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> Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. > Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine > would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I > saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but > they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes > every so often trying to liberate them.
Ah – that game of liberation. Yes, our cats are constantly trying to liberate hidden noisy toys and plastic bags. And silly things like stupid springs with pom poms on the end they put on the end of some cat toys. Our cats just see them and think "food". I have no idea why. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. > Sam Shults > *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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Ha ha! Well, not the door, but she probably gets almost five feet onto my back… she’s hit my shoulder direct land and I am 5′3”. She gets those nutty dilated pupils too. She is also the one who also opens doors by leaping up, grabbing doorhandle, and hanging until it gives (round knob too), and swings until she’s in. Maniac cat. Kitten (shes only 10 mos, half siamese). I am real glad she doesn’t go at walls like that… holy crap. Yeah, Muffin is definitely on the nip. The one dumb thing this kid of ours does is sleep with her head, and head only, under the couch. She looks stupid! This little meatloaf sticking out of the couch with no head. Sleeping. Weirdo! What does she think she is, an ostrich?
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic missile > 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door > frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her > claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash > of nip I don’t know about. > "ditto" to almost every item listed above. > Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high > for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of > us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or > until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… > Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery > trip. The big cat licks them. > The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of > all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all > humans are trees, unfortunately). > The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… > usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. > Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks > he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and > bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her > out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he > will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the > bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from > toilet – tis very funny). > But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in > the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, > actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). > OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty > close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, > and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they > have. I wish I was a cat!! > > I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > > "thing" for them. > > Cathy > > — > > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > > there? > > > > Annette > > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > > *not* > > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > > teeth marks. > > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > > <mantra> > > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > > </mantra> > > > Sam > > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and > the cat in another room will go nuts
hee.. when I was in high school, we occasionally got a mouse in the wall… our cat could hear it but not see it.. it drove him nuts! there was also a tiny chip in the plaster about 3 feet up the wall, he was alla time batting at that. and cicadas.. he’d sit under a tree looking up, just waiting for one to come down. > Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real > dizzy.
gmta! I just posted that before I read this far down in the thread. 
Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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PING PONG BALLS!!! Especially in a bath tub. Costs about $2 for 6. They play soccer around the house with them. Holly
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A lot of foam peanuts now are really made of corn. Holly
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. > Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine > would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I > saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but > they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes > every so often trying to liberate them. > Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. > Sam Shults > *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there?
our old house had a ceiling fan that had a very slow setting.. we attached a string to one of the blades, long enough for her to chase but too short for her to get caught in, and turned it on. sometimes we tied one of her toy mice to the end too. was great fun for her to play with and for us to watch. the fans at our new house go too fast for that, though… Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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> Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy.
oh yeah, and the pull rings from milk carton caps! that was the only toy my Maggie (RB) would ever play with. Gobo (the one who chased the ceiling fan string) will play with just about any toy, and Slinkee loves those little toy cars that you pull back to make them go. then there’s the christmas tree decoration my daughter made one year in grade school, a wreath of pipe cleaner and lace. Gobo has claimed that as her toy. she loves the thing.. I could never actually hang it up cause Go would knock the tree down to get it! Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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Oh those! We got all kinds of them at my house! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->What’s a greebling? > imaginary unseen spirits that cats chase at random, like a kind of ghost.
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> Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic > missile > 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door > frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her > claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash > of nip I don’t know about.
