Catnip can be a great boredom buster – most cats adore playing with catnip-infused toys or rolling around in a catnip plant.

Catnip can be a great boredom buster – most cats adore playing with catnip-infused toys or rolling around in a catnip plant.

You can also use catnip as a training aid. If you’re struggling with your cat displaying unwanted behaviors, such as scratching furniture, try rubbing a little catnip onto your cat’s scratching post regularly, to encourage them to scratch there instead.

Yes, catnip is safe and it’s not addictive. There’s nothing in it that could harm your cat, assuming it hasn’t been sprayed with pesticides etc.