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TIL I learned about the "catnip gene" (europe.pub)
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[โ€“] CreateProblems@corndog.social 2 points 2 months ago

Our cat doesn't respond to catnip but she does respond to silvervine!

I don't think it's the classic catnip response (which I assume is because of her genes) but she gets more playful and her pupils enlarge... for a few minutes and then she just wants to take a nap ๐Ÿ˜‚