If you're a cat lover, you know that your furry friends can go absolutely wild for a sprinkling of catnip, the green herb that can be found in many cat toys or even grown in your own garden. Once a ...

Many of us can spend hours watching cats experience catnip for the first time. I know I can. From chaotic rolling around or spinning in circles to zenning out in the corner- cats' reactions to catnip ...

While catnip is the most well-known stimulant, valerian offers a unique alternative that can provide similar effects. Some cats love it, while others may have a different reaction. If you’re looking ...

DEAR JOAN: Can catnip be calming to cats? Our cats often seek out their catnip fish or catnip banana to sleep on. One cat, when he’s stressed by the other cat eating his food or bullying him, seems to ...

Cats have funny reactions to catnip as some roll on the floor and others run around like they are wild. Catnip is no magic ...

I have two cats at home, Rusty and Foo, who have very different characters. I gave them both some catnip the other day and they had two very different reactions. Foo sniffed it suspiciously and walked ...

Catnip's active compound, nepetalactone, triggers a euphoric response in cats by activating their brain's opioid reward ...

Feral cats are a tough nut to crack. They're not inclined to like people very much—we are big, scary, weird creatures to them—and it takes a long, long time to get a feral cat to be comfortable in ...

A cat owner came home to a mess after several of her felines teamed up to open a bag of catnip. The owner, Debbie, who is known on Reddit as DoomsdayDebbie, shared a photo of one of the culprits ...

After check-in, cats are brought inside to wait to be taken into prep for the operation. Their crates were covered to help keep them calm. (Maia Labbe/WUFT News) Operation Catnip celebrated a ...