cats' reactions to drugs (aside from pot!)

[bingalpaws]

Yeah the comments are mentioning a hand touchign the cat or something. But, from the my first post when I started this thread, I was very explicit - I'm not trying to retard a cat, or to see how fuct up I can get it. Rather, I just want to provide the little things in nature that are so sweet. For humans, we have the coca plant, opium poppies, marijuana, etc. For cats, there seems to be valerian and catnip (was hoping for some more solid ones than those two..). I like that I, in this modern age, can source those products cheaply and easily and let my cat enjoy them - this was never ever intended to be about making your cat trip balls or act retarded or anything like that, if someone gave their cat something and it produced a reaction like that video, I'd say that may just be bordering on animal abuse.

 

[fastandbulbous]

this was never ever intended to be about making your cat trip balls or act retarded or anything like that, if someone gave their cat something and it produced a reaction like that video, I'd say that may just be bordering on animal abuse.

That's why I didn't close this thread, because it's genuinely about which plants do cats find attractive & why, not about dosing cats with all sorts of drugs (other than those given by a vet for genuine medical reasons). Doing such is animal abuse and personally anybody who does such things, with either cats or any other animal, is someone who I have an extremely low opinion of and feel noth but comtempt for.

Having a garden full of catnip, valerian or any other plant that cats may encounter in the wild and safely enjoy contact with is, IMO giving the cats a more interesting life as they have a choice; dosing them 'for a laugh' by hiding drugs in food is the act of a callous arsehole.

 

[Coolio]

There's NO reason to buy over-the-counter drugs, supplements, or vitamins from physical stores. They're always ridiculously overpriced compared to online vendors.

 

[bingalpaws]

That's why I didn't close this thread, because it's genuinely about which plants do cats find attractive & why, not about dosing cats with all sorts of drugs (other than those given by a vet for genuine medical reasons). Doing such is animal abuse and personally anybody who does such things, with either cats or any other animal, is someone who I have an extremely low opinion of and feel noth but comtempt for.

Having a garden full of catnip, valerian or any other plant that cats may encounter in the wild and safely enjoy contact with is, IMO giving the cats a more interesting life as they have a choice; dosing them 'for a laugh' by hiding drugs in food is the act of a callous arsehole.

Wow I don't think I could've summed it up myself any better. I would *never* dose my cat in his food, I would never give him a ketamine shot or anything for the fun of it (I'd only let him get ketamine at a vet, and in all honesty I highly doubt I'd even let him get that unless he absolutely needed it for a surgery or something).

In my lifetime, I have seen what nature has to offer, be it mushrooms, marijuana, and all the others. I think it's amazing these exist in nature and have just been trying to find others that I think my cat would like besides the two I knew. My cat could give 2 shits about pot, and I knew that would make this page littered with 'my cat eats my pot' posts which is why I named it like that.

But f&b, it doesn't seem much has really been brought to the table, so if this completely derails into 'how to mess up teh cat' it should probably be closed as a public service since most would agree that's not enriching the cat's life, it's animal abuse.

There's NO reason to buy over-the-counter drugs, supplements, or vitamins from physical stores. They're always ridiculously overpriced compared to online vendors.

There's plenty of reasons coolio. I'm not saying I don't use online vendors, but at stores there's a ton of attributes online cannot have (product in hand immediately, no shipping fee, no local store if product is bad/expired/not what you envisioned, knowledgable staffed employee help, etc).

 

[Coolio]

You aren't going to find knowledgeable staff at a GNC. It's often cheaper for most OTC products to pay overnight shipping rather than to buy it off a shelf.

 

[LuxEtVeritas]

my pets (4 dogs and 1 cat) are all weird enough...

they each all have at least one weird quirk

one has had intermittent manic episodes that one would think she got into some form of stimulant bigtime, but it i guess is just an acute weird internal situation that occurs time to time

one time another one of my dogs who i am pretty sure did not ingest anything suspect was acting as if you'd think he was having a bad acid trip for hours...scared the piss out of me with concern...heard others with similar stories and worse related episodes

by and large though they are all great pets and luckily in good health (for now)

 

[bingalpaws]

You aren't going to find knowledgeable staff at a GNC. It's often cheaper for most OTC products to pay overnight shipping rather than to buy it off a shelf.

