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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2004Cat toys all around
Did you ever just think that the world just constantly produces countless new cat toys? I was awakened last night by the wildest kitty soccer in recent memory-- sounded like a dozen cats-- with extra scuffling and sliding-- donuts and burnouts-- on the hardwood floor. I turned the light on, and could not see what he was playing with at first-- it was too tiny. But he was really putting on a show-- repeated overshooting his target, and sending himself into little mini side-frenzies that had him leaping to the tops of shelves, and shooting up and down the stairs. What was causing all the commotion? A blueberry. I had spilled some on the floor that morning, and apparently missed one when I was trying to clean them up. Little goofball. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Did you ever just think that the world just constantly produces > countless new cat toys? Oh yeah... mini pretzels also make excellent instant cat toys ;) > > Did you ever just think that the world just constantly produces > > countless new cat toys? Kumani likes my homework best. She also sleeps in my briefcase. Nocturne likes to think she is too dignified for toys but we have a photo of her in her youth, chasing a Pepsi can around the kitchen. Tyche can /always/ find new toys by tipping the garbage pail over. So many delights can be found within! --Enfilade Ginger (RB) loved to play with string beans. She would hang out in the kitchen until I gave her one. Ann > Did you ever just think that the world just constantly produces > countless new cat toys? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > Did you ever just think that the world just constantly produces > countless new cat toys? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Little goofball. ;) > Theresa I so wish my cats would play more. Kitty is often too grumpy to play and she doesn't like Boyfriend playing in her presence either and she's effectively stopped him by boxing his ears every time he tries. So, two weeks ago, I bought them a catnip mouse, I'd heard such stories on the group about how much cats like catnip and I thought I'd give it a go. That catnip mouse is spurned. Neither of them has any interest in it whatsoever. I sniffed it (yes, sad, sad, cat slave) to see if it smelt of anything, and to me, it doesn't. Is the scent discernable to hoomins, and if so, do I now need to buy a catnip spray to refresh it with, or am I just wasting my money? Tweed >> Did you ever just think that the world just constantly produces >> countless new cat toys? [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >Tweed What the kits need is some fresh blow. The stuff in the mouse may have lost its zing. Nip spray-- feh. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > I sniffed it (yes, sad, sad, cat slave) to see if it smelt of anything, and > to me, it doesn't. Is the scent discernable to hoomins, and if so, do I now > need to buy a catnip spray to refresh it with, or am I just wasting my > money? > > Tweed Were they interested in it when it was new? If so, it may need to be refreshed with either some chopped catnip rubbed on it or catnip spray spritzed on it. If they weren't interested in it when it was new they may not react to catnip - some cats don't. Each of my girls react to it differently. Bandit, 14, just wants to roll around in it. Demi, 6, likes to play with toys that smell of it. Jessie, 5 likes to eat it. Sammy, 5 1/2 months, likes to scratch at it. Hugs, CatNipped >I so wish my cats would play more. Kitty is often too grumpy to play and >she doesn't like Boyfriend playing in her presence either and she's [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >need to buy a catnip spray to refresh it with, or am I just wasting my >money? I think it really depends on the cat - my three couldn't care less  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > > Did you ever just think that the world just constantly produces > > countless new cat toys? [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Tweed As the rest of the gang indicated, some cats do and some JUST SAY NO. Cali's a definite niphead and loves all things from the big out, Smokey could care less. Fresh catnip stinks, the stuff in the tub does not have any smell that I've noticed, but then I'm not a cat. If you get good quality dried catnip, you can definitely smell it. Don't waste your money on that stuff Hartz sells in the grocery store. No odour = no fun. I get good dried catnip at: a specialty pet boutique, the local Pagan store (ask for the herbs--you're likely to get good quality organically grown herbs) or an herb store. Hoomins sometimes drink catnip tea for stomach complaints, so it should be available if you do some searching and asking. If they still dont' respond to the good stuff, then your cats are missing the gene required to react to it...about 3 in 10 cats are. --Enfilade Is the scent discernable to hoomins, and if so, do I > now > > need to buy a catnip spray to refresh it with, or am I just wasting my > > money? > > > Fresh catnip stinks, the stuff in the tub does not have any smell that I've > noticed, but then I'm not a cat. >If you get good quality dried catnip, you can definitely smell it. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >If they still dont' respond to the good stuff, then your cats are >missing the gene required to react to it...about 3 in 10 cats are. Guess mine are those 3. First I tried the cheap stuff from the grocery store - nothing. Then when I was at the garden store I ran across some seeds and sprinkled them around the tomatos. But they don't react to home grown nip either - green, dried, or in between - nothing. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > Did you ever just think that the world just constantly produces > countless new cat toys? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Little goofball. ;) Heh. Hubert has a potpourri fetish. He takes out one piece, bats it around the room a while, then goes to the bowl for another. :-) ------ Krista > Heh. Hubert has a potpourri fetish. He takes out one piece, bats it > around the room a while, then goes to the bowl for another. :-) > > ------ > Krista I have a bowl of hard candies on my sitting room coffee table. Sammy likes to delicately pick out one piece of cellophane-wrapped peppermint and bat that around. I'm constantly finding them all over the floor, sticky with kitten spit. Hugs, CatNipped >I have a bowl of hard candies on my sitting room coffee table. Sammy likes >to delicately pick out one piece of cellophane-wrapped peppermint and bat >that around. I'm constantly finding them all over the floor, sticky with >kitten spit. My Sammy used to do that, too. I had to put a stop to it when I decided to quit smoking and added nicotine lozenges to the bowl. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > My Sammy used to do that, too. I had to put a stop to it when I > decided to quit smoking and added nicotine lozenges to the bowl. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html > Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html Oh my! If your Sammy is anything like my Sammy you certainly would *not* want her taking a stimulant!!! ;> Hugs, CatNipped > Heh. Hubert has a potpourri fetish. He takes out one piece, bats it > around the room a while, then goes to the bowl for another. :-) I have a little basket on the counter with wine corks in it. Nikki will sometimes jump up on the counter (it's allowed around here), snag one cork out of the basket, drop it to the floor, and the chase is on! SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >> Heh. Hubert has a potpourri fetish. He takes out one piece, bats it >> around the room a while, then goes to the bowl for another. :-) > >I have a little basket on the counter with wine corks in it. Nikki will >sometimes jump up on the counter (it's allowed around here), snag one >cork out of the basket, drop it to the floor, and the chase is on! That's what always cracks me up about Stinky and the whole cherry deal. When he loses one, he just goes right back to get a new one. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com |
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