Wow. she needs a tree. My girl cat does this but it’s on either of her carpeted cat trees. I love it when she hangs on there with her ears back clawing away! Karen
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Those are good- I will DEFINITELY try the string on the ceiling fan! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > A big crawly bug in a large clear plastic tube with end caps works well till > the bug runs down. A vacuum hose and marbles is fun, too, but it’s human > powered. Bubbles are fun if they aren’t scared of ‘em; use a fan to keep from > hyper ventilating. Any kind of rod under anything (towel, couch cushion, etc.) > is a winner; if they can’t see it, they like it better. A real snake > (non-venomous) under a towel is a real hoot. Paper planes and helicopters are > fun, but human powered. In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and > the cat in another room will go nuts; also make noises into the end of a vacuum > hose. Some radio control cars are fairly cheap and fun ($15 at Radio Shark). > Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real > dizzy. > Gary Schooley
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Cable ties! The *big* plastic ones. Twist them a couple of times and put the end through the slot and tighten so you have a curly effect (and so the loop is too small to get a head in). For some reason, this creates THE Favored Cat Toy. I don’t know if they could get hurt or not, but I always put it away if I’m not going to be able to supervise. So far, only wild games of kitchen-floor hockey that last for almost an hour have resulted. Lia
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette
A big crawly bug in a large clear plastic tube with end caps works well till the bug runs down. A vacuum hose and marbles is fun, too, but it’s human powered. Bubbles are fun if they aren’t scared of ‘em; use a fan to keep from hyper ventilating. Any kind of rod under anything (towel, couch cushion, etc.) is a winner; if they can’t see it, they like it better. A real snake (non-venomous) under a towel is a real hoot. Paper planes and helicopters are fun, but human powered. In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and the cat in another room will go nuts; also make noises into the end of a vacuum hose. Some radio control cars are fairly cheap and fun ($15 at Radio Shark). Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real dizzy. Gary Schooley
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Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic missile 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash of nip I don’t know about. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > "ditto" to almost every item listed above. > Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high > for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of > us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or > until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… > Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery > trip. The big cat licks them. > The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of > all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all > humans are trees, unfortunately). > The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… > usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. > Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks > he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and > bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her > out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he > will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the > bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from > toilet – tis very funny). > But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in > the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, > actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). > OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty > close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, > and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they > have. I wish I was a cat!! > I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > "thing" for them. > Cathy > — > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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*Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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>What’s a greebling?
imaginary unseen spirits that cats chase at random, like a kind of ghost.
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Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes every so often trying to liberate them. Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. Sam Shults
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > there? > > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette
Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little teeth marks. And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. <mantra> My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. </mantra> Sam See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of the multiple "Cats" folders.
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I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite "thing" for them. Cathy — "Staccato signals of constant information…" ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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"ditto" to almost every item listed above. Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery trip. The big cat licks them. The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all humans are trees, unfortunately). The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from toilet – tis very funny). But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they have. I wish I was a cat!!
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > "thing" for them. > Cathy > — > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > there? > > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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Just to let everyone know, I hold the string, as Sand Fox pointed out, it could be dangerous unsupervised. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> x-no-archive: yes > >My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > >and dangled in her presence. > >Annette > So did my cat until she tangled up in it one day. What a scream she let > out. > Tore off one of her toenails and urinated all over herself in trying to > get out > of the tangle. I had to cover her in a blanket in order to get near > enough to > untangle her. > I keep all string stuff away from her now. > TSF. > Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope > stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about > them strangling themselves. > As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut > holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can > stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking > a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use > them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep > in/under. > Sam
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What’s a greebling? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope >stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about >them strangling themselves. >As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut >holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can >stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking >a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use >them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep >in/under. > When you’re a cat, the world is a cat toy. > Some of my kitty’s favorite toys: > my toes late at night in the AM > retractable tape measure. Jessi sill sit on it and when she moves will then > chase it as it retracts > fishing pole / string / feather cat toy > aluminum foil balls > scraps of wire, 6-8" > bathrobe cord > laser pointer light > greeblings > cat-toy mousies > jessi’s tail > outside: draging around a bit of tree branch — 3′ — along the grass
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My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out there? Annette
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My cat is crazy about tissue paper. It gets shredded beyond belief after a while but sooner or later I get a new piece from a package or something.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> x-no-archive: yes >My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged >and dangled in her presence. >Annette > So did my cat until she tangled up in it one day. What a scream she let out. > Tore off one of her toenails and urinated all over herself in trying to get out > of the tangle. I had to cover her in a blanket in order to get near enough to > untangle her. > I keep all string stuff away from her now. > TSF.
Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about them strangling themselves. As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep in/under. Sam
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>Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope >stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about >them strangling themselves. >As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut >holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can >stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking >a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use >them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep >in/under.