That's completely untrue (re GNC). It depends, just like with every other store, who is helping you. GNC, just like radio shack, best buy, or home depot, will sometimes have staffers who are oblivious, and sometimes have waaaay over-qualified sales associates. I used to manage a health food store (big chain one), and I can promise you that of my staff, only 1 person was clueless on most things, 1 other was only barely competent with his knowledge, and the rest were waaaaay more knowledgable than you'd believe if I told you.

And also, about price, it's a bigger issue than just dollars and cents, as the products are not necessarily the same. I *would* buy my caffeine powder from less than reputable dealers (looking at you, bulk nutrition!), because the amounts consumed are very small - so I'm not too worried about a possible contamination causing me major problems. However, what about my three 1g pills of fish oil every day? I sure as hell buy those somewhere that I know purifies and tests them, and warranties them to be clean, pure, and of proper potency. It really just depends on the product. I would never say GNC is gonna beat the cheapest of the cheap for online stuff - they can't get close, but you've gotta take more than money into account here is my point.

 

[Mandark]

My cat is crazy about pills. I can't leave any loose, because he'd eat them for sure. He did a few times, but fortunately it was nothing dangerous (or psychoactive). I think he just likes the taste.

 

[Coolio]

My cats don't respond to catnip really. I've tried catnip oil, catnip toys, and dried catnip leaf and they basically ignore it. The catnip oil has such a strong scent that they run away from it if I try to stick it in their faces. They're young Bombay cats.

Anyone else who knows what drugs their cats like or don't care for, please list what breed of cat you have. Maybe the gene necessary to be affected by nepalactones was bred out a long time ago in certain breeds?

 

[bingalpaws]

I do know catnip is only gonna affect 2/3 of cats, and it is hereditary. My cat is affected by catnip and valerian. He is a hybrid, a 'bengal', which is a cross between a (wild) asian leopard cat and a domesticated cat. He's a 3rd (4th?) generation, the first generation that is considered domestic and not wild, at least in the state I bought him in (I now live in FL, I'd imagine I could get first gens here legally if I wanted, but in MA it had to be 3rd or 4th gen to not be considered a wild animal).

***mandark*** please, please be careful with <i think> acetaminophen. I'm pretty sure it's paracetamol/apap/acetaminophen that is very, very highly toxic to cats. That means your excedrine pills (which contain acetaminophen), or whatever the name brand for acetaminophen is, are very hazardous to your cat, so be very careful!

 

[qwe]

Sorry if this derails your topic in any way, but here's a creepy link that could be of some interest to your query.

Ahh, the many reasons I'm a practicing vegan.

ive seen that video linked a million times

is anyone else suspicious that they are electrocuting the cage and NOT giving the cat LSD,

and some faggot combined the electrocute-cage-cat video with a 'this is a cat on LSD' header and submitted it to youtube?

 

[bingalpaws]

not only am I suspicious, I'd bet money on it. I don't see why a cat wouldn't curl up in a ball, get in defensive positions, etc... it genuinely looks like the cage is wired. But that's not even remotely relevant, as this has nothing to do with 'how can I get teh cat fuct up real bad!?', it's about gentler psychoactive plants that cats enjoy in nature, and, in this day and age where we can just go online and order said herbs, potentially allow our cats some of the pleasures we enjoy

 

[PsyGhost]

Sometimes I smoke my cats' catnip. They don't seem to mind as long as I drop some on the floor. Though I had a cannabis plant and some catnip on a table and one of my cats at the entire cannabis plant (it was young, only 8 inches tall) and didn't bother at all with the catnip.

I also make sure i give my cats the finest of catnip, no seeds and no stems! Sensi only!!