The catnip itself can be different, too -

I bought a baggie of "natural grown" dried catnip at the petstore (not one of the big commercial pet brands)- Pixel LOVES the stuff, and I keep his little mouse toys in the bag so that they get lots of catnip worked into them -

If he can, he will get into the cabinet and steal the whole plastic bag! Once he got it and chewed a corner of it open, and I found it behind the refridgerator! I had to put what was left in a sandwich baggie, so now I don't have the package for the "brand' name.

I also signed up for that freebie packet of goodies from Hartz -
(online at their website, in case you missed it) and that goodie bag also came with a small package of dried catnip. however, it must not be as 'good' or as strong smelling, as Pixel totally ignored that bag of catnip! I did notice that it seemed 'drier' and more finely ground - maybe it was old stock? but he definately doesn't pay as much attention to 'nip from that bag!

I got some seeds at the store and am trying to grow my own in a pot - we'll see how that turns out! right now they are only tiny seedlings, and he ignores them. I have them in a hanging pot, just to keep him OUT of them until they get pretty well 'established'.


laura