Herbs: Valerian and cats????, 1 by podster

podster wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with Valerian and cats. I have not grown Valerian but have a bottle of it. This cat absolutely loves the smell of it! And to me, it smells like "stinky socks". He goes bonkers over it, a much more exaggerated reaction than he has with catnip. He becomes quite aggressive and is not an aggressive feline normally. I have only let him smell, am afraid it might be like hard narcotics for him. Is this unusual?