Valerian catnip toys

For those who don't go there anymore, these are getting rave reviews over at CW and the prices are very keen with no p+p for UK orders + fast delivery http://www.kwayzekatz.co.uk/

Ian

Hi Ian,
I bought a couple of the valerian knotties for my two and they both tried to open the packet before me, then fought when the first one fell out. They both love these, knotties have been rolled on, thrown in the air and licked to death. It's th only toy I've bought that Buddy will actually play with, apart from a sponge ball. So it's worth a try and not really expensive. I ordered three knotties at £1.99 and I actually received four, so they both have two each. They do stink though, when you first open them, but the kitties love em, so that makes me happy to see them playing with something they enjoy.

Hi Lynn,

I'll be ordering some myself later today. I'm a bit wary of what GT will make of them tho', he goes berserk with ordinary catnip toys, the catnip itself in the last two mice was literally eaten

Ian

I'm sure GT will love the valerian, if he likes the catnip.
Buddy didn't really bother about catnip, but he loves valerian.
Mary went wild over catnip but since the knotties have arrived she plays with them all the time, there's two upstairs and two down so they have them at hand whenever they want.
I will be buying more of these toys in the future.

I've never tried any of the valerian toys for the babies (I thought that was supposed to be calming?), and haven't had much success with catnip ones.

However, buying dried catnip and rubbing a toy in it will make Pok happy, but no-where near as happy as when I spray a toy with catnip spray (Johnson's Catnip Concentrated Spray). Bottles lasts forever and cost under £4... one squirt and Pok will roll around on the floor with his toy like a maniac! lol! BG won't go crazy about it, but she likes it if I spray a pillow or something (not something small, as to be so she can stick her face in it), and she'll do a little rub.

I thought valerian was supposed to be calming too Perhaps it works in the opposite way to cats

I'll see about getting some of these as I like to change their toys over every week so they don't get bored with the same things being around all the time

I ordered some *knotties* for Bola, William and Fudge and a bigger *cigar* for GT. Looking forward muchly to see how they react to them, especially GT Hopefully these will be more substantial than the toys I get locally.

Ian

Hi Ian,
I'm sure your gang will love these, just make sure you open them before they do, or you may have a few scratches. They have a very strong smell, on first opening, but once the kitties have played with them for a while, it isn't so bad, it does wear off enough only for the kitties to smell it though.
They should carry a health warning on the packet.

Hi Lynn,

As a smoker I perhaps won't notice the smell as much. Either way, it'll be worth putting up with if they enjoy their toys.

Ian

Ian B wrote:I ordered some *knotties* for Bola, William and Fudge and a bigger *cigar* for GT. Looking forward muchly to see how they react to them, especially GT Hopefully these will be more substantial than the toys I get locally.

Ian

They arrived today and

I was a bit disappointed as I didn't get the *cigar* I'd ordered for GT, but no matter. The postie came just as I was halfway thro' defrosting a chest freezer, so I just opened the pack to see if the smell was as strong as people had said.................it was, and immediately attracted every cat within sniffing distance.

I expected GT to go mad for them, but his reaction was way beyond that, he was all but doing cartwheels up and down the stairs with his and Bolas reaction was something else altogether He hadn't shown much interest in the catnip toys I'd bought before, but he was in raptures with a *knottie*

There's only Fudge who hasn't shown any interest, tho' I'm not surprised tbh.

Oh, and being cats, they are now fighting over the plastic bag they came in

These toy's are highly recommended.

Ian

ROFL, amazing, I often wonder what goes on in their head when they're *away with it*, almost seems cruel.

By way of proof of how well these toys are made, at least compared to the toys I can get locally, GT's *octopus* is still completely intact after being badly mauled and generally chucked/tossed round the house Not bad for a bag of toys that didn't cost much more than his old catnip toys which cost around £1.30 each I don't know how toys are in each bag, but at a guess I'd say there's 4 or 5 which makes them fantastic v.f.m

Ian

Am SO tempted to get some knotties! Should have got them weeks ago for Princey while he's been an Indoor Boy- bet he wont look at them once he "bids his escape for freedom" on Saturday!

pokbg wrote:I've never tried any of the valerian toys for the babies (I thought that was supposed to be calming?)

Here's a couple of pics of GT with his new fav toy



and as you mentioned Valerian is meant to be calming, here's how he now sleeps, and woe betide anybody who tries to take this toy off him. It might not look like it, but he drifts off to sleep with it right under his chin ....oh, and in case anyone wonders, the towel is there because he came in wet through.



