getting asthma attacks) but how long have you had this cat? is it a matter of trust?

for about a year and he wasn't too into them at first. In the last few months he has brought them to me and not put them down. Maybe he finally figured out the catnip part and he is stoned but doesn't know what to do about it so he comes to me and meows for 3 minutes. Then he is stoned so he plays rough with me. Then it wares off and he sits near me. He usually sleeps on me when I lay down and watch the tv. It is not a trust thing as he follows me around the apartment all day. He loves getting belly rubs.

I think I have solved it. I've had him for 12 years and he never seemed to take to catnip until now. He looks stoned in the photo/video.

perhaps catnip is an acquired taste for some fluffs and it took him this long to acquire it.
lol.
who knows? i didn't like drinking a premier or atkins protein shake or whatever they are until a few months ago. now, i still don't love it but i can drink one nearly every day.

maybe he wants you to "fix" it, e.g put more catnip in it.

When you don't, he gets pissed off and bites.

"Hey, more catnip!"

into it quite deep to activate the catnip.

Try these?

https://www.chewy.com/doc-phoebes-cat-co-indoor-hunting-cat/dp/179102?utm_source=google-product&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=20206679197&utm_content=&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20203188137&gbraid=0AAAAADmQ2V2_hkjvHqkftFdSTlEMYI6jO&gclid=Cj0KCQjwornRBhCrARIsAON5exGNeyvEmOgY169ajGXlIBBZbqBqgLAHwe7B0dStsuUqEx8IrUgNk-saAtvIEALw_wcB

I bought a set for my late rescue girl to try to encourage exercise.

She gave me the "don't infantalize me" look, then my Pittie ate one of the plastic mice.

There is a whole theory of feeding this way. Something about cats getting sort of depressed when they don't get to hunt & kill.

Good luck!

in the last few months. I've had these mice for at least a year and he didn't seem to interested in them until recently.

Get him some nip then?

put 5 of them in different places around her cat trees (she has 3 of them in varying sizes). She likes to sniff and locate them.

She is used to looking for 5 pieces. If I put out only 4, she looks around and then at me accusingly. "Hey! Where is #5?"

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Then they roll around. With toys they ride that buzz longer. We had a sweet cat who would get ornery when coming off it

being buzzed. It did not worry me so much. Thanks.

she is bringing you the mouse so you can maul it, and is trying to coach .

and he won't let me have it. I think he is just stoned and confused and comes to me for comfort.