$13.75
Silvervine is a great way to promote play and relieve stress and anxiety in your cat. Give them a fruit and watch them play! Many cats will play independently, batting the fruit around, however you can also encourage play by tossing and batting around with them!
The fruits are freeze dried fresh off the plant which gives them a stiff and dense foam type texture that claws or teeth can sink into. They are not rock hard like our other types of dried silvervine fruit but are still not overly delicate. They can be broken apart by relatively easily by cutting or with enough squishing force. You can also soak them in a little water to rehydrate and make them very soft again.
It is safe for cats to consume bits of the fruit during play but they are intended as a supervised play toy and not as a treat.
Each bag contains approximately 15 whole dried fruits weighing ~1 oz in total. The diameters range from 1/2 to 1 inches. When not being enjoyed, store in a sealed bag to maintain the freshness. Each fruit can be played with many times until it eventually disappears under the couch, bed, or other furniture!
If you soak in water, some fruits only need a couple seconds in a tiny puddle or just to be splashed while some may need a bit longer depending on their exterior shell. If you soak too long, they may turn a bit mushy. Even without soaking, if the fruits are left out in the air they will soften over time from the humidity.
These are the gall fruits of an ivy like plant called the Actinindia Polygama that is native to the mountains of Eastern Asia. Although relatively unknown in Northern America, the silver vine plant is more popularly used in Japan and China than traditional catnip among cat owners! It contains two naturally occurring oils that cats find irresistible similar how they naturally love catnip.
Many cats react to Silvervine (the vine of the Silvervine plant) even if they show little interest to catnip. A 2017 scientific study found 70% of cats had a reaction to catnip, however over 80% of cats had a reaction to silvervine, with many cats enjoying both!
Typical behaviors of cats on silvervine include rolling, chin and cheek rubbing, meowing, drooling and licking. Some cats will become kitten-like playing with toys and catching a case of the zoomies. Others will be more relaxed and will chill out in a dreamlike state.
Only the gall fruit contains sufficient amounts of the scent based attractants to trigger the euphoric reaction in cats. The other dried fruits from the plant (a more oblong shape) have shown to cause much less of a reaction.
Mine love Silvervine, the chews. But they were not in stock so I tried these. They didn’t care for them. They are such brats!!
Packaged well and shipped fast. No complaints. I can’t help if my cats are aholes. hahaha.
My kitties love the freeze dried fruits. They rubbed their faces on oven dried but they enjoy chewing on the freeze dried. The silvervine powder on the soft toys is a favorite too. Adds so much more interest in interacting.
These are great, they won’t go under the oven like most cat toys, my cats are still playing with them a day later and… they don’t hurt your foot if you step on them.
I only rated this 3 starts because I learned that my kitty does not like the freeze dried version. She loves the regular dried version.
My cat loves to play and roll all over! I believe my cats love the sponginess as well. High quality and the smell is very strong. My cats love your products.
Everything I’ve ordered from Meowy Janes is fantastic! My cats LOVE the Magic Powder and the silvervine pods. Tried some new items this time & they were a hit as well! Love it and re-order numerous times!
My cats go nuts for these weird things. Have bought a few times and will keep buying cause it makes everyone so happy.
My cats love this stuff. They just can’t get enough of it. I buy four bags every few months.
My cats absolutely love these Silvervine fruits. They get so excited when their packages come.
Well packaged and arrived packed well. My cat loves them so much I bought more.
Our girl LOVES these freeze dried gall fruits. She bats them around, chases them, rolls around on them, rubs her face against them. She is not receptive to catnip, but very receptive to these. We have re-ordered three times already!
We were hoping our cats would chill* with these. Nope, they became playful for brief spurts of time. They chewed and licked them, tossed them in the air, batted them around and chased them. After the galls had been put away, both cats returned to where the galls had been and rolled around and jumped in the air. *We’re trying to find something natural that will calm the cats for trips to the vet.
