Cats and valerian

According to Wikipedia:
"An unusual feature of valerian is that the essential oil of valerian root is a cat attractant similar to catnip. The active compound in valerian for this is actinidine. Cat attractants might mimic the odor of cat urine which is caused by 3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol (MMB). Anecdotes state that valerian is also attractive to rats, so much so that it had been used to bait traps. Some versions of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin have him using valerian, as well as his pipes, to attract the rats. This might be related to the change of aversion into attraction to cat urine in rats infected with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

Valerian's effect on cats is featured as a clue in two works by Agatha Christie."

This is a funny episode where my cats discover my husband's valerian, which he uses for his sleeping troubles.
The effect was even longer than shown in the video, they spent all day sniffing the blanket, sleeping and purring happily.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• funny
• cats
• effect
• valerian

[hardToSignUpHere]

i think the owner also had some valerian ;)

[tsutsu76]

@hardToSignUpHere I would have been sleeping, if I had :) Funny thing is, they don't react to it anymore, they actually seem to hate it. Maybe because they got older (10-11 years).

[hardToSignUpHere]

@tsutsu76 maybe its like of you were taking drugs when you were younger (i dont assume you have!) and later you just cannot be bothered to do such a silly thing!

but do try a cat mint! please do record and post a video if you decide to! :)

[TheWTFers]

@JBOGermany lol omg I gotta try that. ahaha

[TheWTFers]

lol ecstasy for cats.

[PetraShadow]

lol the owner is getting a kick out of this lmao and im getting a kick outa the owner lmao

[kaze1805]

It seem more powerful than catnip !

[lllerlll]

they feel soooo goood X)

[biin91]

lol :D

[southstar87]

ronchy