Excuse me, but I don’t want to encourage drug use among the ferals, no matter how much I like honeysuckle. I do wish I had some success with lavender as it is supposed to be a natural flea bane. This crowd ignores the catnip and knocks over the lavender.

i once accused bryan of exporting some of his ferals to my neck of the woods, because mine [the first batch, anyway] all came out looking a lot like his…. just sayin….

but yes, the catnip attraction is genetic, and mine, every single one of them, are all gonzo nutso over catnip, so i guess i’ll have to find somebody else to blame.

even the fluffy black dog likes catnip toys.

if they don’t like catnip, you can always try valerian and honeysuckle.

It’s just this crew, Ame. It must be genetic, because they are all related, even my indoor cats.

My neighbors have cats that go crazy over it, but mine ignore it.

I did not know that feral cats were not attracted to the herb. My Manx cats used to roll around in it they loved it so much

Ame, I grew cat nip for years, but the local ferals ignore it as do my inside cats. I end up giving it to other people. I grow it right by that food dish and it is unmolested.

It isn’t quite time to put in the petunias and whatever for the spring. We should have at least one more cold spell around Easter.

She isn’t Ted-class, Jams, but then, no other cat is.

Tonto looks like (and sounds like!) one mean mother