When you’re a cat, the world is a cat toy. Some of my kitty’s favorite toys: my toes late at night in the AM retractable tape measure. Jessi sill sit on it and when she moves will then chase it as it retracts fishing pole / string / feather cat toy aluminum foil balls scraps of wire, 6-8" bathrobe cord laser pointer light greeblings cat-toy mousies jessi’s tail outside: draging around a bit of tree branch — 3′ — along the grass
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> Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. > Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine > would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I > saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but > they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes > every so often trying to liberate them.
Ah – that game of liberation. Yes, our cats are constantly trying to liberate hidden noisy toys and plastic bags. And silly things like stupid springs with pom poms on the end they put on the end of some cat toys. Our cats just see them and think "food". I have no idea why. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. > Sam Shults > *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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Ha ha! Well, not the door, but she probably gets almost five feet onto my back… she’s hit my shoulder direct land and I am 5′3”. She gets those nutty dilated pupils too. She is also the one who also opens doors by leaping up, grabbing doorhandle, and hanging until it gives (round knob too), and swings until she’s in. Maniac cat. Kitten (shes only 10 mos, half siamese). I am real glad she doesn’t go at walls like that… holy crap. Yeah, Muffin is definitely on the nip. The one dumb thing this kid of ours does is sleep with her head, and head only, under the couch. She looks stupid! This little meatloaf sticking out of the couch with no head. Sleeping. Weirdo! What does she think she is, an ostrich?
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic missile > 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door > frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her > claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash > of nip I don’t know about. > "ditto" to almost every item listed above. > Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high > for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of > us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or > until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… > Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery > trip. The big cat licks them. > The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of > all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all > humans are trees, unfortunately). > The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… > usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. > Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks > he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and > bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her > out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he > will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the > bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from > toilet – tis very funny). > But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in > the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, > actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). > OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty > close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, > and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they > have. I wish I was a cat!! > > I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > > "thing" for them. > > Cathy > > — > > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > > there? > > > > Annette > > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > > *not* > > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > > teeth marks. > > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > > <mantra> > > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > > </mantra> > > > Sam > > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and > the cat in another room will go nuts
hee.. when I was in high school, we occasionally got a mouse in the wall… our cat could hear it but not see it.. it drove him nuts! there was also a tiny chip in the plaster about 3 feet up the wall, he was alla time batting at that. and cicadas.. he’d sit under a tree looking up, just waiting for one to come down. > Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real > dizzy.
gmta! I just posted that before I read this far down in the thread. Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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PING PONG BALLS!!! Especially in a bath tub. Costs about $2 for 6. They play soccer around the house with them. Holly
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A lot of foam peanuts now are really made of corn. Holly
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. > Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine > would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I > saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but > they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes > every so often trying to liberate them. > Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. > Sam Shults > *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there?
our old house had a ceiling fan that had a very slow setting.. we attached a string to one of the blades, long enough for her to chase but too short for her to get caught in, and turned it on. sometimes we tied one of her toy mice to the end too. was great fun for her to play with and for us to watch. the fans at our new house go too fast for that, though… Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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> Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy.
oh yeah, and the pull rings from milk carton caps! that was the only toy my Maggie (RB) would ever play with. Gobo (the one who chased the ceiling fan string) will play with just about any toy, and Slinkee loves those little toy cars that you pull back to make them go. then there’s the christmas tree decoration my daughter made one year in grade school, a wreath of pipe cleaner and lace. Gobo has claimed that as her toy. she loves the thing.. I could never actually hang it up cause Go would knock the tree down to get it! Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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Oh those! We got all kinds of them at my house! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->What’s a greebling? > imaginary unseen spirits that cats chase at random, like a kind of ghost.
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> Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic > missile > 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door > frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her > claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash > of nip I don’t know about.
