If you’re a cat owner, having a small bag of green powder in your home means something very different from what most people would think. It’s that magical dust that turns domestic felines into wild jungle cats as soon as they get a whiff of it, and melts them into a motionless puddle of fluff if they lick it up. Enter the wondrous world of catnip, and the stoned kitties who can’t get enough of it.
The name ‘catnip’ is derived from nepeta cataria, an herb closely related to mint. The plant, whether freshly grown or dried for commercial purposes, secretes a chemical compound called nepetalactone that triggers a response from cats’ pheromone receptors – in other words, it makes them lose their minds when they smell it. When the plant is ingested, it produces the opposite effect by sedating the cat. Each feline reacts differently to the magical herb, with some showing outright immunity to its powers. Others, however…
Check out a list of cats who went on a serious ‘nip trip’ below, and just wish that you were on their level of ecstasy right now.
#1 Kitteh’s 1st Time On The Nip
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#2 Look Who Found The Catnip While I Was Out
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#3 My Cat Felix, High Off His Ass On Catnip
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#4 Our Cat Gets High On Catnip, Then Sits On The Couch And Watches Family Guy For Hours. I Walked In On Her Like This
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#5 Catnip, Not Even Once
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#6 Catnip Catnap
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#7 So I Put Some Catnip In Our Food Dehydrator And Came To Find This
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#8 Catnip + Cat Pole: Awkward Family Situation (Mother And Son)
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#9 Just My Cat Enjoying Some Catnip In The Sun. He Was Seriously Sleeping Like This
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#10 When The Catnip Kicks In
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#11 The Cat That Found The Stash
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#12 My Sister Decided To Give Her Cat Some Catnip
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#13 Woke Up To This Disaster This Morning And Now The Cat Is High As Shit. I Ain’t Even Mad
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#14 I Introduced My Cat To Catnip Today
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#15 Meet Bynx: She Can’t Handle Her Catnip
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#16 Chewy Found Where The Catnip Was Being Grown. This Is Him Sitting In The Planter High As Heck
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#17 Every Time I Get Catnip
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#18 My Kitten Found The Catnip Drawer And Immediately Had An Existential Crisis
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#19 While We Were Out, My Cat Wesley Found The Catnip Bag, Ripped It Open, And This Is What We Returned To
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#20 Here’s My Cat Refusing To Let Go Of Her Catnip Bottle
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#21 Forgot I Had Catnip Growing
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#22 Spaghetti’s First Catnip Experience
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#23 Cat Tree Came With Catnip. He Found The Catnip First
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#24 My Cat Makes The Weirdest Faces On Catnip
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#25 My Cat Is Either Really Happy… Or Really High On Catnip
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#26 Catnip Is One Hell Of A Drug
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#27 Cat Is Obsessed With A Catnip Stick
#28 Gave My Cat Some Catnip And Left The House, Came Back To This
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#29 I Gave My Cat A Tupperware Full Of Catnip
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#30 All I Did Was Shake The Bag Of Catnip
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#31 Genovese And Her Spring Catnip
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#32 Catnip. Not Even Once
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#33 Friends Little Buddy After Catnip Spilled On The Floor
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#34 Mac Licking The Rug While In A Catnip Stupor
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#35 Got Some Free Catnip. Woke Up To Find This
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#36 His First Try Of Catnip, Fresh From The Garden
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#37 Cat Shaming: Drug Edition
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#38 Fresh Catnip
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#39 Hugo Had A Lot Of Catnip And Sat Like This For 20 Minutes
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#40 Catnip. One Helluva Drug
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#41 Go Home Cat You’re High
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#42 After Eating A Bunch Of Catnip, Gus Just Sat There Staring At Nothing For A Couple Minutes
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#43 Aaaand This Is Why We Keep The Catnip In A Jar Now
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#44 There Was Fresh Catnip At The Farmer’s Market Last Week
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#45 My Cat, High As F*ck After Getting In To The Catnip
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#46 I Come Home Every Day From Work To Find My Roommate Sitting Like This On The Couch. High On Catnip Watching Daytime Television. He Doesn’t Contribute Or Say Thank You For Anything. Not Sure How To Confront Him
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#47 High Cat Wants More Catnip
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#48 Came Home To A Kitchen Full Of Catnip And This Space Cadet In The Living Room
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#49 Flying Like An Eagle (1st Catnip Trip)
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#50 She Just Sticks Her Head In And Breathes. Same Bag Of Catnip For Four Years
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#51 The Cat Got Catnip For Christmas, She’s So High
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#52 My Cat After A Friend Gave Us Some Homegrown Catnip
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#53 We Made The Mistake Of Giving Dj Strawberry Catnip
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#54 Found Our Cat On The Table, Completely Out Of His Mind On Catnip
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#55 My Friend Had To Hide The Catnip Cigar Due To Level 10 Freakout
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#56 Ernesto Got Into The Catnip While We Were Sleeping
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#57 Catnip… Not Even Once
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#58 So I Gave My Cat Catnip Last Night
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#59 When Catnip Strikes
#60 This Is My Sister’s Cat, Jeremy. Jeremy Got Into The Catnip, And Now He Is Stuck In A Coat Hanger
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#61 High In The Sky
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#62 Cat’s Been Hitting The Catnip Too Hard Lately
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#63 Which Way Did He Go George, Which Way Did He Go?
