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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2004What's your cat's favourite toy?
Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me picking it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. Then he likes his ping pong balls, about ten of them have disappeared behind and under furniture so far, spring cleaning will be interesting... Then he likes his nightly toilet roll and an occasional chewing of my slippers. Guess it's his way of dental care :-) -- Carola ^..^ ~~ , =?`= ___ ) (_ >Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me picking >it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. Then he likes [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >-- >Carola The Turbo Scratcher for sure. They used to like the laser pointer, but for some reason don't go after it like they used to. Sherry OH YEA Harms like that too :) Rhyggs just like the cardboard part of it > The Turbo Scratcher for sure. They used to like the laser pointer, but for some > reason don't go after it like they used to. > > Sherry > OH YEA Harms like that too :) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > > > Sherry My cat Nico loves the ear plugs I wear to bed. They are light and perfect for tossing up in the air and pretending they are small prey. The only problem is she tends to eat them, so I can't have them lying around and only take them out for play. I have spent countless dollars buying her toys from the pet store...but do you what she always plays with?? Little rolled up balls of foil. Nothing keeps her more entertained. She'll pick them up in her mouth, fling them in the air and I've even seen her do back flip just to try and catch it. That's definitely her favorite! > Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me picking > it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. Then he likes [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > =?`= ___ ) > (_ for mine...its the grocery tickets ;-) > I have spent countless dollars buying her toys from the pet store...but do > you what she always plays with?? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> =´`= ___ ) >> (_ Blues....Mr Mouse (a furry snake like cat toy) and "I love Cats" hanging pillow on an elastic (though I DONT have it hanging since she tended to get her paws caught up in it) Rhythm...she doesnt seem interested in toys...mostly she likes to scratch her cardboard boxe and likes tussling with the kitten (harmony) Harmony...she has a small piece of fur from one of Blues old and chewed up Mr mouses...she LOVES that...and of course she love getting the older two involved in racing and chasing and tumbling....Blues will race with her but NOT tumble...Rhythm will tumble but NOT race... It works :-) > Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me picking > it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. Then he likes [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > =´`= ___ ) > (_ > Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me picking > it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. Then he likes [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > =?`= ___ ) > (_ Holly loves the laser pointer, but I have found that she gets bored with it after a few days. So I put it away for awhile, and then she comes running for it again. When she's "in the mood" for it, she will leap onto my lap if I even touch the drawer where I store it (in the chest beside my favorite chair). Duffy's favorite toy is a circular toy with a corrugated-cardboard scratching area in the center and a track around the outside with a ball in it. He is actually ambidextrous with the ball and will bat it one direction, then change paws and hit it in the opposite direction. He even leaps back and forth over the whole thing, quickly turns, and gives the ball a swat as it approaches. I don't know who gets more pleasure out of all this -- Holly and Duffy as they play or myself as I watch. MaryL > > Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me > picking [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > MaryL Rosie will play string games 'til the cows come home,but shows little interest in anything else. Crumbs LOVES the Laserpen,and fluffy things. Jim will play with ANYTHING,but especially nan breads (weird). Check them out at- http://www.catscatscats.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I apologise for the poor quality of the site,but I'm no HTML expert.Will get round to improvements. Tigger has no interest in anything until you put catnip in it, then things get interesting! He has one mouse that I try to keep filled for him, he is so funny with it. He rolls all on top of it, then flips it up in the air, does the bunny kicks to it, rolls around the house (litterally rolls around the house), then lays on his back (with toy on his tummy) and goes to sleep. The really cute part is it matches his tummy! He is a grey and black tabby, too cute! DD and Tigger >igger has no interest in anything until you put catnip in it, then things >get interesting! He has one mouse that I try to keep filled for him, he is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >DD and Tigger Here's a trick, in case you haven't tried it. Put your catnip in a quart jar, and keep the toys in the jar when the cat's not playing with them. They "marinate" in the catnip that way! Sherry My kitty LOVES the live mice I buy from pet stores. Dik >My kitty LOVES the live mice I buy from pet stores. *blink* *blink* You feed your cat live mice? Are you joking? What you are suggesting here (and presumably doing) is horrific. It is inhumane in the extreme to give a cat live mammalian/avian** prey -- you are not only subjecting them to a much more painful death than the ones you can get frozen, but you are performing the ultimate betrayal of that prey animal. 