Wow. she needs a tree. My girl cat does this but it’s on either of her carpeted cat trees. I love it when she hangs on there with her ears back clawing away! Karen
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Those are good- I will DEFINITELY try the string on the ceiling fan! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > A big crawly bug in a large clear plastic tube with end caps works well till > the bug runs down. A vacuum hose and marbles is fun, too, but it’s human > powered. Bubbles are fun if they aren’t scared of ‘em; use a fan to keep from > hyper ventilating. Any kind of rod under anything (towel, couch cushion, etc.) > is a winner; if they can’t see it, they like it better. A real snake > (non-venomous) under a towel is a real hoot. Paper planes and helicopters are > fun, but human powered. In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and > the cat in another room will go nuts; also make noises into the end of a vacuum > hose. Some radio control cars are fairly cheap and fun ($15 at Radio Shark). > Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real > dizzy. > Gary Schooley
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Cable ties! The *big* plastic ones. Twist them a couple of times and put the end through the slot and tighten so you have a curly effect (and so the loop is too small to get a head in). For some reason, this creates THE Favored Cat Toy. I don’t know if they could get hurt or not, but I always put it away if I’m not going to be able to supervise. So far, only wild games of kitchen-floor hockey that last for almost an hour have resulted. Lia
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette
A big crawly bug in a large clear plastic tube with end caps works well till the bug runs down. A vacuum hose and marbles is fun, too, but it’s human powered. Bubbles are fun if they aren’t scared of ‘em; use a fan to keep from hyper ventilating. Any kind of rod under anything (towel, couch cushion, etc.) is a winner; if they can’t see it, they like it better. A real snake (non-venomous) under a towel is a real hoot. Paper planes and helicopters are fun, but human powered. In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and the cat in another room will go nuts; also make noises into the end of a vacuum hose. Some radio control cars are fairly cheap and fun ($15 at Radio Shark). Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real dizzy. Gary Schooley
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Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic missile 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash of nip I don’t know about. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > "ditto" to almost every item listed above. > Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high > for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of > us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or > until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… > Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery > trip. The big cat licks them. > The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of > all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all > humans are trees, unfortunately). > The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… > usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. > Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks > he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and > bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her > out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he > will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the > bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from > toilet – tis very funny). > But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in > the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, > actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). > OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty > close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, > and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they > have. I wish I was a cat!! > I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > "thing" for them. > Cathy > — > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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*Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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>What’s a greebling?
imaginary unseen spirits that cats chase at random, like a kind of ghost.
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Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes every so often trying to liberate them. Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. Sam Shults
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > there? > > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette
Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little teeth marks. And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. <mantra> My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. </mantra> Sam See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of the multiple "Cats" folders.
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I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite "thing" for them. Cathy — "Staccato signals of constant information…" ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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"ditto" to almost every item listed above. Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery trip. The big cat licks them. The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all humans are trees, unfortunately). The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from toilet – tis very funny). But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they have. I wish I was a cat!!
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > "thing" for them. > Cathy > — > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > there? > > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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Just to let everyone know, I hold the string, as Sand Fox pointed out, it could be dangerous unsupervised. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> x-no-archive: yes > >My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > >and dangled in her presence. > >Annette > So did my cat until she tangled up in it one day. What a scream she let > out. > Tore off one of her toenails and urinated all over herself in trying to > get out > of the tangle. I had to cover her in a blanket in order to get near > enough to > untangle her. > I keep all string stuff away from her now. > TSF. > Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope > stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about > them strangling themselves. > As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut > holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can > stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking > a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use > them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep > in/under. > Sam
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What’s a greebling? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope >stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about >them strangling themselves. >As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut >holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can >stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking >a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use >them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep >in/under. > When you’re a cat, the world is a cat toy. > Some of my kitty’s favorite toys: > my toes late at night in the AM > retractable tape measure. Jessi sill sit on it and when she moves will then > chase it as it retracts > fishing pole / string / feather cat toy > aluminum foil balls > scraps of wire, 6-8" > bathrobe cord > laser pointer light > greeblings > cat-toy mousies > jessi’s tail > outside: draging around a bit of tree branch — 3′ — along the grass
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My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out there? Annette
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My cat is crazy about tissue paper. It gets shredded beyond belief after a while but sooner or later I get a new piece from a package or something.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> x-no-archive: yes >My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged >and dangled in her presence. >Annette > So did my cat until she tangled up in it one day. What a scream she let out. > Tore off one of her toenails and urinated all over herself in trying to get out > of the tangle. I had to cover her in a blanket in order to get near enough to > untangle her. > I keep all string stuff away from her now. > TSF.
Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about them strangling themselves. As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep in/under. Sam
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>Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope >stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about >them strangling themselves. >As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut >holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can >stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking >a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use >them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep >in/under.
