In regard to the post yesterday about catnip and ferrets. I found out the hard way that my little girl Loki (RB) loved catnip. I had a little tupperware-type container of "Cosmic Catnip" and I had just come back in from putting some on my porch for the neighborcats. I squated down to give Loki a scritch and had foolishly not managed to put the lid back on the container. She jumped up, hit it, and both she and I were suddenly covered in catnip. Loki went wild, she rolled in it and dug at it, then she went whizzing off around my apartment. Meanwhile I was left to clean up my mess. for months that was the favorite spot on the carpet for Loki and the cat. I also had a little catnip pillow that Loki was wild for. She would steal it from the cat and try to hide it. The problem was that the little pillow was attached to an elastic string that I would hold on to so I could get the cat to chase the pillow. Loki would grab the pillow and run for the nearest hidey-hole. Stash the pillow, only to have it zing back to me. Boy was she confused. I don't know, maybe Loki was just different. My little boy Fidget totally ignores any catnip the cats may have left behind. cheers chris and Fidget, the WV weasel enjoying the spring like weather [Posted in FML issue 2206]