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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / August 2007lonely cat :(
Hey everyone i only have one pet, my 2.5 year old cat. I recently started working and she's left in my house alone all day 9-5. I really don't want her to be lonely during the day but adopting another pet isn't really an option. Any suggestions for what I can do to make her feel like she has company? Would a radio playing all day do the trick? > Hey everyone > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Any suggestions for what I can do to make her feel like she has company? > Would a radio playing all day do the trick Yes. Alternate between music and "talk". MLB If getting another cat isn't an option, try to rotate her toys every few days to mix it up. Put some away and take some "new" ones out. Leave out a paper bag or cardboard box, and make sure she has a nice cat tree. If your tv is newer, you can program it to come on at certain times. Animal Planet or Discovery channel might be good options. They make some DVDs for cats too, if you're interested. Put a bird feeder or squirrel feeder near a window so she has some entertainment. You can buy treat balls (plastic balls that have a hole in them so treats come out) and hide them around the house. >If getting another cat isn't an option, try to rotate her toys every >few days to mix it up. Put some away and take some "new" ones out. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >You can buy treat balls (plastic balls that have a hole in them so >treats come out) and hide them around the house. These are all wonderful ideas that Rene S. suggested. You also might want to consider a small goldfish tank for her to watch. Goldfish are easy care. -bonbon >>If getting another cat isn't an option, try to rotate her toys every >>few days to mix it up. Put some away and take some "new" ones out. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > -bonbon Better still put Bonbon in a cage for the cat to watch. Adam >> These are all wonderful ideas that Rene S. suggested. You also might >> want to consider a small goldfish tank for her to watch. Goldfish are [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Adam Hey, I'd do it Adam........however, I'm pretty high maintenance and I believe that's what the OP was trying to avoid. Laughs! -bonbon > These are all wonderful ideas that Rene S. suggested. You also might > want to consider a small goldfish tank for her to watch. Goldfish are > easy care. > > -bonbon This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof. >> These are all wonderful ideas that Rene S. suggested. You also might >> want to consider a small goldfish tank for her to watch. Goldfish are [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the >bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof. I thought about that too Rene S after I made that suggestion, and then thought to myself.....'is ANYTHING really kitty proof'? They're such little rascals. -bonbon > >This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the > >bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -bonbon Weeeeeeell, maybe it can't be totally kitty proof. I was thinking more along the lines of not having an open bowl sitting there, where kitty could just help himself to a snack! > > >This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the > > >bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > along the lines of not having an open bowl sitting there, where kitty > could just help himself to a snack! Plenty of toys and a big comfy bed and some music and she be having a party ;) Get toys where you can hide treats in them and that helps her keep busy too. > > > >This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the > > > >bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > party ;) Get toys where you can hide treats in them and that helps > her keep busy too. I'm lucky enough that my cat does her playing outdoors. She mostly sleeps when she's indoors even if it's all day. Now about 17 months she finds her own entertainment outdoors. I can no longer get her to play with me like when she was a kit. She just loves to climb the tree up to the roof. Most feeding time she's coming down from the roof. Don't know why she likes the roof so much. > > > >This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the > > > >bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > party ;) Get toys where you can hide treats in them and that helps > her keep busy too. toilet roll inners (the cardboard tube you would normally throw away) are very good for this kind of thing, put a few smelly treats inside the roll (whiskas temptations are good ones) and the cats like to draw them out with theri paws. makes them 'do something' for their treat. jessie likes this idea and i leave her some in an empty toilet roll around the place for her to investigate and find during the few times of the day when she is not asleep, or reminding the other 2 who is boss. does mean that now she will stick her paw into every toilet roll or kitchen roll tube she finds onthe floor as she probably thinks they all contain treats. bookie >> These are all wonderful ideas that Rene S. suggested. You also might >> want to consider a small goldfish tank for her to watch. Goldfish are [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the > bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof. I don't think it's a good idea at all. If you love animals, not just cats, you should realize that using animals as amusement toys is wrong. Adam > I don't think it's a good idea at all. If you love animals, not just cats, you should > realize that using animals as amusement toys is wrong. > > Adam Well, it's true. Something could happen. Years ago, I got a betta, sort of for my cats to watch, sort of for me. He was in a bowl but it had one of those covers that lets the air through but is supposedly cat proof. My 2 at the time weren't overly interested so that was never really a problem. The poor betta only lived a few months, I don't know why, so that was the end of my fish ownership. Now, I have a fake aquarium, the kind that you turn the light on and there is a panel where the fish appear to move. Not a good description. I'll try to find it online. My current cats are also only semi-interested in it but the OP could get something like that to rotate through with the other ideas. Mine find it vaguely interesting if I haven't had it on for a while. I like it and turn it on and watch it myself sometimes. She could also get one of the Drinkwell fountains. I guess that not only makes them drink more but they can also be fascinated by it (I heard). Candace > > I don't think it's a good idea at all. If you love animals, not just cats, you should > > realize that using animals as amusement toys is wrong. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > Candace I used to have a video years ago of a an aquarium, filmed so that the aquarium filled the whole screen and it would look like a huge goldfish tank. I had it mainly for chilling out and 'coming down' again after a big night out clubbing (this was of course a long time ago). i through it out during a clear out when i moved once, wish I had kept it now. bookie >> > I don't think it's a good idea at all. If you love animals, not just >> > cats, you should [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > > bookie you can got to http://www.vat19.com/dvds/ambw.cfm they have an excellent DVD aquarium. I have it and the cats do their best to get the fish when I have it on > Now, I have a fake aquarium, the kind that you turn the light on and > there is a panel where the fish appear to move. Not a good [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > if I haven't had it on for a while. I like it and turn it on and > watch it myself sometimes. Here's like the one I have. Mine was only 25, there's one down at the bottom of the page that is that price. http://www.jmcutlery.com/soothingaquarium.html Candace
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