For the excrement shoveling officer who keeps a cat, he must know that there is a thing called cat mint. Many excrement shovelers keep cat Mint at home because cats have an excited response to cat mint. So many people wonder, why do cats like cat Mint so much? Today, Xiaobian will explain it to you.

The original name of cat Mint is called camphor grass. It is a kind of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, and the flower of cat Mint is lavender. Once a cat smells the smell of cat mint, it will be attracted by it. The reason why cats are attracted is that there is a component called Schizonepeta lactone in cat mint. When the cat smells the taste of Schizonepeta lactone, it will stimulate the amygdala in the brain. Once excited, it will make the cat feel excited. However, cats don’t like fresh cat Mint very much. They prefer dry cat mint.

But not all cats react to cat mint. Generally speaking, 50 ~ 70% of cats will be excited when they smell cat mint, but 30% of cats will not have any reaction to cat mint. In particular, if your cat is not two months old, it is basically unresponsive to cat mint. Only when the cat is half a year old, the reaction slowly begins to become very strong. Moreover, the reaction of the female cat will be stronger than that of the male cat.

The cat’s excitement about cat Mint will not be as dependent as drug abuse. When the cat smells the smell of cat mint, it will be more excited within 15 minutes, but it will return to normal after 15 minutes. Moreover, if you don’t smell cat mint for a long time, the cat won’t feel very sick. Therefore, the excrement shoveling officer should not have a psychological resistance to cat mint and think that cat Mint is harmful to cats. On the contrary, a proper smell of cat Mint will make the cat more youthful vitality and spirit.