What Is Catnip and What Does It Do to Cats? 

Catnip herbs,It's no secret that most cats are obsessed with these two plants, catnip and silver vine or matatabi. These plants often elicit an excitatory response in cats, resulting in behaviors such as play, meowing and rolling, scratching,training etc. So their dried leaves are used to make cat toys around the world. So all the cat toys, cat wand, cat tree,cat swing,kitty corrugated board, kat claw boards, cat litters, cat furniture, cat teaser, cat balls and other kitty products that cats can catch or play or scratch with, as long as they can put catnip, they will all be put in all pet products.

What is catnip?

Catnip (or Nepeta) is a perennial herb native to Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and China. It belongs to the Lamiaceae family of mint and shares some characteristics with the mint with which most of us are familiar. Catnip can grow up to three feet tall, and it produces small green-brown leaves with jagged edges and flowers that bloom from late spring to fall. The plant is often grown in gardens because it is drought tolerant, hardy and repels mosquitoes. It can also attract butterflies. If you don't have a garden, you can buy fresh catnip to grow at home, dried catnip, catnip spray, or perfume.  

Why do cats like catnip so much?

The active ingredient in catnip is an essential oil called nepetalactone. When your kitten plays with catnip, the essential oil enters the nose or mouth and binds to receptors that stimulate the brain's olfactory bulbs. The olfactory bulb sends information to multiple areas of the brain. The amygdala (an area of the midbrain) is triggered to make your cat emotionally respond

In addition to the amygdala, the pituitary gland, which is responsible for hormone regulation, is also stimulated. All of these neurological events together lead to changes in cat behavior

But do you know how catnip are made and used in all cat toys or other kitty accessory.

First, let's know the growth process of catnip

1.Catnip growing environment

2.How to operate after the catnip is ripe and harvested

First: directly to feed the cat
This is the most primitive and direct usage. Remove the remaining catnip leaves such as dried flower paths and feed them directly to cats.

For example: this product is catnip crushed leaves, with a diameter of about 2 mm, few branches and even leaves. The production process is manual crushing and screening with a 2 mm sieve, and it is made after repeated repetitions. Naturally air-dried to keep the original taste, which is loved by cats.

Eat catnip directly. Eat as much as a fingernail at a time, don't eat too much
You don't have to eat it every day, it has the effect of reducing hairballs, reducing stress and increasing appetite.

Tips:
Instructions:
1. It will only work on cats over 6 months old. Catnip is not suitable for every kat. Some kat like the smell of catnip, while others are not.
2. Do not use it frequently for cats. If you use it frequently, cats are sensitive to this smell and will only lick and roll.
3. To help release the active ingredients of catnip, lightly press the catnip filler or crush the leaves with your fingers.
4. After each removal, the bag should be sealed and placed in a cool, dry place, out of the reach of children and cats.

Second: Put it on a cat fish,cat ball,cat mouse,cat swing toy,cat tree,cat scratcher board etc, as an extral parts

Not all kittys like to eat or respond.Grind into powder, or in the state of broken leaves, it can also be stuffed into toys and sprinkled on cat climbing frames and scratching boards. The smell of this plant is also very good for cats.
Most of the cat scratching boards are made of corrugated paper. When using, put an appropriate amount of catnip directly into the paper hole. Catnip has a strong smell, so don't put too much on the scratching board at a time. When the cat smells the smell, it will take the initiative to eat. After eating, the smell of catnip will still remain on the scratching board, and then the cat will scratch the scratching board.

The first way to put catnip on the scratching board is to prepare some catnip. You can directly buy the finished catnip, then dry the catnip,.and then take a small amount of catnip and crush it. Put a small amount of catnip on the scratching board, and then guide the cat to sharpen its claws on the scratching board through the corresponding method. If you find it troublesome, you can directly buy the kind of catnip that has been crushed, or you can directly buy some catnip seeds and grow some in your own home.

Also, in the cat toys you can see, as long as you can put cat vanilla, 100% of them will be put in it.

Thrid: directly compressed into a cat vanilla toy by machine, which is what we often call ECO-FRIENDLY NATURE TOY

100% natural catnip, dehydrated and dried, green and pollution-free. This method of use is a very popular method of use in recent years.

The dried and granular catnip is blended with a filler material such as powdered or granular agglomerated cork material and then mixed with a binder. Sufficient aroma-delivering olfactory attractants can be provided to effectively interact with domestic cats.

First of all, because it is made of catnip material itself, 100% natural raw materials, in line with the natural nature of cats, and the needs of most consumers for natural and harmless products.

Secondly, most of the catnip matatabi toys will be equipped with wood matatabi or animal feathers or cat bells, cat play poles, cat balls, especially most of with attractive shape,such as cat fish,kitten mouse, to form a multi-functional toy, because each accessory has a fatal attraction to cats.

Durable compressed catnip mice that are less messy than loose catnip but still effective. Stimulate cat toy: Use catnip to attract cats to frolic, play and play, Multi-textured toy mimics the feel of real prey: Stimulates catnip and ribbon
Safety Tested: Safety always comes first, which is why we design our products to meet child safety standards. They contain no small parts, long cords or other hazards, ensuring that children in the home are safe, whether they are on two or four feet.

3. How about the price

Catnip is generally sold by the kilogram, and the price is generally around $10. If it is directly exported as cat vanilla or cat toy, the cost is relatively high, but the cost of cat vanilla in cat toys or cat claw boards that we routinely see is negligible, because it is very small.
In addition, if the customer requests to add a small inner bag to the toy, and then put the cat herbs into the small bag, the labor cost will be much higher.