Rather than just use loose catnip and a few treats to convince the cats that whatever evil scheme they were planning was a bad idea, I went ahead and made two new little crocheted toys for them … and stuffed them with the best catnip I have.

Myu was less than impressed, as she always is when it comes to catnip. The really funny thing is that while I was getting the camera ready to take photos and videos, I left the new toys up on the kitchen worktable, a place that is impossible for either cat to get onto without making some noise (or so I thought), and somehow, in the few minutes it took for me to get the camera, Myu got one of the toys off that table … silently. Of course once she had it, she didn’t really want to play with it.

Ronin, on the other hand, started going insane as soon as he saw me pull out the wool, the needle, and the catnip container. There’s only one thing he likes better than new toys and that’s new toys containing high quality kitty drugs. I’m pretty sure I should feel lucky to still have all the fingers on my hand after taking this photo.

Since Ronin was having so much fun playing in the living room, and it’s almost impossible to take photos of a fast-moving cat, I decided to grab some video (even though the lighting was weird), so there are now three short video bits over at YouTube of Ronin enjoying the new toys: Cat on Catnip 1, 2 and 3. Myu has a brief walk-on role in the first one, but these are really nothing but Ronin.

My plan to placate the monsters with toys and drugs must have worked, at least temporarily. Instead of following me around and staring at me, they are now passed out peacefully. Success!