There's no shortage of dispensaries opening up on street corners across Ontario but one will be sure to catch your eye, not just for its pop of colour but its unique product: catnip.
A unique dispensary in Midland has become the cat's meow since opening last fall, with the owner saying some people still have a tough time wrapping their heads around the unconventional concept.
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White began collecting different strains from all over the world as well as catnip from various plants from around Toronto while he went on hikes.
He used friends’ kitties as volunteers to test out the different strains and got them to film their animals’ reactions.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, Nepetalactone, “the essential oil in catnip, can turn even the laziest couch potato into a crazy furball — if said furball happens to have inherited the sensitivity to its effects. The trait doesn’t emerge until a cat is between three and six months old; until then, a kitten will not have a response. Catnip sensitivity is hereditary — an estimated 50% of cats have no reaction.”
Someone in Toronto is trying to launch a dispensary for cats with different catnip strains
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Catnip is like weed for cats: a few whiffs of this mint family plant will have your feline friend in the most enviable of blissed out states.
But store-bought catnip, which comes dehydrated, milled, then packaged in a variety of toys or treats, doesn't have the potency to keep your cat satisfied, says Toronto entrepreneur Mikey Fivebucks.
That's why Fivebucks—not his real name, by the way—says you should support the dank stuff being sold at Catnip Dispensary Inc.