Silver Vine (silvervine) ?

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Silver Vine (silvervine) ?

Post by DragonsFly » Thu Mar 19, 2020 3:26 pm

I bought some "cat twigs" for my cats--they are sticks of the Silver Vine or silvervine plant, which some cats love, but some don't--similar to catnip, which some cats go crazy for, and some don't seem to notice at all. They are sold as "Cat Twig" or CatTwig. My cats turned out not to think they are anything special, so I'm wondering if I can use them in the crabitat in some way. I've checked both the safe and unsafe/unpopular foods list, and didn't see it listed--does anyone know if there's any problem with this plant?
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Re: Silver Vine (silvervine) ?

Post by DragonsFly » Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:25 am

Anybody. . . . ?
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Re: Silver Vine (silvervine) ?

Post by Motörcrab » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:05 am

Based on Wikipedia, silvervine is a member of the Kiwifruit family. Kiwi is on the safe list. Silvervine is used as a catnip in China and catnip is on the unsafe/unpopular food list. Based on it's use as catnip I would highly question if this would be safe. Based on that I would say No, or use at your own risk.
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Re: Silver Vine (silvervine) ?

Post by JoeHermits » Sat Mar 21, 2020 11:28 am

No crab has ever been harmed by catnip to our knowledge. Worse case scenario is they decide not to eat it.


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Re: Silver Vine (silvervine) ?

Post by wodesorel » Sat Mar 21, 2020 1:03 pm

There was an innate fear of all mints back in the day, but other people had been feeding spearmint and peppermint without knowing about it - and the crabs were fine. Crabs don't tend to like very fragrent herbs, but it doesn't seem to harm them. (I did food trials with peppermint and spearmint myself, with no issue. They just didn't seem to eat them.)
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Re: Silver Vine (silvervine) ?

Post by DragonsFly » Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:49 pm

Cool; thanks everybody for weighing in! Wodes, did you ever try oregano?
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