oFia

Otherwise known as - a crazy hilarious thing my cat did recently - that I may never see happen again. Well, it sure looked like she was high.

A few nights ago I was watching tv with my boyfriend and I had some Valerian tea. I had put the mug down on the coffee table because it was still a little hot -- letting it cool there instead of on the kitchen counter like I usually do. Well, one of my cats came by to inspect it - and inspect it she did! She got her nose down in the mug and sniffed and sniffed. I'm pretty sure she didn't drink any of it.

The next thing we know she is laying on her side on the floor using her front feet to pull herself forward going around in circles. She's going nuts! She doesn't stop for easily 2-3 minutes. One circle, then another, faster and faster. And she's moving across the floor. Then she just lays there. Then she's still laying there and we notice she's breathing really heavy. Then we notice she's looking at us like "Leave me alone! I'm just gonna ... lay here... for a little while." We couldn't stop laughing the whole time... and then I felt bad for laughing at her - I swear we were getting dirty cat looks.

Anyways, I have since discovered that valerian and catnip are somewhat related. Does anyone know if they are both in the "mint family?" Oh yea. And she doesn't do much with catnip. I'm guessing the hot water might have brought out more of the smell of the valerian for her though. My avatar is the above mentioned cat.

Anyone want to retell hilarious pet stories? (I just picked up my other cat and put him on the floor cause he was trying to lick yogurt out of the empty Yoplait container beside me.)