NOT ALL CATS REACT TO CATNIP TOYS

Roanoke Times & World News | October 5, 2008| | Copyright

Our cat used to love her catnip toys, but recently she seems to have gone off them and does not play with them very often. Do you have an idea why this has happened?

Not every cat has the ability to enjoy catnip. The herb belongs to the mint family and contains the essential oil nepetalactone; the highest concentration is in the buds.

Response to this herb is inherited, and it is estimated that 10 percent to 30 percent of cats do not react to it. Kittens younger than 6 to 8 weeks do not react to catnip. Even in older cats the response can be very varied, from becoming besotted with the ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

CAPE KENNEDY GAVE `KENNEDY' THE BOOT.(Lifestyles/Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ; ...News Staff Writer First it was Cape Canaveral, then it was Cape Kennedy, now it's Cape Canaveral again...space-flight center - ``Cape Kennedy'' on Nov. 29, 1963, a week after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. He also created...
United States: URS wins Cape Kennedy contract from NASA worth up to $1.5 billion.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo ; ...Engineering giant URS Corp. will work at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida under a new contract worth...U.S. Air Force on a wide variety of projects at Kennedy and also at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and at Patrick Air Force...
Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center will keep place in the sun.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) ; Byline: Michael Cabbage CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. _ Amid the...certainly will lift off from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral...said Woodrow Whitlow, Kennedy Space Center's deputy director...going to bring a lot of work to Kennedy Space Center," Weldon said...
Kennedy voices displeasure over Cape Wind's proposal.(Business)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald ; ...S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy yesterday openly confirmed...noting his family ties to Cape Cod, Kennedy sharply criticized the...studies, Rodgers said, Cape Wind hopes Kennedy...In his statement, Kennedy also faults the Bush...
Rep. Kennedy eyes Cape scrimmage with cousin
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe ; ...forward to breaking the ice, Kennedy-style, in a football game...he was going to be down on the Cape next weekend," Kennedy said. "I look forward to playing...or more of a contact contest? Kennedy laughed, but didn't exactly...
KENNEDY MYSTIQUE AND MUCH MORE LURE VISITORS TO HISTORIC CAPE COD.(Getaways)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) ; Our travel plans to Cape Cod had not included...weekend of staking out the Kennedy compound overlooking...cape than the exclusive Kennedy enclave, a cluster of...endless sand dunes in the Cape Cod National Seashore...that President John F. Kennedy preserved in 1961. Since...
COMMENTARY; Kennedy rocks the boat in Nantucket Sound wind-power debate; Supports clean power, but not on Cape Cod
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA ; ...when it comes to the Cape Cod wind-power debate. A wrinkle here is that Kennedy's New York-based...mother, Ethel Skakel Kennedy, and about 40 other...cream of the crop of Cape Cod's nonprofit community...about 20 minutes later, Kennedy had produced a remarkable...
Paul Hill's daughter in abduction drama outside Cape Cod home of Kennedy clan.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) ; ...theGuildford Four - and Courtney Kennedy - of the famous Massachusetts...s home in Hyannisport in Cape Codon Thursday evening. As...women brought her round to the Kennedy compound. Courtney and Saoirse...re all very upset. Ethel Kennedy, Robert'swidow, has sent...
ESCAPE TO THE CAPE; Coastal haven: Portland Head at Cape Elizabeth, off Maine, is a rival to Cape Cod, where Jackie Kennedy Onassis had a family home .
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) ; ...rolls and salad before heading towards Cape Cod. The bill is reassuringly expensive even before we get to the tip. The Cape is a long, curving peninsula stretching...Rhode Island is old money, says Kate. But Cape Cod is what my grandpa calls quiet money...
ESCAPE TO THE CAPE; Coastal haven: Portland Head at Cape Elizabeth, off Maine, is a rival to Cape Cod, where Jackie Kennedy Onassis had a family home.
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) ; ...rolls and salad before heading towards Cape Cod. The bill is 'reassuringly expensive' even before we get to the tip. The Cape is a long, curving peninsula stretching...Island is old money,' says Kate. 'But Cape Cod is what my grandpa calls "quiet money...

Find more facts and information related to the article "NOT ALL CATS REACT TO CATNIP TOYS"