A fact from my trivia calendar - between 50 and 75 percent of cats have a reaction to catnip, a sensitivity probably passed on from cats to their kittens. I believe this is true because I had two cats some years ago, one who loved catnip toys and one who was totally indifferent. But my happiest catnip story happened with rabbits not cats. This happened when we lived in Ohio on a property that included an acre of pasture. The grass in the pasture was at least a foot tall. Early one spring morning I looked out my kitchen window and saw a bunny bounce-a-thon. At least 20 (I stopped counting) rabbits were jumping and leaping straight up and high into the air. Probably only about four feet up, but that's pretty high for a rabbit. They jumped and leaped and carried on for at least ten minutes. Then they just settled down and disappeared into the tall grass. I can only guess at the next step in their celebration but it was spring and love was in the air. And evidently some catnip.
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