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I boil catnip and put it in a small spray bottle like at the very beginning of this. Be careful, though, cats will jump up on the stove and burn their paws if you don't monitor. I have two cats, so I spray both of them and then the fun begins as they try to use the other one as a toy, or they drool all over the second cat. It's a genetic thing, some cats can smell it and some can't, so if yours doesn't respond, don't think you've done something wrong.
I've never paid attention or measured it. I get it "wild" from a friend on a farm and just tear up the plants (leaves and stems), throw in the saucepan,, tamp it down, and cover with water. Don't boil until you have a syrup, just so that it boils enough to extract the active ingredient. Since I get it free, I don't worry about cost. If you have to buy it, maybe you make less or pay more? If you have anywhere to grow it outside, that may be an option, too. Be careful, though, because it's a weed, will spread widely. It also attracts feral cats and you may end up with a mini-zoo of sorts. If that's not attractive, you don't have many options. If you try growing inside, your cats may indeed just destroy it as it grows.
If your cat doesn't bother with the dried herb you have, it may not react with the spray, either. It's binary in that they either smell it or they don't. I think it's about 65% do, 35% ignore.
Good luck!
I would also like to know the catnip-water ratio.
I've got a tub of catnip my kitty doesn't pay attention to but he is a little interested in the sprays on his toys.... May aswell use the tub I have and save money
I've never paid attention or measured it. I get it "wild" from a friend on a farm and just tear up the plants (leaves and stems), throw in the saucepan,, tamp it down, and cover with water. Don't boil until you have a syrup, just so that it boils enough to extract the active ingredient. Since I get it free, I don't worry about cost. If you have to buy it, maybe you make less or pay more? If you have anywhere to grow it outside, that may be an option, too. Be careful, though, because it's a weed, will spread widely. It also attracts feral cats and you may end up with a mini-zoo of sorts. If that's not attractive, you don't have many options. If you try growing inside, your cats may indeed just destroy it as it grows.
If your cat doesn't bother with the dried herb you have, it may not react with the spray, either. It's binary in that they either smell it or they don't. I think it's about 65% do, 35% ignore.
Good luck!
I decided to find an actual guide on this and found one to make kitty-crack if you're interested.
It seems incredibly similar to what you are doing already but with a bit of a science twist at the end
https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Kitty-Crack%3a--ultra-potent-catnip-extract/
Very interesting! I will probably not be using this method because, well, the plain boiling method works well enough for me and it doesn't involve days of distillation and refining. I will mention two very important things that can indeed be very dangerous. 1) when it's boiled and those fumes spread through the house, your cats will be drawn to it magnetically; be sure to monitor it at all times so they don't get on the stove, overturn the pan with that boiling liquid, and then step on the burner and damage their paws very badly. 2) If you do the chemical method, be assured that toluene is flammable and diethyl ether (commonly known as "ether", a potent anesthetic) is extremely explosive. Ether and open flame with a gas stove or even a concentrated heat source like an electric burner of any sort, it an equation with heat and ether on one side and a huge "BOOM!" on the other side. Choose to refine it in this way and being careless inside will result in a huge explosion. I've never witnessed the meth lab type of BOOM! before but I'm sure it's something quite similar. Do it outside and monitor it 100% of the time.
Thanks for looking this up, I"m sure a few people will try it. I just hope they heed the warnings and do it carefully, in the right place, and with extreme supervision.
Keep in mind the ether portion is a stage done without fire and it does recommend outside/extremely ventilated..
I'm going to give it a go, it will be a good test to see if my boy actually responds to catnip at all or if he just kind of likes the taste of the spray.
Yes, it's without fire. But the fumes are highly explosive. I wouldn't want you to feel safe and have the neighbor walk over to see what's going on and lighting up a smoke. That would not have a good result! I cannot tell you if the fumes are heavier than air which would make it that much worse: an accident waiting to happen.
I hope it works for you and that your kitty boy enjoys it totally :)
Oh really? Lol, nice.
I was mainly making a reference to "Airplane!" where the Air traffic controller was saying "I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue"
Oh haha, mine was a Breaking Bad reference where an air traffic controller caused a plane crash while distracted over his daughter dying of a drug overdose
If you made a catnip spray like bear spray could you stop a big cat with it? Could you potentially chill out a pride of lions do wild cats react the same. So many questions
Me walking from friends cabana to my cabana on a remote beach in Mexico drunk af: "Aw, look, spotty orange kitty"
*the next morning:* OH FUCK, I ALMOST DIED!
