Just Say No!
I think my cat Mal is a little too sensitive to the nip. I gave them some when they were mostly kittens, but Kaylee was never really interested, and Mal would roll around in it and make a big mess. But recently a friend gave me some of her old nip and I thought I would see how they would react. This wasn't the good stuff, this was older, stale nip that her cats were turning up their noses at.
It did not go well. Mal ate all his nip, went over and chased his sister off to eat her nip, then started beating her up for looking at him funny (as in serious rolling around and yowling at each other). After I intervened and Kaylee ran off, he spent a half hour with his turbo track toy, obsessively rolling the ball around and around the circular track, then threw up on the carpet and passed out on the sofa. He is now snoring away, while Kaylee looks at me accusingly like "What did you do to him, Mama?"
I think I need to not give him nip anymore. He's a mean drunk.
It did not go well. Mal ate all his nip, went over and chased his sister off to eat her nip, then started beating her up for looking at him funny (as in serious rolling around and yowling at each other). After I intervened and Kaylee ran off, he spent a half hour with his turbo track toy, obsessively rolling the ball around and around the circular track, then threw up on the carpet and passed out on the sofa. He is now snoring away, while Kaylee looks at me accusingly like "What did you do to him, Mama?"
I think I need to not give him nip anymore. He's a mean drunk.