I was just recently up in Portland, Oregon for 5 days/nights. I really enjoyed myself and had a lot of fun. People up there are really amazing and really proud of their city and they strive to make it a better place every single day. Portland is a home for thousands of animal lovers and the city has an amazing shelter - Oregon Humane Society: www.oregonhumane.org and other rescue organizations. The city is also home to many different practitioners and animal experts who want to offer the best to animal guardians all over the city - I was seriously impressed and I am very pleased with myself for finding a city that is perfect for both myself and my kitty. Kineivel is my rescue kitty, now 5 years old and really needs this move, almost as much as me.
So I went to the famous Saturday market the day before I flew back home. I was very impressed and got to talk to lots of different artists, mostly about how to eventually sell my own crafts and artwork at the market, which I will try to do come March 2009 after I move and get settled. There were a couple of pet-focused booths at the market, which was great to see. As I walked around, I found a gold mine of a product for all feline lovers!
The company is called: Kitty Hooch and they specialize in growing their own hand-processed 'White Lightning' catnip, catnip toys and they also customize cat furniture. For anyone going to or who live in Portland, OR, they are at every Saturday market, which goes from March to December. The owner of Kitty Hooch was very focused on making a product which they could garentee for their customers. The catnip that they sell is unlike any other catnip that you will find anywhere else, even at chain stores.
As the story goes, years ago the owners had bought various catnip filled toys for their cats and the response was lack of interest, making them assume that their cats didn't like catnip. Later they moved to Bald Peak and one day discovered a plant out in the field by their home that had been literally destroyed by their cats. With close inspection, they discovered that this plant was real catnip - the pure plant. They decided to grow the plants themselves and had to carefully protect them so that they would reach maturity otherwise their addicted cats would get a hold of the plants and chew them to pieces. When they finally matured, they filled old socks with catnip and their cats went crazy over them. They started giving the sock toys away to friends and friends were raving about how much their cats loved them! They decided to research the catnip that is sold in mainstream stores and the catnip that is also sold loose in a container. This catnip was different, dry and crunchy and had an odor of Oregano - the Catnip plant is in the mint family. The highest concentration of oils is in the flower of the plant, which is why you will find whole flowers in your product or toy, which you will never find in mainstream catnips. Also most mainstream catnip is machine processed and that is the main reason for it being loose and broken, instead of getting the whole plant - leaf, flower, seed, etc. Kitty Hooch is all 100% hand processed. The product is therefore a tad bit more expensive - the large mouse that I bought Kineivel was $8 and the container was $6 - but by processing everything by hand, this preserves the oils in the product which is what effects your cat. Because it is also stuffed whole into the toys, this allows for the catnip to stay fresh and every time your cat bites into the toy, the catnip automatically releases more of the oils. The process of farming this type of catnip is all 100% organic, so you're not giving your cat a toy or catnip that has been treated with pesticides and other harmful chemicals. They made the decision to provide cats with a premium catnip!
One difference is that you will NOT find this product at chain stores, you have to buy directly from the company itself. Their products are garenteed safe for cats, you won't find loose strings or buttons that fall off, all of which your cat might ingest and get sick from. Their toys are packed full with the premium catnip, garenteeing that the product last approximately a year and also the toy itself is made with a sturdy material, making it hard to tear apart, allowing for a longer lifespan of the toy which in turn saves you money! They do have a money-back garentee but hardly need to, as they only have a 0.2% return rate on their product! I'm never buying the other catnip every again!
You can read more customer reviews and read all about the company and their products on their website, as well as do some shopping for your kitty or find out where they will next be selling their products. The site is: http://kittyhooch.com
I highly recommend this product for all kitties, this stuff is liquid gold for cats! My cat carries his mouse around and I will find him rolling around on the floor, batting it in the air and even flying through the air himself after he has batted it into the air. It's very cute and I'm so happy to have found a product that really will last a long time. I'm considering investing in some of their other products around the time of my move, especially their fleecy cat blanket, in which you put a packet of the catnip into and it can serve as a safe place for your cat to sleep on while traveling. My kitty always gets the passenger seat in my car. Trust me, your cat will thank you!! >^..^<
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