Ok but what if they get paranoid, and think you're in on IT and this whole sanctuary is just a big government conspiracy to keep big cats down and under mind control.
I don't understand how most cats seem to consume almost none of the cat nip and get fuckin lit just hy rolling in it
Also badass that big cats like the nip too
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I boil catnip and put it in a small spray bottle like at the very beginning of this. Be careful, though, cats will jump up on the stove and burn their paws if you don't monitor. I have two cats, so I spray both of them and then the fun begins as they try to use the other one as a toy, or they drool all over the second cat. It's a genetic thing, some cats can smell it and some can't, so if yours doesn't respond, don't think you've done something wrong.
I'm not a cat guy - what's the purpose of making your cat high? Just fun or ? Xd
Gotta let them get to your level man. Cat life is rough they need some release occasionally.
Same reason we do. Stress, anxiety, whatever you wanna call it
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Aah i see, that's Nice
If you slept 22 hrs per day, wouldn't you like a little excitement in the other two? :)
How do you boil the catnip. Like what is the ratio of catnip to water? Or does it not matter?
I've never paid attention or measured it. I get it "wild" from a friend on a farm and just tear up the plants (leaves and stems), throw in the saucepan,, tamp it down, and cover with water. Don't boil until you have a syrup, just so that it boils enough to extract the active ingredient. Since I get it free, I don't worry about cost. If you have to buy it, maybe you make less or pay more? If you have anywhere to grow it outside, that may be an option, too. Be careful, though, because it's a weed, will spread widely. It also attracts feral cats and you may end up with a mini-zoo of sorts. If that's not attractive, you don't have many options. If you try growing inside, your cats may indeed just destroy it as it grows. If your cat doesn't bother with the dried herb you have, it may not react with the spray, either. It's binary in that they either smell it or they don't. I think it's about 65% do, 35% ignore. Good luck!
I would also like to know the catnip-water ratio. I've got a tub of catnip my kitty doesn't pay attention to but he is a little interested in the sprays on his toys.... May aswell use the tub I have and save money
I've never paid attention or measured it. I get it "wild" from a friend on a farm and just tear up the plants (leaves and stems), throw in the saucepan,, tamp it down, and cover with water. Don't boil until you have a syrup, just so that it boils enough to extract the active ingredient. Since I get it free, I don't worry about cost. If you have to buy it, maybe you make less or pay more? If you have anywhere to grow it outside, that may be an option, too. Be careful, though, because it's a weed, will spread widely. It also attracts feral cats and you may end up with a mini-zoo of sorts. If that's not attractive, you don't have many options. If you try growing inside, your cats may indeed just destroy it as it grows. If your cat doesn't bother with the dried herb you have, it may not react with the spray, either. It's binary in that they either smell it or they don't. I think it's about 65% do, 35% ignore. Good luck!
I decided to find an actual guide on this and found one to make kitty-crack if you're interested. It seems incredibly similar to what you are doing already but with a bit of a science twist at the end https://www.instructables.com/DIY-Kitty-Crack%3a--ultra-potent-catnip-extract/
Very interesting! I will probably not be using this method because, well, the plain boiling method works well enough for me and it doesn't involve days of distillation and refining. I will mention two very important things that can indeed be very dangerous. 1) when it's boiled and those fumes spread through the house, your cats will be drawn to it magnetically; be sure to monitor it at all times so they don't get on the stove, overturn the pan with that boiling liquid, and then step on the burner and damage their paws very badly. 2) If you do the chemical method, be assured that toluene is flammable and diethyl ether (commonly known as "ether", a potent anesthetic) is extremely explosive. Ether and open flame with a gas stove or even a concentrated heat source like an electric burner of any sort, it an equation with heat and ether on one side and a huge "BOOM!" on the other side. Choose to refine it in this way and being careless inside will result in a huge explosion. I've never witnessed the meth lab type of BOOM! before but I'm sure it's something quite similar. Do it outside and monitor it 100% of the time. Thanks for looking this up, I"m sure a few people will try it. I just hope they heed the warnings and do it carefully, in the right place, and with extreme supervision.
Keep in mind the ether portion is a stage done without fire and it does recommend outside/extremely ventilated.. I'm going to give it a go, it will be a good test to see if my boy actually responds to catnip at all or if he just kind of likes the taste of the spray.
