When recently perusing the zooplus website for a treat for Simba I came across the Valerian bag. Although Simba enjoys catnip treats he has never responded to catnip filled toys. Zoo plus calimed that no cat or kitten can resist the aroma of the pillow and so I wanted to see if Simba would respond to it. A couple of days later the large box of treats I ordered for simba arrived. When I came to open it he became very animated and interested in the box. I found it very difficult to get into the box as he was jumping all over it and trying to find a way in himself. As soon as one flap was open he dived in headfirst to root around. I opened the box up the rest of ...  Read the complete review

Last week I read a review by Tracy 1127 about Kwayze Katz Valerian Body Pillows and I thought they sounded like something that Mew would love. Catnip, which as we all know, drives cats wild has absolutely no effect on Mew so I thought Valerian might succeed where catnip had failed. I hotfooted - or should that be hotfingered - over to EBay to check these out. I found them for sale at a cost of £2.99 for two plus 65p for postage within the UK. I figured that £3.64 was a small enough investment to risk so I ordered two toy pillows. The description of the toy pillows on the EBay auction is as follows: 'Valerian Korners Kwayze odd ...  Read the complete review

It's a well known fact that not all cats respond to catnip. This is apparently hereditary. My two boys do respond to catnip very nicely thank you very much but I've been pondering valerian for a while now. The fact is that catnip lovers may or may not respond to valerian, just because a cat doesn't like catnip does not mean they will like valerian either so there are no guarantees. The chemicals in each plant that make cats giddy are different so they may or may not like either or both. Although my two love catnip I have a friend who has a female cat that doesn't so I had 3 test subjects to try valerian out on! The science bit. The ...  Read the complete review

I bought one of these via Ebay yesterday, and it arrived today! Ten points to Sanian for quick dispatch of purchases. My cats have no interest in catnip - in fact I've never had a cat that showed an interest in catnip. Dried, in treats, fresh from the plant - they don't care. I discovered they had an interest in valerian when I had a cup of valerian tea one night to help me sleep - and then found my cat trying to fish the teabag out of the bottom of the empty cup! I spotted this valerian-filled body pillow when browsing Ebay shops looking for cat toys. It arrived very promptly, and one of my cats (the one who had first shown interest in my wet teabag) was ...  Read the complete review