Ian

Awwww... bless! GT with his little night-night toy... lol! Hmmmm... maybe it would be something Pok would like. One of his toys that I normally spray with catnip, he will bring into his basket and sleep on top of when the secent of catnip has gone. I do however thing he does that because he's so possessive he doesn't want BG to play with his toy. lol!

I think I might get some for my lot. What ones did you get Ian the normal or giant?

Frizzy.Cat wrote:I think I might get some for my lot. What ones did you get Ian the normal or giant?

Hi Frizzy. Cat,

I didn't get what I ordered unfortunately, I ordered a large *cigar* for GT in the hope that it would be more substantial than the toys I can get locally, but the *substitute* toys are more than equal, in fact there were 5 toys as opposed to the one I asked for, for the same money. I ended up with a bag of knotties and a bag of what I call *octopuses* tho' the real name might well be different.

@pokbg,

Go for them, at the price you wont break the bank even if pok/bg don't really play with them a lot, tho' it'll take one seriously anti catnip cat to avoid them, just be warned that these toys smell

Ian

Aww, love the pic of GT with his knottie under his chinny-chin-chin!
He is fast turning into one of the Forums Favourite Fella's!

GT is a hansome boy and looks so at home with his knottie. Love his markings, I have a soft spot for ginger kitties.

*Prince* wrote:Aww, love the pic of GT with his knottie under his chinny-chin-chin!
He is fast turning into one of the Forums Favourite Fella's!

He's got character to spare that's for sure Someone must be missing him, he's just too well behaved indoors to have been out on the streets for very long, if at all. My best guess is that his owners put him out when they went to work, and if he was around, let him in when they got back, so I can't help feeling a bit guilty at him adopting me. That said, he wasn't in the best of health, so maybe they just didn't care enough about him.

littlekitty wrote:GT is a hansome boy and looks so at home with his knottie. Love his markings, I have a soft spot for ginger kitties.

Hard to believe with my having Fudge and GT, but I'm not normally keen on ginger cats, especially full toms as I've always found them particularly short tempered. GT has a fantastic face tho' and one day I'll manage to get a decent pic of him, strange that both are ginger but while Fudge is really photogenic, GT is the opposite. He's pure ginger, not a hint of white on him, just different shades of ginger which hasn't really shown on the pics I've taken so far.

Ian

One thing I have noticed with these toys and Bola, after he's been playing with one for a few minutes a sneezing fit soon follows................it'd be if I didn't have a nagging thought that he might be allergic to the contents.

Ian

Ian B wrote:One thing I have noticed with these toys and Bola, after he's been playing with one for a few minutes a sneezing fit soon follows................it'd be if I didn't have a nagging thought that he might be allergic to the contents.

Ian

It could just be that he's so excited and that triggers a sneezing fit, but I would be more inclined to think he was allergic to them, sod's law that would be.

I'm pretty sure he's allergic to them, but it's not a major allergy if all he does is sneeze, there's no running eyes or nose.

Ian

If I hadn't just seen this myself I wouldn't have believed it

I heard a bit of a commotion in the hall, and recognising the sound paper being rustled about I knew it was coming from the top of a set of drawers at the foot of the stairs. As GT sometimes sleeps there, along with one of these toys, I thought it was him but went to check.

It wasn't GT, it was the spraying black tom, and he was enjoying himself so much with the toy he didn't hear me coming till I was halfway down the stairs, then all he did was jump down with toy in mouth and head for the flap Luckily he dropped it going thro' the flap so I was able to get it back.

He'd walked past a bowl of wet and some dry in the kitchen to get at this toy, so now he knows I leave one there I'll have to stop. I've been almost certain a cat has been in after these toys as I've left a couple in the living room overnight, high up and out of reach (so I thought) but found them on the floor in the morning, and as I was 99% sure all my lot were upstairs, it wouldn't have been one of them.

'EDIT'

The sod was heading for the flap as I came thro' the front door after doing a bit of shopping...................then came back thro' it as I was going upstairs a couple of minutes later I know he's a bully, but even if my lot are scared by themselves I wish they'd gang up on him instead of just sitting there watching.

Ian

ROFL! He comes to spray, he comes to eat... and now he even comes for play time! ROFL! Oh, Ian... it does look like there might be another one joining your family, whether you want him to or not... lol!