I Take Photos Of Cats High On Catnip, And It's Sooo Much Fun (19 Pics)

[geardaddy]

https://www.boredpanda.com/i-take-photos-of-cats-high-on-catnip/

I'm Andrew and I'm an animal photographer best known for my captivating images of felines. While I used to be terribly allergic to cats, I now live with my girlfriend, our three cats, and a slew of rotating foster kittens outside of D.C.

Recently finished a project about cats' love for the green stuff.

I have a book coming out on June 19th called CATS ON CATNIP and wanted to share a few shots from it. This book was sooo much fun to make and I hope you guys enjoy a sneak peak!

More info: bit.ly

The rest of the photos at link.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Dude. Have you ever looked at your paw? I mean, really looked at it?

[geardaddy]

2. LOL

[Honeycombe8]

22. LOL! That's so spot on! LOL. nt

[Fla Dem]

3. So funny. Love those cats.

[red dog 1]

4. Kick for cuteness!

Funny stuff!

[Best_man23]

5. Egress to Oblivion

[Laffy Kat]

9. Far out, man. nt

[OverBurn]

6. I gave my cat some katnip

I'd never owned a Cat til a few years ago, she just showed up and adopted me. Friend's had described how their Cats reacted to Katnip. So I get on Amazon and order a ounce of "premium" Katnip, only the good shit for my Cat. I get some out, hold it down on the ground, the Cat comes over smells it, turns up her nose and goes and takes a nap. I was very disappointed, maybe I'll try smoking it.

[geardaddy]

7. Some cats don't respond to it.

It must be a genetic thing.

[Ron Obvious]

11. Strangely the ones in Australia don't

They went through a genetic bottleneck and are mostly descended from a few cats who didn't care for the stuff.

At least, I vaguely remember hearing about something like this once. Maybe it was New Zealand. Maybe it was dogs. Maybe I dreamt the whole thing.

[geardaddy]

12. That's interesting though

and it makes sense. A separate gene pool that isn't reactive to nip.

[Ron Obvious]

13. I remembered correctly -- it's partly because of the 6 month quarantine

Responsiveness to catnip is genetic and hereditary. According to Karen Overall, MA, VMD, PhD, cats in Australia are missing out entirely. "Cats in Australia don't respond to catnip because it's genetic," she says. "They've had a six-month quarantine forever to get animals into the country, so they've basically had a closed gene pool.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

16. Was she still a kitten then - you might try again, young kittens dont get off for whatever reason nt

[Mr.Bill]

28. Perhaps your cat is a Methodist.

[backtoblue]

8. My two cats got into a whole bag of nip

I came home to find puke all over the floor and both of them asleep behind the couch. Mustve been one wild day... The brats lol

[More_Cowbell]

10. Little lampshades on their heads....

My cat loves it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

18. I know of this one cat rescue outfit in Ohio

(they have a great webcam at http://www.ustream.tv/ffrc) where the cats have the run of the place, including all night. One day someone sent them a big package of dried catnip, and the owner of the place left the package on her desk, not thinking the cats could open it - but during the night a whole pack of cats found the package, tore it open and strewed dried catnip everywhere. Basically, about 15 cats had a party all night with maybe a pound of catnip, and by morning they were lying around all covered with it.

[pansypoo53219]

14. our yard is filled w/wild catnip. best kitty pot. i sell it dried. i sent some green ooze on paper.

LOVE. i made green fur nip toys. I GOT woozy. but my 2 cat were crazy over †he s†ems i had denuded. my previous female could get high on so much. celery juice on wool, parsley. oregano. my green nip is so strong. i think my cats have bad trips.

[Demovictory9]

26. i am trying to grow from seed. so difficult

[MariaCSR]

15. ROFL @ the 2nd pic.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

17. My orange boy when hes high runs around his cat enclosre then sometimes mounts this rock

out there that's kinda the same size and shape as a cat, and flails around a bit for a minute or two, then dismounts and seems as calm as can be. I swear it looks just like sexual behavior!

I wondered about it for a while then happened to read that catnip contains nepetalactone which mimics feline sexual pheromones! So there ya go. That would explain why young cats who haven't matured sexually would not get off on it.

My boy was neutered at a relatively older age (before I got him) so sex is in his repertoire, even if the drive isn't there anymore. I just hope he's happy "getting his rocks off" so to speak!

[flibbitygiblets]

19. Thank you for the LOLs! I really needed that. And will be buying your book for my Mom!

[geardaddy]

21. It's not my book.

It's a post from bored panda that I thought everyone here would enjoy!

[progressoid]

20. We've had a bumper crop of the nip this year.

They are over 2 feet tall already.

[Old Terp]

24. This was a good year for catnip. Mine's tall too.

The bee balm is four feet tall, the cone flower is all over the place. The hummers and bees and butterflies should be very happy this year.

[yallerdawg]

23. I recommend this book...

to every dog lover!

Hours of gut-busting laughter!

[Snellius]

25. Funny pictures but the cats don't look like they're having much fun

Sort of like watching cats jump around when you put Scotch tape on their paws. Or drunks walking into walls. Can't help but laughing but also can't help feeling it's kind of sick. Especially for a species so much superior to man.

[crazycatlady]

27. In the first picture

Kitty clearly found the good nip and is content.