Sophie is off taking a nap, so I thought I’d take the time to post. The question being, what’s up with cats and grass?

We recently were at the store and decided to buy one of those containers designed to grow grass that your indoor cat will enjoy nibbling on. Since we chucked most of the plants that she was continuously destroying, we thought that maybe a replacement of some sort was in order.

You know, I did a little reading on this - okay, I goggled “why do cats eat grass”. I think I’ve concluded that no one is 100% sure and they are all guessing. Some say it’s to get essential nutrients, while others say that is completely not true - it is to help with digestion and regurgitate things they do not want to go through their system.

I have my own theory. It’s too piss you off as the cat owner. When grass goes down, it must come up - and it brings up with it other things as well and is nicely deposited on special places on the carpet. I’m sorry, but I swear they do things on purpose. Sophie always manages to bee-line it for the carpet when she decides to get rid of dinner 1 minute after she’s eaten it. We might as well just go dump the can on the carpet.

I actually have a picture of what was deposited on the carpet shortly after we took the picture of her eating the grass. I have decided it really is just too gross to post. I do have my limits.

I will have to say though - she doesn’t always throw it up and she does seem to really enjoy it. The downside is, it doesn’t last long. It starts to die, no matter what we tried.

I did find this though - how cute is this? And it has refills you can get….

SmartCat Kitty’s Garden Just add water to the organic seeds and peat moss soil, and in 4 to 6 days your cat has a garden of nutritious oat, rye, barley, and wheat grass. Grazing on these organic grasses provides vitamins and aids in digestion and hairball control.