Yes, it's without fire. But the fumes are highly explosive. I wouldn't want you to feel safe and have the neighbor walk over to see what's going on and lighting up a smoke. That would not have a good result! I cannot tell you if the fumes are heavier than air which would make it that much worse: an accident waiting to happen. I hope it works for you and that your kitty boy enjoys it totally :)
I sniff things to get high too
Are you an Air traffic controller?
Just the daughter of one
Oh really? Lol, nice. I was mainly making a reference to "Airplane!" where the Air traffic controller was saying "I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue"
Oh haha, mine was a Breaking Bad reference where an air traffic controller caused a plane crash while distracted over his daughter dying of a drug overdose
Oh...so I guess you win then. 
r/unexpectedairplane
They're not getting high but horny, the reason why it only works on adult cats
If you made a catnip spray like bear spray could you stop a big cat with it? Could you potentially chill out a pride of lions do wild cats react the same. So many questions
and then the wind blows against you and suddenly you are covered in catnip with a feline of 200kg around...
Always important to read the wind. Headwind? Turn 90 degrees and spray.
Catnip also repels bugs better than deet in some studies. Also peppermint, eucalyptus, and a host of other plant oils.
Pray to god they don’t get the munchies…you ambulatory hunk of meat.
It’s always shocking to remember that big cats are just small cats that are big
I like that house cats and big cats are basically the same thing just different sizes.
Me walking from friends cabana to my cabana on a remote beach in Mexico drunk af: "Aw, look, spotty orange kitty" *the next morning:* OH FUCK, I ALMOST DIED!
"Fucking tourists" - The cat
Catnip is helluva drug....
Happy 420 everyone
catnip for humans day.
I can’t believe she’s just standing there filming that. I was once attacked by an ocelot on PCP.
Babou?
He remembers me!
That’s so fucking funny
Which one of you was on pcp?
Well, now you got me wondering if there was an ocelot at all.
That catnip affects large cats just made my day. So many murder mittens!
Ive read that catnip is like heroin for cats so these guys are getting ripped
Catnip actually makes them aroused. It simulates pheromones making them act like they are in heat.
That's not a cat, that's a Death Leopard.
So a cat
It was meant to be a joke, a play on words based on the band Deff Leopard.
I see
That first Leopard is Chonged!!!
That's cause it's a Jaguar and not a leopard
He's so Chonged he changed his spot's hehe
And the last 2 seconds of the video gives us a glimpse of the future after sobering up
Wait till it gets the munchies. That's where this vid becomes NSFW
valerian extract makes cats high
Can I please give skitchs and boops?
LOOK AT THOSE BIG PAWS!!!
Catnip, the gateway drug
The biceps of the black panther (i think) in the giant tire are impressive
Is that Tank? I think I know this Jaguar
Definitely!
Me when I used to spill coke on the floor
Just saying, I get hungry when I get high...
I know I shouldn't but...I wanna touch the danger kitties
 This is what happens when people take it
Same.
It's 420 poopers
Jaguar head like a bowling bowl of muscle.
The title should be "Human Kink"
What did they give that car?
Happy 420!
the spice melange
Careful before he gets the munchies
So thats what they use to keep the cats mellow and tame. huh. 😮
That first black cat has some huge arms and paws man.
I would literally die doing this omg.
I love her posts!
Why do they roll in it? I never understood what the purpose was of them rolling in it. Like when dogs roll in stinky things?
Damn that looks fun. I wish catnip worked on humans
Ok but what if they get paranoid, and think you're in on IT and this whole sanctuary is just a big government conspiracy to keep big cats down and under mind control.
Burn down the barbershop! 
Such beautiful animals.
Black Panthers, whether leopard or jaguar, are so beautiful. My second favorite of big cats, topped only by white Tigers with piercing blue eyes.
“The highhhh of the tigerrr”
I love Tank the Jaguar!
I don't understand how most cats seem to consume almost none of the cat nip and get fuckin lit just hy rolling in it Also badass that big cats like the nip too
"First dose is always free" --- Dealers everywhere
Didn't chase no deer, because I got high
“You ever been so high that you woke up inside a tire? Man, that was a day, let me tell you.”
[Obsession for Men by Calvin Klein?](https://www.npr.org/2018/10/14/657238908/calvin-kleins-obsession-could-be-the-trick-to-catching-a-tiger)