Alt Text: A cartoon illustration of a happy and dazed cat floating high up in the sky above a neighborhood. Caption reads “The catnip had been particularly exceptional that morning.”
Alt Text: A cartoon illustration of a happy and dazed cat floating high up in the sky above a neighborhood. Caption reads “The catnip had been particularly exceptional that morning.”
That’s really interesting, I had no idea there was a connection to social hormones. I wonder if there’s a correlation (among catnip responders) between how social a cat is vs how they react to catnip?
I had an otherwise extremely timid near-feral cat who went VIOLENTLY insane on catnip, and our highly social boy we have now is just moderately into it, nowhere near the amount of excitement. I wonder if it’s because his social hormone receptors are already fairly activated.
Or it’s just random coincidence!