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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006Persia's playing with the string!
I have an extra-long braided bootstring dangling from the closet doorknob. Persia goes nuts over this string. It gives her I don't know how many minutes of continuous play time and I don't have to lift a finger! This is a good thing since anything resembling exercise makes me want to take a nap ;) Between the string, boxes and paper bags, she keeps herself entertained and I get to be a computer potato. Jill > I have an extra-long braided bootstring dangling from the closet doorknob. > Persia goes nuts over this string. It gives her I don't know how many [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Jill Pua and Tyrone's favorite play-thing is one of Allan's old boot laces. Tyrone will grab it and drag it and Miss Pua just can't resist snagging it with her paw. It turns into a tug-of-war fest. Their favorite spot is the bathroom. Pua will be *in* the bathroom and Tryone crouches around the corner in the hallway so they can't see each other. I don't know how that makes the game more fun, but it somehow seems to. :~) kili >> I have an extra-long braided bootstring dangling from the closet >> doorknob. Persia goes nuts over this string. It gives her I don't [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > kili I'm pretty sure it's like peek-a-boo. I can't see you, therefore the string is being pulled by a ghost! Persia bats the string around and even though some evil person front declawed her she manages to grab the string with her paw. Then she bites it and tugs on it. I had to wrap it around the doorknob 3 times and tie a knot in it just to keep her from tugging it off. Jill >>> I have an extra-long braided bootstring dangling from the closet >>> doorknob. Persia goes nuts over this string. It gives her I don't [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > Jill Not that I want to dampen anykitty's fun - but please be careful when using string - even thick ones like shoe/boot laces! Cats have been known to *eat* string - and then it wreaks havoc on their intestines! Or else they can get tangled in it and strangle themselves. *PLEASE* only allow string-play when a "hoomin" is nearby to supervise, & provide support if needed. And this from an evil person who once took a looooong piece of curl-ribbon and taped it to one of the blades of a ceiling fan, then turned the ceiling fan on and sat back and LHAO while watching Smokey go berserk trying to catch it! she caught it, the tape broke loose from the fan-blade, and Smokey tried to haul her prey off to be killed - her prey was duly taken away from her and dragged throughout the house by evil person, with Smokey in hot pursuit. It was fun, but I *never* let Smokey chew on the ribbon - for more than a few bites - and didn't let her wrap herself up in it either. > >>> I have an extra-long braided bootstring dangling from the closet > >>> doorknob. Persia goes nuts over this string. It gives her I don't [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > in hot pursuit. It was fun, but I *never* let Smokey chew on the ribbon - > for more than a few bites - and didn't let her wrap herself up in it either. Nope, my "kids" don't have any intention of eating the bootlace and I *do* supervise! I'm more afraid of them strangling themselves than of them eating it. I don't know if their activities provide them or me with more entertainment factor. :~) kili >> >>> I have an extra-long braided bootstring dangling from the closet >> >>> doorknob. Persia goes nuts over this string. It gives her I don't [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > > kili It's not so much intentions at work here as it is mechanics. Cats' tongues have tiny, backward-facing "spikes" (which gives their tongues that raspy feel). Things can get stuck on these spikes and they can't spit something out of their mouths as we can - the object has nowhere to go except down their throats. This is especially problematical with something like string which is lightweight and not easily spit out of even human mouths with our smooth tongues. Even when cats don't mean to swallow something, sometimes they have no choice in the matter (have you ever seen a cat pawing at his mouth trying to get something out?).  SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ > Not that I want to dampen anykitty's fun - but please be careful > when using string - even thick ones like shoe/boot laces! Cats have > been known to *eat* string - and then it wreaks havoc on their > intestines! Or else they can get tangled in it and strangle > themselves. *PLEASE* only allow string-play when a "hoomin" is > nearby to supervise, & provide support if needed. Yup. I have to be very careful with string, as Oscar shows more interest in eating any string she sees than in actually playing with the toy to which it might be attached. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >>>> I have an extra-long braided bootstring dangling from the closet >>>> doorknob. Persia goes nuts over this string. It gives her I don't [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] > but I *never* let Smokey chew on the ribbon - for more than a few > bites - and didn't let her wrap herself up in it either. Persia doesn't play with the bootstring unsupervised. She shows no interest in eating it but she does tug on it with her paws. The way it hangs from the door she'd have to be a real athletic cat to hang herself. She does like my bathrobe belt... she'll practically trip me up to get ahold of the end of it and start tugging with her teeth. It's a big thick thing, though, and firmly around my waist. She might not believe this, silly grey panther, but I'm still bigger than she is! :) Jill >> I have an extra-long braided bootstring dangling from the closet doorknob. >> Persia goes nuts over this string. It gives her I don't know how many [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >kili My little Mimi (RB) had appropriated a red bathrobe belt, and used to run around the house with one end in her mouth, the rest streaming out behind her, and crazy, buggy eyes. It was hilarious. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > It turns into a tug-of-war fest. Their favorite spot is the > bathroom. Pua will be *in* the bathroom and Tryone crouches around the > corner in the hallway so they can't see each other. I don't know how that > makes the game more fun, but it somehow seems to. :~) Hiding around corners? Classic kitty play! Roxy and Smudge used to do this all the time, with or without string. Now Roxy plays with Licky in the same way. I love watching them crouching and hiding around a corner, waiting to pounce. Sometimes they both jump out at once, meeting in the air and then scrambling off in different directions. Joyce > a good thing since anything resembling exercise makes me want to take a nap > ;) Between the string, boxes and paper bags, she keeps herself entertained > and I get to be a computer potato. "Computer potato" - oh, no! Now I can't be smug anymore that I'm not a couch potato!! :) Joyce |
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