Hello, I’m Christopher! Learn my introduction to study extra about me and my foolish Russian Blue cat, Olga.
Indoor cats don’t stay very thrilling lives when their homeowners aren’t round to entertain them. They’ll play with toys and interactive video games, tear up the furnishings, and nibble on houseplants, however they like interacting with their homeowners to the options. Though I earn a living from home, Olga’s playtime schedule doesn’t at all times align with mine.
After I’m completed with work and dinner, she’s often conked out on the sofa and doesn’t need to chase a paper ball or run round the home. I don’t purchase new treats or toys as a result of I haven’t had a lot luck previously, and Olga is an extremely opinionated feline.
Catnip’s Results
She likes catnip toys, however she will get uninterested in them rapidly. She undoubtedly enjoys the euphoria of catnip, and I’m uncertain why, however she prefers to roll round on the kitchen flooring fairly than the carpet when she’s hallucinating. Maybe the vinyl comforts her when she sees colourful patterns and fantasizes about flightless birds.
I haven’t given her catnip shortly, however I did one thing out of character final week and purchased her a bag of silver vine (Actinidia polygama) sticks. I used to be skeptical that they might have an effect on her since she’s a freak of nature, and like most cat homeowners, I consider my cat is stranger than everybody else’s.
Prepping the Silver Vine
The directions on the silver vine bag mentioned to take away the bark earlier than giving it to your cat, which I assumed was odd since each image on the corporate’s web site had cats chewing on sticks with bark. Eradicating the bark is meant to make the silver vine extra fragrant and interesting to cats, and I believe they solely saved the bark on as a result of it appeared higher within the photographs.
Silver vine has a darkish brown bark, however the inside is lighter and fewer photogenic. I peeled the bark off with a potato peeler, and after I dumped it within the trash can, Olga ran over and began sniffing the ground round it. I referred to as her over to the lounge and held out the stick. She sniffed it for a couple of seconds and tried to knock it out of my hand.
Olga’s Mystical Journey
After I threw it out within the hallway, she ran to it, and for the following 20 or half-hour, she rolled round on the ground, chewed on the stick, and acted like a cheerful drunk. In contrast to catnip, the silver vine saved her glued to the ground. After she stretched out, she didn’t need to rise up.
After I tossed the stick throughout the room, she scooted towards it by utilizing her entrance legs as carpet paddles. I’ve by no means seen a lazy cat transfer so quick whereas mendacity down. Silver vine doesn’t have an effect on all cats, and I used to be involved Olga wouldn’t prefer it, nevertheless it turned her right into a comical idiot and allowed me to make an amusing movie.
