I wanted to file this under “new and exciting products,” but it’s not new. Just new to us. Sure, you can buy c-c-c-cat grass and grow it at home any number of ways, but do those other ways come with annoying commercials? THEY DO NOT.
Chia Snoozing Kitty Cat Grass Planter [Official Site]
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Did we just collectively go full-retard?
“Just”?
Yeah, “just?” Consumerist has focused more on ugly cats than consumer issues for a couple of years now.
Only by your standard, which is one cat is two cats too many.
Everyone knows you never go full-retard.
My cat’s a dumbass and would eat the dirt.
This stuff is older than the Internet.
My cats don’t care much for grass, but they do like to eat my christmas tree and then throw up.
Yeah, cats don’t want what we buy for them, they much prefer the stuff we try to get them to stay out of. They won’t touch the catgrass I grew especially for them, but if I bring a houseplant home, my big cat Norman will NEED to sit in the middle of it, trampling it down so he can play jungle kitty. I don’t even put up a Christmas tree anymore because the cats think they’re the ornaments and won’t stay out if it.
The last time my cat got grass, he threw up ALL OVER the house. No.
This is a common misconception. Cats eat grass when they’re in stomach distress to RELIEVE it. Your cat was going to be sick either way and tried unsuccessfully to relieve it by eating grass.
That is true, but some cats just love to eat grass. My cat eats cat grass all the time and never throws up afterward.
So, it was a coincidence that “Oranges” gave the cat grass on the day it was sick?
It must be a coincidence too that I only ever take my dog to the field with tasty grass on the random days he would have thrown up anyway. Weird.
No coincidence. Cat’s eat grass specifically to get sick, in order to bring up swallowed hair as well. This prevents them from getting a larger hairball later that may get stuck in their system.
That’s the whole point of eating grass, to make them vomit up hairballs.
Also, this is misleading! Where other chia items are actually chia seeds, this is wheat grass. It should be Wh-wh-wh-wheat-grass!
Mine are all about instant gratification, so they get the $2 catnip plants from the Publix produce department instead.
I’m just happy that there’s an “Actually About Cats” tag.
I bought this for my cats last year (same sylvester pot and everything). My cats LOVED it. I put a ziplock bag over the top of the dirt to keep the moisture in, early in the growing process.
Then I pulled the bag off and my cats “mowed” the rest for a few weeks until they ate it all.
Highly recommended! YMMV depending on how your cats react to eating it.
I not a cat expert, but wouldnt this encourage the felines to chew on other plants??
My 2 cats never bothered with our other indoor plants after eating the chia-grass.
It’s actually supposed to be the oposite. Cats that are craving greenery will nibble on house plants, but if cat grass is availible, they will eat that instead.
In the same way as having a scratching post encourages cats to scratch other carpet; not at all.
I had one of these. My brother and his family gave it to my cats for Christmas one year. They both ate some of it, but Bastien ate it so much that it died. He loved it.
I should get them some more cat grass, actually.
I’ve seen “refill” packs on amazon for 5 dollars. But I suppose you could always just buy wheat grass seeds for the best price.
They have this for dogs too. My wife got it, though we haven’t actually grown it yet. She’s cleaning up the vomit if it’s a failed experiment.
I got one of these a couple years ago..
just wheat grass in a cute pot, my cats mostly ignored it
This may be good in a city/Urban area where your can not get out, but if you live a suburban area with lawns then this is useless.
Lawn grass is very different from wheat grass.
I have a lawn, but keep my cats indoors anyway so they won’t get run over/eaten by other animals/in possum fights.
My cat grass experiment was a complete disaster,
the cats would grab a big mouthful of cat grass, then take off, dragging the grass, and the container full of dirt, along for the ride.
/the container needs to be heavy enough to withstand a full frontal attack from a bowling ball sized black cat.
This.
This is what our cat did too. Ended up with dirt and grass dragged around the house.
+1. This made me lol. You can replant the seeds in a heavier pot if needed. No reason you have to use the Sylvester one.
I got one of these last year at a white elephant type gift exchange – it grew really well but my cat could not moderate her intake. Once I let her have it she cropped the whole pot in like an hour, and then barfed it all over my house.
It went in the trash after that.
Just refill it with something more worthy: catnip!
Plant it, put it up in a sunny spot, then feed kitty and watch the fun.
Was that a Metalocalypse reference to Dr. Rockso? C-c-c-c-catnip!
I’m waiting for the California Chia Pot with a different variety of “grass”.
I have this, but for my dog.
I like Tweety Bird! 
My stepfather gave me one for Christmas a couple years ago. Cats didn’t care for it, but it seemed like a fun idea. Cha cha cha chia!