I find the cats LOVE the honeysuckle ---I have had experiences with cat nip
products where cat nip causes the cat to urinate---I once purchased a cat nip
banana which cost $7 and had to throw it away as one of the cats totally
drenched it in urine. Also I found that my siamese becomes aggressive when she
plays with a catnip toy. She will growl and spit at the other cats.
I much prefer the honeysuckle. And did you know the toy can be rejuvenated by
dampening it and placing it into the refrigerator for awhile?
L.M., Florida
FROM KITTY KOTTAGE:
Thanks Lori - I'm wondering if any of our other readers
have found their cats react to catnip this way - and if
it has to do with the brand of catnip. I brought a
catnip toy home once (that we did not make) and one of
our cats did the same thing, but has never done that to
any of our Kitty Kottage catnip toys. Please
e-mail
valerie@kittykottage.com if you've had this same
experience, and if you have any explanation for it!
Thanks!
We received these really great pictures
from one of our most recent "fans". His name is
Tai and he's a real handsome fellow. Especially
take note of the Honeysuckle Mouse and then the "Fan
Mail" from his owner Simon. And best of all -
they're Canadian!
"My cat (2 year
old Tonkinese) just loves your Honeysuckle Mouse. It’s
his little buddie and he goes everywhere with it. I’ve
already gone through 4 of them as he ends up chewing
them up to shreds. He will not play with any other toys
or mice. I don’t understand it. I have a rather large
pile of other toys just sitting there with nobody to
play with. He also love’s to play fetch with it…much
like a dog…kinda weird if you ask me. It’s gotten to the
point that I have to have
multiple
mice around just in case he loses one under the couch.
He actually get’s depressed when he doesn’t have his
little buddie around. As soon as I find it for him, he
goes NUTS! He amuses himself for hours. Kinda makes us
jealous…but whatever keeps him happy is ok with me."
Simon, Ontario, Canada
And a little while ago we received
this story - what a hoot!
Gianni was so silly after playing with his new toys, he jumped upon the stone
dog's head! It's now a favorite place for him! He's a Devon Rex.
He's 18 months old. I adopted him last February ... Again, he loves his new
toys, thanks for providing honeysuckle cat toys.
Tina
Thanks so much for the picture
Tina!
"I just ordered 10 bottles of your honeysuckle spray.
I work for the West Columbia Gorge Humane Society in
Washougal, Wa. I introduce our (feral catcher) who
goes out and rescues, and does catch/spay/neuter and
release and she is using the honeysuckle to help capture
the little darlings so she can get them in to the vet or
into the shelter. She sprays down the trap and they
can't resist, even the wildest, wary tomcats! She is
tickled to death, makes her life a lot easier.
I also use it to help soothe the one who are on display
at adoption centers. And when I get new kitties (I
foster them and have anywhere from 14 - 40 living in my
house at one time.
Thank you, thank you, thank you and I have recommended
your web site to all the 'cat avengers'."
P.P., Washington
"All's well here. The honeysuckle spray is helping my kitties remain
calm even though I've just put the three who like
each other with the one who's aggressive and a
newcomer, into one bedroom, while I babysit my
daughter's dog in the rest of the house. The dog is
pretty big but has two cats and four new-born
kittens at home and is the stand-in kitten sitter
with approval of the mom-cat at my daughter's house.
But my three cats aren't friends with any dogs and
they have an anti-cat neighbor dog so this is
traumatic for them when I don't have honeysuckle
spray all over the room I put them into. The dog is
here now and, thanks to the honeysuckle spray, three
of the cats are all quiet, curled up, looking
content, and the fourth is all stretched out now,
sleeping! I've baby-sat this dog 4 time. The 1st 2
were with honeysuckle to help keep it stress free.
The 3rd time, the dog came before I was ready and I
hadn't sprayed the honeysuckle. The difference was
like night and day. The cats yowled to get out, then
hid under the bed and make pitiful mew noises. I
made sure I was ready this time!
When we all had to get out of the house and yard
due to exterior and interior work on our house, I
had to put all the cats into my van and drive a
round for a couple hours. They survived, once again,
with the honeysuckle spray, plus lots of kitty
cushions and I was able to let them out of their cat
carriers to explore the van. Without the honeysuckle
they don't calm down in the car at all, whether in
or out of their carriers, not to mention the added
tension of having to be so close to the cat who
doesn't like any of them, and her so close to any
other cats at all, since she's chased other cats
away, all her life, until now that she has to live
with us.
But my three cats are the kind that think
honeysuckle means security, happiness and love,
apparently making them feel something like safe
little kittens, for they cuddle it, lick it, rub
their heads against it and kneed it, smile with
their eyes, mouths, cheeks and are all whiskers and
ears forward. Sometimes they play with Honeysuckle
items a little, but mostly they cuddle with them. I
did catch my biggest cat playing with the big long
honeysuckle toy the other day! ;-) "
Best wishes,
- I.C., California
I put the toys in my lunch bag, and when I
arrived home last night had actually forgotten about
them being there for a moment. Soon, I see Trapper
ransacking the bag; he had nosed his way in and came
out with the pink “sock-like” toy and ran away with
it. In his usual fashion, he was rolling around on
the floor and his eyes looked like he was headed
straight to kitty heaven. Our other cat, Raffi, is
an “old soul” and rarely gets revved up about
anything—even he was in overdrive, rolling around
and rubbing the toy all over his face.
J.W., Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Kitty Kottage
10806-152 Street
Edmonton AB T5P1Z5
CANADA
This
is Aria ...
multiple
mice around just in case he loses one under the couch.
He actually get’s depressed when he doesn’t have his
little buddie around. As soon as I find it for him, he
goes NUTS! He amuses himself for hours. Kinda makes us
jealous…but whatever keeps him happy is ok with me.
