What about catnip?

[cobalt]

Hmm... I just picked up some catnip for my recent feline aquisition (a neutered, declawed, tabby that was left behind when someone moved) and after seeing his reaction to it I became curious as to whether the catnip would have a similar effect on my piggers and if it was safe. Can anyone stear me in the right direction?

Thanks

 

[C&K]

From what I heard, it should not harm them, but they don't react to it like cats.

https://www.guinealynx.info/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25239&highlight=catnip

 

[cobalt]

Wow, thanks for the quick reply After reading just a bit of the information on that link I think I'll just forget the whole idea of giving them catnip.

 

[C&K]

I think Ly recommended a single carrot in the cage to have an entertaining go at it with all of them fighting over it!

 

[Ly&Pigs]

My pigs have toys with catnip inside and never reacted to it at all. I wouldn't give it to them as a food though.

Yes, it's fun to watch a whole herd of pigs fight over a single veggie. They all take turns grabbing out of each others mouths.

 

[C&K]

Yes, it's fun to watch a whole herd of pigs fight over a single veggie. They all take turns grabbing out of each others mouths.

That is what my three "downstairs" pigs would do.

My fosters however are a different story. I gave them some carrots the third day I had them and they where hiding in a pigloo. Oats came out and retrieved a carrot, bringing it back to the pigloo she and Trixie felt like sharing. After 1/2 a minute, I snuck up and lifted up the pigloo, they where very nicely sharing it!lol Each taking bites from either end in a manner not to disturb the other pigs eating!

 

[aqh88]

Mine love catnip. That and the basil was the only thing they would eat out of oxbow's dried herbs treat. All 9 would munch it down like hay if I let them and I even planted patches of it around the garden last year. Some of it is coming up again this year. While I wouldn't give them large amounts and probably not the finely diced catnip sold for cat toys, fresh or dried stalks/leaves seems fine and were a big hit. They much prefer the young stalks though and won't really eat it soon after it's flowered.