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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2005Rexie thinks too much (or, further data on his exercise regime)
OK, in further efforts to get Rexie to exercies Saturday I went out and bought one of the little laser pointers. He loved it - jumping and leaping . . . for about half a day. Then he figured it out. I don't know if it was the click when you turn it on and off or not. Oh, he's still interested in WATCHING it flit about here and there. But he knows WE'RE DOING IT! And it's like it's now below him to leap for our pleasure!  SignatureShirley B. Reply to: twobutlers@excite.com PIX OF REXIE: http://cards.webshots.com/cp-97658792-LQFd-album/255873683SwWQZJ AND OUR HOMEPAGE: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com > OK, in further efforts to get Rexie to exercies Saturday I went out and > bought one of the little laser pointers. He loved it - jumping and leaping . [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > But he knows WE'RE DOING IT! And it's like it's now below him to leap for > our pleasure! Did you forget how intelligent cats can be? Mine had it figured out in about 5 seconds. Now they go after it just to see if they can catch it. When they have had enough, they walk right up to my hand, sniff, hiss, and then walk away. > > OK, in further efforts to get Rexie to exercies Saturday I went out and > > bought one of the little laser pointers. He loved it - jumping and leaping . [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > When they have had enough, they walk right up to my hand, sniff, hiss, > and then walk away. Try walls and ceiling. Even when mine get bored, they can't seem to stand that. > > OK, in further efforts to get Rexie to exercies Saturday I went out and > > bought one of the little laser pointers. He loved it - jumping and [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > When they have had enough, they walk right up to my hand, sniff, hiss, > and then walk away. Clifford (RB) figured it out, but liked it. He understood what made the red dot, and was known to go over to the pointer on a table, tap it, and suggestively mrrrrp. > Clifford (RB) figured it out, but liked it. He understood what > made the red dot, and was known to go over to the pointer on a > table, tap it, and suggestively mrrrrp. Same here. It has to be hidden out of sight when it isn't playtime. Otherwise it'd end up with the several dozen missing micey toys. SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields : Did you forget how intelligent cats can be? Mine had it figured out in : about 5 seconds. Now they go after it just to see if they can catch it. : When they have had enough, they walk right up to my hand, sniff, hiss, : and then walk away. Oh - smart cats you have! Mine never lifted the secret - but once they were one year old they stopped playing :-( Carola > OK, in further efforts to get Rexie to exercies Saturday I went out and > bought one of the little laser pointers. He loved it - jumping and leaping [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > But he knows WE'RE DOING IT! And it's like it's now below him to leap for > our pleasure! Jessie figured out the connection - in fact she comes running when I sit down on the couch because I keep it in a little basket on the coffee table. When I pick it up she meows and rubs her head all over it. But she still chases it down until she is ready to drop. She says it's her most funnest toy! Hugs, CatNipped > But he knows WE'RE DOING IT! And it's like it's now below him to leap for > our pleasure! [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://cards.webshots.com/cp-97658792-LQFd-album/255873683SwWQZJ > AND OUR HOMEPAGE: http://jumi-shirley-butler.com Pepper figured out mighty fast that he could never kill the red dot. However, Simba still thinks he will kill it good one of these days. He chases it so hard and long he starts to pant like a dog. Its to the point that we will wait until he baps it with a paw so we can flick the light off at the same time. The theory being he will think he killed it. Of course, he receives much praise for this. I have also found that if we run the red dot along the ceiling in a zig zag pattern that imitates a bug even pepper gets involved. Poor peppers life ambition is to touch the ceiling. He just knows it's better up high. ~jemifer "Shirley B." <twonickbutlers@excite.com> had some very interesting things to say about Rexie thinks too much (or, further data on his exercise regime): >OK, in further efforts to get Rexie to exercies Saturday I went out and >bought one of the little laser pointers. He loved it - jumping and leaping . [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >But he knows WE'RE DOING IT! And it's like it's now below him to leap for >our pleasure! Felix just looks at the dot, then looks at my hand with a very teenage "yeah, whatever, Mom" expression. Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > "Shirley B." <twonickbutlers@excite.com> had some very interesting > things to say about Rexie thinks too much (or, further data on his [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Felix just looks at the dot, then looks at my hand with a very teenage > "yeah, whatever, Mom" expression. Another key to successful red dot play is to catch them right when they are getting the zoomies. Karen <kchuplis@alltel.net> had some very interesting things to say about Re: Rexie thinks too much (or, further data on his exercise regime): >>> OK, in further efforts to get Rexie to exercies Saturday I went out and >>> bought one of the little laser pointers. He loved it - jumping and leaping . [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Another key to successful red dot play is to catch them right when they are >getting the zoomies. Felix doesn't do zoomies. He leaves that to Ava (who's terrified of the laser pointer). Signature"The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL > OK, in further efforts to get Rexie to exercies Saturday I went > out and bought one of the little laser pointers. He loved it - [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > But he knows WE'RE DOING IT! And it's like it's now below him > to leap for our pleasure! LOL! My cats know I'm working the laser pointer, but they still go nuts. I've got Rhett on video jumping so high that he tries to grab the dot at 6' off the floor! They literally fall over each other trying to get at it. One mistake I made was to let the dot get too close to my feet and got toes impaled for my stupidity. LOL Someone in one of the groups wrote years ago about how he put the dot away, and I wish I could remember who so I could point you to the archives. It was very clever. He'd shine the dot slowly toward his hand, the dot would be in his palm and he'd close his hand and dot went bye bye. :) SignatureCheryl "The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." - W.C. Fields |
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