As the holidays roll around, ’tis the season to spoil your pets! (Well, that season is actually all year long.) If you have a cat in your pet household, some of the best gifts you can give are catnip toys. Catnip toys not only help stimulate cats into exercising, they can also relieve anxiety and stress in felines. Check out 7 fun catnip toys for all budgets.Reminder: What is catnip?
Catnip is a variety of the Mint family that contains nepetalactone, an ingredient that acts as a stimulant on felines. It can also help relieve stress and anxiety in cats. Catnip is safe, although it may cause an upset stomach if ingested in large quantities.
7 catnip toys to gift your furry friend
At Litterbox.com, our selective line of organic catnip and silver vine is grown on a Washington farm and harvested at full maturity to yield the purest and most potent product for your cat.
Catnip Flight
For the cat connoisseur, why not offer a variety of fun? This assortment of cat stimulants is sure to enliven every feline in the household—even the cat that doesn’t react to catnip. That’s because silver vine, one of the three tins included in the Catnip Flight, contains several stimulating ingredients. The other catnip tins include loose leaf + flower, along with fine ground catnip that is perfect for refilling toys.
Hemp Mouse
The ultimate game of cat and mouse starts with a little bit of catnip. Hemp Mouse is made entirely from durable hemp fabric and filled with organic catnip blend. This toy is biodegradable and stamped with a safe-to-lick food colorant. Choose from a white mouse with either an orange belly or a green belly.
Hemp Box
If it’s in your budget, why not present your cat with a whole box of fun catnip toys! This hand-picked collection of organic hemp catnip products contains a Hemp Mouse, Hemp Pouch, Hemp Pillow (2-pack), Hemp Turtle, Hemp Fish, Hemp Sock, Hemp Tail, and Hemp Rope. All products come in orange (except Hemp Rope).
Hemp Tail
Hemp Tail is filled with potent organic catnip blend, fresh valerian roots, and buckwheat hulls for an added crinkly effect. This toy is fully biodegradable. The lesser-known alternative to catnip and silver vine, valerian is an herb that also acts as a stimulant on cats. Many cats find toys that crinkle to be stimulating to both auditory and tactile senses.
Catnip Spray
Catnip Spray is the easy solution to a fun problem: how to enliven your cat into exercising while relieving stress and anxiety. Instead of picking up after loose catnip, simply spritz Litterbox.com Catnip Spray on your cat’s toys and play area. This safe, all-natural spray will provide your cat with the stimulation he or she needs—and prevent the messes you don’t.
Catnip Buds
Litterbox.com Catnip Buds provide your cat with the most potent and aromatic catnip available on the market today. Buds are harvested at the peak of the catnip plant’s essential oil production on a Washington farm, then carefully dried and packaged. For best results, we recommend crushing a bud between your fingers and giving it to your cat after removing the stems.
Hemp Rope
Hemp Rope is double knotted and marinated in a potent organic catnip blend. This toy comes in a resealable tin and is fully biodegradable. The durable hemp rope is perfect for cats that like to bite and chew, with no cause for worry that they’re biting and chewing on your furniture! Add catnip as needed to keep your hemp rope a cat favorite.
Which of these catnip toys will be your kitty’s favorite? We have a feeling that, if your cat has anything to do with it, they all will!