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[Rompipalle]

Gorgeous! Mine would respond, but they're smacked out of their minds on their super-strong christmas catnip toys

Mia is curiously immune to dried catnip but if we plant catmint in the garden, she goes and rolls in it.

 

[Happy Tree]

 

[oryx]

Paddy using the box from my fluffy slides Christmas present as a plinth. He refused to turn round to say 'Cheese', never mind Happy Christmas!

 

[Rebecca Riot]

Not had catnip here in years - Radar liked it, but one whiff of the stuff would make Sonic aggressive towards the others so he'd strut around doing OSH growling (which sounds like a cross between someone being murdered and someone playing a Theremin, and probably upset the neighbours as well as our other cats), and Jakey didn't react to it - so we never had any in.
Might try some catnip toys with the kittens when they are here.

It's odd how catnip can make some cats aggressive and it seems to affect pedigrees rather than moggies.

I suppose it's a bit like alcohol with humans. It makes some people happy, silly or soppy yet others start spoiling for a fight.

I've got three Savannahs staying here over Christmas and one of them goes completely loopy over the cat friendly disinfectant I use and starts hurling himself around on the floor when he arrives!

 

[Epona]

It's odd how catnip can make some cats aggressive and it seems to affect pedigrees rather than moggies.

I suppose it's a bit like alcohol with humans. It makes some people happy, silly or soppy yet others start spoiling for a fight.

I've got three Savannahs staying here over Christmas and one of them goes completely loopy over the cat friendly disinfectant I use and starts hurling himself around on the floor when he arrives!

Blimey, how big are they?
I've never seen one IRL, I think the later generation ones are nearer large housecat size rather than WTF? size, if I understood it correctly?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

It's odd how catnip can make some cats aggressive and it seems to affect pedigrees rather than moggies.

the two mogs i used to live with were variable on the catnip.

friendly snugglepuss was usually ok but got aggressive once on a bad trip

more cautious kitty generally just became spaced out hippy cat

 

[Rebecca Riot]

Blimey, how big are they?
I've never seen one IRL, I think the later generation ones are nearer large housecat size rather than WTF? size, if I understood it correctly?

The biggest of the three is huge.... about 8kg I think. The middle one's a bit smaller and the third one is normal cat size. As you probably know, the original savannahs were a cross between a cerval and a domestic cat and they're graded using F numbers to denote how close they are to the wild cat. The biggest one staying with me is an F4 and the other two are F7 and F11.

I'll post some pictures of them in the morning.

 

[ddraig]

Cat that lives with a sort of relative
Merry catmass from Dusty

 

[Epona]

Cat that lives with a sort of relative
Merry catmass from Dusty
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Whiskers on that!!!

 

[moose]

It's odd how catnip can make some cats aggressive and it seems to affect pedigrees rather than moggies.

I suppose it's a bit like alcohol with humans. It makes some people happy, silly or soppy yet others start spoiling for a fight.

I've got three Savannahs staying here over Christmas and one of them goes completely loopy over the cat friendly disinfectant I use and starts hurling himself around on the floor when he arrives!

There's a specific brand available on Amazon that seems to drive our cats wild - we have had a number of the butterflies, which are full of catnip and have crackly wings... and crazy stoned faces

 

[Humberto]

Gave some to one of the regular scavengers in pellet form and he was rolling on his back and drooling. Think I made his day.

 

[fucthest8]

Happy Christmas all you cat-lovers, Epona the new boys are beautiful, excited for you.

Good to know we are through the Solstice and longer days are ahead, here's Mitten in sunnier times as a reminder of what's to come. Have a lovely day all.

 

[Rebecca Riot]

The biggest of the three is huge.... about 8kg I think. The middle one's a bit smaller and the third one is normal cat size. As you probably know, the original savannahs were a cross between a cerval and a domestic cat and they're graded using F numbers to denote how close they are to the wild cat. The biggest one staying with me is an F4 and the other two are F7 and F11.

I'll post some pictures of them in the morning.

Here are the 3 Savannah boys. Apollo, Hermes and Merlin.

 

[Epona]

Here are the 3 Savannah boys. Apollo, Hermes and Merlin.View attachment 456578View attachment 456579

Oh they're quite special looking!

Thanks for the photos

 

[seeformiles]

Lil’ Bob wasting no time getting into the Xmas wrapping!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

to all urban's kittehs and their people