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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / April 2004q-tips
My cat LOVES to play with q-tips (cotton swabs).... he picks them up in his mouth, bats them around, goes crazy with them.... he's as happy with one that I hand him straight out of the box as he is stealing one from the garbage container in the bathroom.... Anybody else's kitty do this? > My cat LOVES to play with q-tips (cotton swabs).... he picks them up in his > mouth, bats them around, goes crazy with them.... he's as happy with one > that I hand him straight out of the box as he is stealing one from the > garbage container in the bathroom.... > > Anybody else's kitty do this? That and straws... yes.  Signature"Its the bugs that keep it running." -Joe Canuck > That and straws... yes. YES! STRAWS! lol. Tucker recently started playing with those. it is HYSTERICAL Hailey circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:45:03 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Hailey (hailey@cmi.net) said, > > That and straws... yes. > > YES! STRAWS! lol. Tucker recently started playing with those. it is > HYSTERICAL I can't have straws in my drinks. The cats steal them. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > > YES! STRAWS! lol. Tucker recently started playing with those. it is > > HYSTERICAL > > > I can't have straws in my drinks. The cats steal them. > > Laura LOL Tucker is not that bad... yet. DH was funny enough to think the boys DON'T get on the counters at night when everyone is in bed. But one day I picked up a straw passing the kitchen breakfast nook and it was ALL chewed up <G> DH was sure I'd dropped it. so the next night I put a straw on top of the water purifier, where, even if it did fall, could not possibly get to the floor<G> And guess what! It was chewed up in the living room next morning too. Now I don't like the kitties on the counter and I swat Tuck when he is so audacious to try, but I really *do* think it's pretty cute how sneaky they are. lol DH does not :) Good thing he loves Tucker silly! Hailey Carrie-Lou Salter skrev: > My cat LOVES to play with q-tips (cotton swabs).... he picks them up in his > mouth, bats them around, goes crazy with them.... he's as happy with one > that I hand him straight out of the box as he is stealing one from the > garbage container in the bathroom.... > > Anybody else's kitty do this? My cats love pipe cleaners which are killed several times until they are demoted to retrieving material. Guess who is in charge of throwing them :-) They would probably love q-tips should they ever encounter one. These objects are just the right size for a kitty to handle. Niels Peter > Carrie-Lou Salter skrev: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Niels Peter Kona will play fetch with Q-tips. I throw them, he chases after them while they are in the air, then he kills them and brings them back and puts them down at my feet. I bought some colored pipe cleaners that both my cats will spontanously start playing with. Funny how those pipe cleaners try so hard to run away from the cats. I saw Sabastian "stalk" one the other day from around the corner of an ottoman. The bright colors are nice because it makes it easier to spot them in their eventual resting places-behind the sofa, under stuffed chairs, in closets, etc. :-) > Kona will play fetch with Q-tips. I throw them, he chases after them > while they are in the air, then he kills them and brings them back and [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > because it makes it easier to spot them in their eventual resting > places-behind the sofa, under stuffed chairs, in closets, etc. :-) So it's not a worry about the little metal thing inside? I'd be afraid Tuck would put an eye out. Hailey > > Kona will play fetch with Q-tips. I throw them, he chases after them > > while they are in the air, then he kills them and brings them back and [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Hailey I bend the ends around just to be safe, although if you twist them up into the pretzel type shapes that work best for them to play with I don't think there's a significant risk the way the cats play with them. BTW, you can find these colored ones in the large pet stores. > Anybody else's kitty do this? Yup . The plastic rings from the top of milk jugs tend to show up all over too. > My cat LOVES to play with q-tips (cotton swabs).... he picks them up in his > mouth, bats them around, goes crazy with them.... he's as happy with one > that I hand him straight out of the box as he is stealing one from the > garbage container in the bathroom.... > > Anybody else's kitty do this? Yes, it's a pretty common cat thing. My first cat was a Q-Tips freak, & one of my present cats is pretty enamored of them, too. Cathy -- "Staccato signals of constant information..." ("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon Q-tips are perfect for cats. My oldest who doesn't bother with cat toys any more will go crazy over a toothpick. My new kitten will steal them if she sees them in my basket! They'll carry them around in their mouths and then eventually you hope to pick them up before you have any company and they think you are a slob. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:58:45 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Barb (bguzzino@suffolk.lib.ny.us) said, > Q-tips are perfect for cats. My oldest who doesn't bother with cat toys any > more will go crazy over a toothpick. My new kitten will steal them if she > sees them in my basket! They'll carry them around in their mouths and then > eventually you hope to pick them up before you have any company and they > think you are a slob. Especially if your cats also play with milk rings, wadded up paper or tinfoil, socks, hair bands, straws... Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:42:19 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Carrie-Lou Salter (carriesalter@eastlink.ca) said, > My cat LOVES to play with q-tips (cotton swabs).... he picks them up in his > mouth, bats them around, goes crazy with them.... he's as happy with one > that I hand him straight out of the box as he is stealing one from the > garbage container in the bathroom.... > > Anybody else's kitty do this? Constantly. Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:42:19 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, > Carrie-Lou Salter (carriesalter@eastlink.ca) said, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Laura Ok, I wasn't sure....cause my roommate's cat has no interest in them whatsoever.... so I wasn't sure how common it was... :) It's pretty damn cute tho, I have to say, seeing him walking around with it, and then stalking it after he leaves it somewhere.. circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 20:45:24 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Carrie-Lou Salter (carriesalter@eastlink.ca) said, > Ok, I wasn't sure....cause my roommate's cat has no interest in them > whatsoever.... so I wasn't sure how common it was... :) > > It's pretty damn cute tho, I have to say, seeing him walking around with it, > and then stalking it after he leaves it somewhere.. I love it when they walk around with it in their mouths like a bone from the Flintstones. :-) Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. > I love it when they walk around with it in their mouths like a bone > from the Flintstones. :-) > > Laura ME TOO :) Cats are really for our entertainment you know <G >circa Wed, 14 Apr 2004 07:42:19 -0400, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, >Carrie-Lou Salter (carriesalter@eastlink.ca) said, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >Constantly. I have to fold used q-tips inside the cardboard from a toilet paper roll if I don't want one of the cats to search through the bathroom garbarge and drag it all over the house! > My cat LOVES to play with q-tips (cotton swabs).... he picks them up in his > mouth, bats them around, goes crazy with them.... he's as happy with one > that I hand him straight out of the box as he is stealing one from the > garbage container in the bathroom.... Lucky stiff. Our cats ignore q-tips - ball point pens are bigger and make a funny rattling noise that they seem to like. SignatureDennis Carr - ke6isf@spamcop.net | I may be out of my mind, http://www.dennis.furtopia.org | But I have more fun that way. ------------------------------------+------------------------------- Yep! In fact I hide the used ones and try to placate Tucker with new ones while I am busy using one. :) Hailey > My cat LOVES to play with q-tips (cotton swabs).... he picks them up in his > mouth, bats them around, goes crazy with them.... he's as happy with one > that I hand him straight out of the box as he is stealing one from the > garbage container in the bathroom.... > > Anybody else's kitty do this? My cat loves them. He always manages to get them stuck under the scales in the bathroom. It is a good half hours entertainment for him trying to get it back. Signaturewww.geocities.com/k1journey > Yep! In fact I hide the used ones and try to placate Tucker with new ones > while I am busy using one. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > > > Anybody else's kitty do this? |
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