KONG Premium Catnip – 1 oz

KONG Premium Catnip – 1 oz

This is loose catnip in a resealable tin rather than a toy, and the reason to buy it separately is that you can refill a toy that has gone flat instead of replacing it. KONG grow it in North America, harvest and field-dry it at peak flavour, and sell it in a tin that closes properly so the volatile oils do not blow off in a week.

A 1 oz tin goes a long way used properly: a pinch rubbed between the fingers and dropped into a refillable toy is enough for a session. This is the smaller of the two tins, barcode 035585450155; KONG's own site currently lists the 2 oz, barcode 035585450162.

Performance & Benefits

• Premium North American catnip, harvested and field-dried at peak flavour in KONG's own description.
• Resealable tin keeps the scent in and keeps the contents usable down to the bottom.
• Refills catnip toys that have lost their scent instead of replacing them.
• Sprinkled on a scratcher it encourages scratching where you want it, which is what KONG recommend it for.
• Useful for settling a cat before a carrier trip or a vet visit.

Suitable For

• Refilling catnip toys, tunnels and hideaways, including the KONG Play Spaces range.
• Persuading a cat onto a new scratcher, a new bed or an unfamiliar carrier.
• Cats that respond to catnip — a sizeable minority never do, and kittens usually do not until several months old.
• Multi-cat households, where a tin is far cheaper than a toy each.
• Not a food, a treat or a supplement, and no substitute for enrichment — a bored cat needs something to hunt as well.

How to Use

• Use a pinch at a time; more catnip does not produce more effect.
• Rub it between your fingers first to release the oils, then sprinkle.
• Scatter on scratchers, beds and toys, or pack it into a refillable toy.
• Close the tin firmly and put it out of reach — a cat will work a loose lid open.
• Leave a week between offerings; cats habituate quickly to constant exposure.

Specification

• 1 oz resealable tin. Barcode 035585450155.
• Premium North American grown catnip, harvested and field-dried.
• KONG's own site currently lists the 2 oz tin — barcode 035585450162, KONG code CN2 — rather than this 1 oz.
• The composition KONG publish against that tin reads 97% catnip and 3% crinkle film, a figure plainly carried over from a toy listing rather than a tin of dried herb, so no breakdown is given here.