When you’re a cat, the world is a cat toy. Some of my kitty’s favorite toys: my toes late at night in the AM retractable tape measure. Jessi sill sit on it and when she moves will then chase it as it retracts fishing pole / string / feather cat toy aluminum foil balls scraps of wire, 6-8" bathrobe cord laser pointer light greeblings cat-toy mousies jessi’s tail outside: draging around a bit of tree branch — 3′ — along the grass
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> Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. > Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine > would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I > saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but > they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes > every so often trying to liberate them.
Ah – that game of liberation. Yes, our cats are constantly trying to liberate hidden noisy toys and plastic bags. And silly things like stupid springs with pom poms on the end they put on the end of some cat toys. Our cats just see them and think "food". I have no idea why. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. > Sam Shults > *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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Ha ha! Well, not the door, but she probably gets almost five feet onto my back… she’s hit my shoulder direct land and I am 5′3”. She gets those nutty dilated pupils too. She is also the one who also opens doors by leaping up, grabbing doorhandle, and hanging until it gives (round knob too), and swings until she’s in. Maniac cat. Kitten (shes only 10 mos, half siamese). I am real glad she doesn’t go at walls like that… holy crap. Yeah, Muffin is definitely on the nip. The one dumb thing this kid of ours does is sleep with her head, and head only, under the couch. She looks stupid! This little meatloaf sticking out of the couch with no head. Sleeping. Weirdo! What does she think she is, an ostrich?
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic missile > 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door > frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her > claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash > of nip I don’t know about. > "ditto" to almost every item listed above. > Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high > for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of > us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or > until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… > Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery > trip. The big cat licks them. > The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of > all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all > humans are trees, unfortunately). > The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… > usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. > Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks > he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and > bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her > out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he > will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the > bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from > toilet – tis very funny). > But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in > the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, > actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). > OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty > close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, > and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they > have. I wish I was a cat!! > > I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > > "thing" for them. > > Cathy > > — > > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > > there? > > > > Annette > > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > > *not* > > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > > teeth marks. > > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > > <mantra> > > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > > </mantra> > > > Sam > > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and > the cat in another room will go nuts
hee.. when I was in high school, we occasionally got a mouse in the wall… our cat could hear it but not see it.. it drove him nuts! there was also a tiny chip in the plaster about 3 feet up the wall, he was alla time batting at that. and cicadas.. he’d sit under a tree looking up, just waiting for one to come down. > Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real > dizzy.
gmta! I just posted that before I read this far down in the thread. Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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PING PONG BALLS!!! Especially in a bath tub. Costs about $2 for 6. They play soccer around the house with them. Holly
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A lot of foam peanuts now are really made of corn. Holly
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. > Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine > would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I > saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but > they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes > every so often trying to liberate them. > Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. > Sam Shults > *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there?
our old house had a ceiling fan that had a very slow setting.. we attached a string to one of the blades, long enough for her to chase but too short for her to get caught in, and turned it on. sometimes we tied one of her toy mice to the end too. was great fun for her to play with and for us to watch. the fans at our new house go too fast for that, though… Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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> Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy.
oh yeah, and the pull rings from milk carton caps! that was the only toy my Maggie (RB) would ever play with. Gobo (the one who chased the ceiling fan string) will play with just about any toy, and Slinkee loves those little toy cars that you pull back to make them go. then there’s the christmas tree decoration my daughter made one year in grade school, a wreath of pipe cleaner and lace. Gobo has claimed that as her toy. she loves the thing.. I could never actually hang it up cause Go would knock the tree down to get it! Rebecca — "The internet was invented specifically for displaying pictures of one’s cat." http://briefcase.yahoo.com/wondertwnz
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Oh those! We got all kinds of them at my house! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->What’s a greebling? > imaginary unseen spirits that cats chase at random, like a kind of ghost.
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> Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic > missile > 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door > frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her > claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash > of nip I don’t know about.