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#64 Junkie Cats
#65 Mommy Gave Me Some Catnip And I’m Magically Not Afraid Of The Fan Anymore
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#66 Too High
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#67 After His First Time With Catnip!
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#68 I Couldn’t Find The Catnip Lid Last Night. He’s Had A Great Day
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#69 Came Downstairs The Other Morning And Found My Cat Literally Rolling In Catnip
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#70 City The Kitty Gets Frisky From His Catnip
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#71 My New Cat On The ‘Nip
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#72 Cat Nip Orgasm
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#73 He Goes Crazy When I Open This Drawer
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#74 What Happens When You Leave Your Organic Tea On The Microwave.. That Contains Catnip
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#75 Catnip Party
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#76 Cat On Catnip
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#77 My Cat High As A Kite On Catnip
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#78 I Gave My Kitten Cat Nip For The First Time
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#79 Too Much Cat Mint
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#80 I’ve Been Away For A While, So Here’s My Newest Cat And His First Time With Nip
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#81 Well, That Taught Me A Lesson
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#82 After Giving My Cat Some Catnip, She Made This Face For A Good Minute
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#83 Sleeping With His Tongue Out! Big Day On Catnip!
#84 Catnip Paradise
#85 Catnip Overdose
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#86 He Figured Out Where The Catnip Was Coming From
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#87 Someone Dropped A Bag Of Catnip
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#88 Lack Of Inhibition
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#89 We Had An Accident With The Catnip
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#90 The Catnip Begins To Work
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#91 I Just Got A Cat… I Think It’s An Addict
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#92 Our Orange Tabby, Stoned Out Of Her Mind After Playing With A Catnip Toy
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#93 Too Much Catnip For A Girl To Handle
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#94 Too Much. Haha
#95 ‘Yeah I Got Into The Cat Nip… Deal With It’
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#96 My Cat Found The Extra Stash Of Catnip Last Night. Found Him Cracked Out In The Kitchen, Batting Slowly At A Toy Mouse
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#97 Trolle, My Poor Baby. Kinda Scary
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#98 Got Into The Catnip
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#99 Catnip Party
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#100 Catnip: Not Even Once
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#101 He Just Slumped Over And Held On
#102 My Ex-4-cats
#103 Doc Likes To Get High (off The Nip) And Then Sit In My Lap Like This
#104 Dat Face
#105 Vespa’s Been Hittin’ The “nip”!
#106 At Least She Made It To The Top…
#107 Eclipse Guards The Young Catnip Plants. It’s All His.
#108 We Got Home From Dinner And Found Our Cat Salem Had Helped Himself To Catnip
#109 Post-catnip Nap
#110 Loves Catnip….face Plant!
#111 Ozzy Is A Catnip Addict!
#112 Worzel Is So Stoned!
#113 Mr. Fogg Is So High In His Catnip Garden That The Photo Blurred.
#114 I Gave My Cat A Bit Of Catnip Then Got On My Phone. She Stared At Me Like This All Night…
#115 Richey Gave Up Waiting For Me To Pick Him A Couple Of Leaves And Helped Himself
#116 “michane”, Its Mother “kity” And Its 2 New Sisters
#117 Chillin On The Catnip!
#118 Bowie Blu Nipped Out……..lol
#119 He’s In My Kitties Toby ,cole,kitty And Gizmo.
#120 Elliott Gets “nip” From His Auntie Linda (or As We Like To Call Her, His Dealer) Each Christmas.
#121 One Little Leaf Of Catnip. I Did Not Pose Him. He Only Lays Like This With Catnip.
#122 Our Kitten Nala’s First Go On Catnip! Sits Like This!!
#123 Catnip, Sunshine, And Fresh Grass…life Couldn’t Be Better
#124 Feelin’ Good After Rolling In The ‘nip’ For A Few
#125 Ginger Likes A Catnip Siesta Every Now And Then!
#126 Our Cat Garbage With His Favorite Toy: Catnip Filled, Of Course.
#127 So High, He Forgot How To Gravity
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