Phil Conners Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 Catnip - does it exist in Thailand? What's it called in Thai? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Pat Posted March 30, 2005 Share Posted March 30, 2005 You can buy catnip at a pet shop on Phetburi Road opposite Charn Isarra II building at the Ekkamai intersection..just by Khlong Tan Railway station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted March 30, 2005 Author Share Posted March 30, 2005 Thanks Pat. I'm never in BKK though ... Would pet shops know it as catnip or is there a Thai word for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Pat Posted March 31, 2005 Share Posted March 31, 2005 They seemed to understand catnip but "maew-gan-cha" will suffice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted March 31, 2005 Author Share Posted March 31, 2005 maew-ganja ... hehe, why not. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 (edited) maew-ganja ... hehe, why not. Thanks. The plant is of European origin and does not grow in the wild in Thailand. Thus there is no native Thai name for it. The most reliable dictionary I own instead provides a short explanation of how the plant looks and what it does to cats. "ton maai dawk see khaaw mee glin chun tee maeow chawp" tree/plant flower colour white have scent strong/pungent which cat like A plant with white flowers and a strong scent liked by cats. Also, "maeow kanchaa" means "ganja cat", not "cat ganja". Thai places adjectives and descripton words after the noun, not before like in English. hence: kanchaa maeow = cat ganja Do use "catnip" and by using charades and vivid gestures, try to explain how the cat behaves when it gets a whiff of it. That should be descriptive enough, and good entertainment for the pet shop staff as well. Edited April 1, 2005 by meadish_sweetball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DJ Pat Posted April 1, 2005 Share Posted April 1, 2005 Cats go crazy for an hour then collapse, fall asleep and wake up and do it all over again. For a laugh, give it to a really old cat the doesn't play much any more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted April 1, 2005 Author Share Posted April 1, 2005 Found it in my local petshop actually. Seemed it had been on the shelf for some time but it still smelt right - at least to me. I read somewhere that it's 50/50 whether cats are affected by it or not. One of our cats didn't show any interest at all - still waiting for the other to come home to see if he likes it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meadish_sweetball Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Found it in my local petshop actually. Seemed it had been on the shelf for some time but it still smelt right - at least to me. I read somewhere that it's 50/50 whether cats are affected by it or not. One of our cats didn't show any interest at all - still waiting for the other to come home to see if he likes it. Otherwise you can always throw it to the pumas in Dusit Zoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 Cats go crazy for an hour then collapse, fall asleep and wake up and do it all over again.For a laugh, give it to a really old cat the doesn't play much any more! Do they get the "munchies" too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Pat Posted April 2, 2005 Share Posted April 2, 2005 They do eat afterwards but that could be because they have expended so much energy by running around like blue arse flies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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