View Full Version : Interesting effect of valerian root on my
cats  11-08-2006, 11:14 I just unpacked some valerian root I had
purchased (the smell is so rank I cannot believe some people
actually put it in sleep/dream pillows) and was filling my jar.
All five of my cats came running into the kitchen, jumping on
the counters and trying to get at it. It was absolutely my own
personal comedy moment - I tried to make them get down, but they
were insistent on getting at it. I had to finally go into the
bathroom and close the door to put it from the bag into the jar,
and then throw the bag away outside in the trashcan to keep two
of the most persistent from raiding the kitchen garbage can.  I
know it has sedative and CNS calming effects and have no idea of
what the dosage for a seven pound cat would be, so I dare not
let them have any. (I always give them some dried catmint when I
unpack it, but it doesn't incite near the reaction that this
did.)  Anyoe else had cats take on so about this herb?
11-08-2006, 15:08