Wow. she needs a tree. My girl cat does this but it’s on either of her carpeted cat trees. I love it when she hangs on there with her ears back clawing away! Karen
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Those are good- I will DEFINITELY try the string on the ceiling fan! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > A big crawly bug in a large clear plastic tube with end caps works well till > the bug runs down. A vacuum hose and marbles is fun, too, but it’s human > powered. Bubbles are fun if they aren’t scared of ‘em; use a fan to keep from > hyper ventilating. Any kind of rod under anything (towel, couch cushion, etc.) > is a winner; if they can’t see it, they like it better. A real snake > (non-venomous) under a towel is a real hoot. Paper planes and helicopters are > fun, but human powered. In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and > the cat in another room will go nuts; also make noises into the end of a vacuum > hose. Some radio control cars are fairly cheap and fun ($15 at Radio Shark). > Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real > dizzy. > Gary Schooley
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Cable ties! The *big* plastic ones. Twist them a couple of times and put the end through the slot and tighten so you have a curly effect (and so the loop is too small to get a head in). For some reason, this creates THE Favored Cat Toy. I don’t know if they could get hurt or not, but I always put it away if I’m not going to be able to supervise. So far, only wild games of kitchen-floor hockey that last for almost an hour have resulted. Lia
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette
A big crawly bug in a large clear plastic tube with end caps works well till the bug runs down. A vacuum hose and marbles is fun, too, but it’s human powered. Bubbles are fun if they aren’t scared of ‘em; use a fan to keep from hyper ventilating. Any kind of rod under anything (towel, couch cushion, etc.) is a winner; if they can’t see it, they like it better. A real snake (non-venomous) under a towel is a real hoot. Paper planes and helicopters are fun, but human powered. In a mobile home, holler into one vent in one room and the cat in another room will go nuts; also make noises into the end of a vacuum hose. Some radio control cars are fairly cheap and fun ($15 at Radio Shark). Ribbons tied just out of reach on the ceiling fan are fun but get the cat real dizzy. Gary Schooley
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Okay. Does yours tear around the house, launch herself like a ballistic missile 6 feet in the air and land on the bathroom doorjamb? Muffin will hug the door frame molding at a height of 5-6 feet, with a maniacal look on her face as her claws scrape down the paint like nails on a chalkboard. She must have a stash of nip I don’t know about. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > "ditto" to almost every item listed above. > Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high > for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of > us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or > until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… > Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery > trip. The big cat licks them. > The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of > all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all > humans are trees, unfortunately). > The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… > usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. > Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks > he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and > bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her > out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he > will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the > bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from > toilet – tis very funny). > But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in > the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, > actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). > OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty > close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, > and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they > have. I wish I was a cat!! > I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > "thing" for them. > Cathy > — > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string > dragged > > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > > there? > > > Annette > > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of > little > > teeth marks. > > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see > a > > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they > catch > > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > > <mantra> > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > > </mantra> > > Sam > > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one > of > > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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*Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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>What’s a greebling?
imaginary unseen spirits that cats chase at random, like a kind of ghost.
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Ha! And I don’t even *want* to know how they clean themselves. Does anyone else’s cat love those foam peanuts used for packing stuff? Mine would kill (me, of course) for them and I let them play with them until I saw them eating them. I put them in a box to keep them away from it but they *know* there are foam peanuts in there and will spend a couple minutes every so often trying to liberate them. Also, my nose and earlobes seem to be free game. Sam Shults
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> *Annette runs to the bathroom and frantically scrubs face!!* > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > there? > > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette
Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little teeth marks. And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. <mantra> My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. </mantra> Sam See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of the multiple "Cats" folders.
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I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite "thing" for them. Cathy — "Staccato signals of constant information…" ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > there? > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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"ditto" to almost every item listed above. Our cats pupils dilate when they see the toilet paper roll (kept too high for them to reach, for obvious reasons)… sometimes they get it if one of us is not thinking and it will be ALL over the house rather quickly (or until caught). Same goes for the kleenex… Plastic bags… but only when watched, and usually only after a grocery trip. The big cat licks them. The little cat sees ghosts every night around midnight – the cheapest toy of all!!! (this is one nutty cat in the midnight crazies…she thinks all humans are trees, unfortunately). The cat forts – made by my husband of blankets and chairs, or boxes… usually outstretched paws will extend and bat everything that passes by. Our cats use our bathtub like a BUNKER. I kid you not. The big one thinks he is invisible behind the showercurtain. He will watch with big eyes, and bat you when you pass. If the other cat tries to enter, he will push her out with both paws, because it is his army bunker. It is real funny – he will tear down the hall, turn… run to the bathroom, and leap into the bunker, quickly turn around and go on "high alert" (I have watched from toilet – tis very funny). But even with all this fun, probably their favorite toy is still the ball in the track with the cardboard scratching pad in the middle (in above post, actually)… they still go bonkers for that thing (and it was purchased). OK, Muggles in his bunker – he has a lot of fun… that may be pretty close…OH! Or maybe our lizard… that poor guy… he is really intense, and speeds across the cage, which just excites the cats… ooh, the fun they have. I wish I was a cat!!
