller quantities of catnip.