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Diane - 30 Sep 2005 00:43 GMT

I just bought Hodge a "thing in a bag." It's a brown Tyvek lunch sack
size bag with a three-battery motor that vibrates its way around at
random intervals for three minutes (before shutting off).

He hates it. :)

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cybercat - 30 Sep 2005 00:50 GMT

> I just bought Hodge a "thing in a bag." It's a brown Tyvek lunch sack
> size bag with a three-battery motor that vibrates its way around at
> random intervals for three minutes (before shutting off).
>
> He hates it. :)

I got this for Christmas last year. My cat is scared of it.

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Diane - 30 Sep 2005 01:31 GMT

> > I just bought Hodge a "thing in a bag." It's a brown Tyvek lunch sack
> > size bag with a three-battery motor that vibrates its way around at
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> I got this for Christmas last year. My cat is scared of it.

I can understand that. Hodge will approach it in its quiescent state; if
it starts moving, he pins it down. He's an aggressive, dominant little
devil. I would not have tried it with my late Pudge, who was a sweet
cuddler. She might have found it playful, but it might have terrified
her. Hard to say.

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cybercat - 30 Sep 2005 03:15 GMT

> > > I just bought Hodge a "thing in a bag." It's a brown Tyvek lunch sack
> > > size bag with a three-battery motor that vibrates its way around at
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> it starts moving, he pins it down. He's an aggressive, dominant little
> devil.

My little girl is quite the scaredy cat, but I really thought she'd
see that it was a toy! She liked the box it came it!

>I would not have tried it with my late Pudge, who was a sweet
> cuddler. She might have found it playful, but it might have terrified
> her. Hard to say.

They're unpredictable critters, that's for sure.

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MaryL - 01 Oct 2005 22:46 GMT

>I just bought Hodge a "thing in a bag." It's a brown Tyvek lunch sack
> size bag with a three-battery motor that vibrates its way around at
> random intervals for three minutes (before shutting off).
>
> He hates it. :)

I bought one, too, and soon found that it was useless for my household.
Duffy was leery of it -- investigated it, then ignored it. Holly tapped it
a few times, then also ignored it. I thought they would like it (but
especially Duffy because he could hear where it was), but this toy was a big
fizzle.

MaryL

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Diane - 02 Oct 2005 00:11 GMT

> I bought one, too, and soon found that it was useless for my household.
> Duffy was leery of it -- investigated it, then ignored it. Holly tapped it
> a few times, then also ignored it. I thought they would like it (but
> especially Duffy because he could hear where it was), but this toy was a big
> fizzle.

Hodge keeps trying to kill it. I had a feeling it would appeal to his
aggressive side.

BTW, he just nipped under my desk, nipped my ankle, and nipped off.
Hilarious.

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Cheryl - 02 Oct 2005 01:00 GMT

> I bought one, too, and soon found that it was useless for my
> household. Duffy was leery of it -- investigated it, then
> ignored it. Holly tapped it a few times, then also ignored it.
> I thought they would like it (but especially Duffy because he
> could hear where it was), but this toy was a big fizzle.

Like Cheese Mountain was a big fizzle.

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MaryL - 02 Oct 2005 04:08 GMT

>> I bought one, too, and soon found that it was useless for my
>> household. Duffy was leery of it -- investigated it, then
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> Like Cheese Mountain was a big fizzle.

Yep. Pretty much the same thing. On the other hand, Duffy *loves* the
turbo scratcher. The ball is in a fixed track, so he always knows where it
is. He will leap back and forth over the circle, hitting the ball on the
way; and he's ambidextrous -- he will bat the ball first with one paw to go
one direction, wait for it to make the circle, then hit it with his other
paw to go the other direction. He even uses it as a bed. He will meatloaf
in the center "scratching" section. Holly occasionally uses it, but it is
Duffy who gets real pleasure from it.

MaryL

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