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I’ve always wondered what it is, w/ cats & pens… they have a definite > "thing" for them. > Cathy > — > "Staccato signals of constant information…" > ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon > > My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > > and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! > > She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out > > there? > > Annette > Forgot – the large bottle caps off of Aquifina. It’s large enough to > *not* > fit in their mouths but they’ll bat that sucker around like crazy. > Also, pens. I’ll pick up a pen to write with and it’ll be full of little > teeth marks. > And I don’t know if this qualifies, but my cats go *nuts* when they see a > fly. One fly will have them jumping, running and chasing until they catch > it. I just turn a blind eye whenever they *do* catch it and eat it. > <mantra> > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > My cat did not just eat a fly and lick my face. > </mantra> > Sam > See my cats: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/samuelhshults and click on one of > the multiple "Cats" folders.
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Just to let everyone know, I hold the string, as Sand Fox pointed out, it could be dangerous unsupervised. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> x-no-archive: yes > >My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged > >and dangled in her presence. > >Annette > So did my cat until she tangled up in it one day. What a scream she let > out. > Tore off one of her toenails and urinated all over herself in trying to > get out > of the tangle. I had to cover her in a blanket in order to get near > enough to > untangle her. > I keep all string stuff away from her now. > TSF. > Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope > stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about > them strangling themselves. > As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut > holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can > stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking > a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use > them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep > in/under. > Sam
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What’s a greebling? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope >stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about >them strangling themselves. >As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut >holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can >stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking >a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use >them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep >in/under. > When you’re a cat, the world is a cat toy. > Some of my kitty’s favorite toys: > my toes late at night in the AM > retractable tape measure. Jessi sill sit on it and when she moves will then > chase it as it retracts > fishing pole / string / feather cat toy > aluminum foil balls > scraps of wire, 6-8" > bathrobe cord > laser pointer light > greeblings > cat-toy mousies > jessi’s tail > outside: draging around a bit of tree branch — 3′ — along the grass
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My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged and dangled in her presence. To heck with those $20 toys in the store! She also plays hockey with a foil ball. Any other cheap toy ideas out there? Annette
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My cat is crazy about tissue paper. It gets shredded beyond belief after a while but sooner or later I get a new piece from a package or something.
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> x-no-archive: yes >My cat goes absolutely bonkers after a 4-5 foot length of string dragged >and dangled in her presence. >Annette > So did my cat until she tangled up in it one day. What a scream she let out. > Tore off one of her toenails and urinated all over herself in trying to get out > of the tangle. I had to cover her in a blanket in order to get near enough to > untangle her. > I keep all string stuff away from her now. > TSF.
Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about them strangling themselves. As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep in/under. Sam
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>Since my cats all love dangling/moving string I have some sissal rope >stapled to the bottom of my cat tree platform – that way I don’t worry about >them strangling themselves. >As far as other cheap toys go – I have some old cardboard boxes that I cut >holes in to make various "houses" out of. Some have little holes they can >stick their paws through – one will be on the inside with his paw attacking >a cat on the outside. I have about 5 of these "houses" and not they use >them for not just playing – but to be by themselves for a bit & to sleep >in/under.
When you’re a cat, the world is a cat toy. Some of my kitty’s favorite toys: my toes late at night in the AM retractable tape measure. Jessi sill sit on it and when she moves will then chase it as it retracts fishing pole / string / feather cat toy aluminum foil balls scraps of wire, 6-8" bathrobe cord laser pointer light greeblings cat-toy mousies jessi’s tail outside: draging around a bit of tree branch — 3′ — along the grass
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