Meowy Janes Matatabi Chew Sticks - An All Natural Silvervine Cat Toy and Cat Treat - Catnip Alternative

I had purchased a package of dried silvervine from another brand once before, but it was very expensive (it was at least $8 for the previous brand I bought). I needed more after my two cats used up the previous package, and I searched Amazon to see if there was a similar package for less than $8. Sure enough, I believe this package by Meowy Jane’s was only $4-5. My cats enjoy them, they last awhile (throw them away if the silvervine starts to splinter or get large sharp edges as your cat could hurt itself!), and they are as good as other more expensive brands. Love that they are grown in the USA as well.

I bought these to keep my cat from chewing on everything else. He has a special affinity for metal objects, which is odd to me. He is pretty quirky, and I have confirmed with the vet that he has no medical problems - he is just odd. He acts more like a dog on any given occasion, so it wasn't that weird when I found him carrying these around the house rather than actually chewing on them. He looks like a really small black lab carrying a found stick. Kind of cute. He doesn't care about the flavor of them, so I don't know if they actually work. I think he prefers normal catnip since he must dive headfirst into the pile. I probably won't buy again because he doesn't actually use them, but it is fun to watch him carry the stick next to the dogs who carry their toys. It's a whole round of fun when the zoomies get started.

I saw these from a TikTok and thought I’d give them a try since my cat typically is uninterested in catnip and she ended up loving these!! My cat likes to chew on them and they do a good job cleaning her teeth while also not having much of a bad smell. The only thing I don’t like is that the bark often flakes off which leaves a mess, but it’s not too hard to clean up. I definitely recommend this product to any cat owners, but just make sure you are watching over your pet while they play with them! :)

I have two cats and neither showed any interest in them other than knocking them off the counter in disgust. I followed instructions.. scraped some bark away to expose the green tissue and release the smell. Nope. Sprayed one with catnip... still nothing. Oddly enough, not even my dogs wanted to chew them which is really strange. I had high hopes because cats do love to chew.... Packaging is nice and the product seems to be made well. Personally, I thought it was worth the $10 to give them a go. It may very well be a genetic thing just like catnip is.

Years ago I participated in a pet gift exchange and was sent some of these Matatabi sticks. My cat went insane over them! So I picked up some more later on and gifted them to family with pets as well. Now fast forward a few years later... Twice I have ordered these again and my cat has ZERO interest in them I still have some of the original sticks around and she still goes crazy over them. However, I place new sticks by her and she could care less. All have been Meowy Janes so I'm uncertain if their supply changed or what, but these are nothing like they used to be.

Bought these hoping they'd help with dental health but our kitties totally ignored them ... for like 2 months. And then one day I heard a rattling, and I was like "what is she playing with, a pencil or sth?!" I had forgotten about these sticks honestly so I was very surprised to see kitty playing with one of these so vigorously. Both kitties love them now, months later. They race around playing with them but also actually do hold them in their paws and chew on them. See my pic, you can see they chewed all the "bark" off them or whatever. By and by they disappear -- I have no idea where they go -- so I get a new one out of the package for them to destroy and they love it. My one criticism is they seem a bit expensive. I do recommend them though, but give them time for kitties to get interested! It might take months like it did for me.

We have had good results in the past with catnip/matatabi blends, so I thought these might work out. They did not. My Ragdoll is not amused and seems offended that I keep trying to get her to play with sticks. Her looks says it all: "How dare you! Why do you throw sticks in our direction? We are not a common dog! You have displeased us!" I honestly can't say if these just weren't fresh enough to interest her, or if she is part of the 20% that doesn't respond to Silvervine. (In the past, she may have been responding to the Catnip component of the aforementioned blends). The packaging is decent, and I appreciated the fact that the seller confirmed that the product was harvested in Japan. You won't know until you try, and the odds are in your favor. If they work for you, then the cat joy you'll get is priceless, and it's all worth it (but if they don't work for you, then you're paying more for sticks than you probably should.)

My cat doesn’t love these but I do see him chew on them every now and again. Nothing impresses him too much when it comes to any catnip or scent. It’s got to be real upgraded stuff to see a mood difference. I don’t smell anything. You do get bark around sometimes but very little.