'Feeder' mice and rats are fully domestic, human-accustomed animals. Rats (the animal I am most familiar with) have been domesticated for so many generations that they are born tame. Why do you think that they are so easily handleable? You are taking an animal that trusts you enough to let you pick it up and then turning around and subjecting it to a painful death. If I did such a thing I couldn't look myself in the mirror. Giving live prey to cats is just as bad as those people who give cats to their dogs to kill, IMO. There is no reason AT ALL to do such a thing. I support the idea of giving cats humanely-killed whole prey. It's the most biologically appropriate food possible. However, tossing a prey animal in with a cat to be killed by a cat is just disgusting. Rodents are animals too, with emotions, personalities, and the ability to feel pain -- just like cats. If a cat goes outdoors and manages to catch, kill, and eat a prey animal, so be it. The prey animal had a chance to escape -- it was a fair contest. What you do is nothing more than cruelty. Nik ** The only reason that I don't just say 'all live prey' is that feeder goldfish lack a developed-enough higher nervous system to feel pain (as far as recent research can tell). At that point, I don't have a problem if people want to let their cats fish. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid | >My kitty LOVES the live mice I buy from pet stores. | | *blink* *blink* You feed your cat live mice? Are you joking? Don't feed the \\\|/// \\ - - // ( @ @ ) ---oOOo-(_)-oOOo--------------- >| >My kitty LOVES the live mice I buy from pet stores. >| [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > ( @ @ ) >---oOOo-(_)-oOOo--------------- I'd have assumed troll, but I've had email and NG conversations with that poster regarding our respective breeds (Bengal for me, Burmese for him). Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid > You feed your cat live mice? Are you joking? < Yes, of course I was joking, Orchid. Look at my cat's toy bin, and you will find that the closest to a live mouse is a battery operated one. Dik >> You feed your cat live mice? Are you joking? < > >Yes, of course I was joking, Orchid. Look at my cat's toy bin, and you will >find that the closest to a live mouse is a battery operated one. *whew* *shaky grin* Sorry -- I have met people who _weren't_ joking. :) Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid Orchid, I saw the pics of your kitties and they are beautiful.......they are very lucky to have you as their mommy. I couldn't find the toy bin though...lol.... Christina -- http://www.geocities.com/christinamarie29/ourpage.html > >> You feed your cat live mice? Are you joking? < > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage > Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid My boys are *obsessed* with the rabbit fur mousies. They toss them around and 'kill' them, and carry them and play fetch with them. Then they carefully skin them, and bring me the limp empty skins, drop them at my feet and meow as if to say 'Hey, this mousie isn't any fun anymore, buy me a new one.' *sigh* At least they're cheap. Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid >My boys are *obsessed* with the rabbit fur mousies. They toss >them around and 'kill' them, and carry them and play fetch with them. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Orchid Awww... Yoda loves rabbit fur mousies, but not just any old rabbit fur mousie. It has to be the small ones, with a strip of leather for a tail, not the bigger ones that rattle and have a feather for a tail. He's picky about his mousies. Sherry My cat's favorite toys are the ties on my robe. Second favorite are the ties on my black belt, the laces in my boots (but only when I am wearing them) and a purple scarf I sometimes wear around a pony tail. Occasionaly I can get her to play with an actual cat toy...but not often. AG I have a Main Coon - best fun is with plastic bottle caps! >My cat's favorite toys are the ties on my robe. Second favorite >are the ties on my black belt, the laces in my boots (but only [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >AG > Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me picking > it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. Then he likes > his ping pong balls, about ten of them have disappeared behind and under > furniture so far, spring cleaning will be interesting... Then he likes his > nightly toilet roll and an occasional chewing of my slippers. Guess it's his > way of dental care :-) Cat Dancer. Best $2.50 you will ever spend. -L. Definitely the rabbit fur mice. I keep them in their jar of catnip for about a month. They go nuts over these. Very cheap too a dozen for under $5 at Walmart. > > Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me picking > > it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. Then he likes [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > -L. > Definitely the rabbit fur mice. I keep them in their jar of catnip for about > a month. They go nuts over these. Very cheap too a dozen for under $5 at > Walmart. My male cat tears those things apart so fast it's not even funny... well, okay, it's kinda funny. He can strip the fur off them in under five minutes... :) Mar ------------------------------------------------ "I meant," said Ipslore, bitterly,"what is there in this world that makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. "Cats," he said eventually, "Cats are nice." -Terry Pratchett, 'Sourcery' a peacock feather, dragged across the floor 2nd favorite is a white fur toy mouse - filled with something wh. makes it flip > a peacock feather, dragged across the floor > > 2nd favorite is a white fur toy mouse - filled with something wh. makes it > flip Gotta be a Panic Mouse for me, does it everytime :) Any thing from a balled up piece of paper, to a piece of fur left over from a furry squirrel toy, twist ties that are twisted into circles (so cant be swallowed) and a few other story bought toys that they can hold with their front paws while kickin with their back (as if it was mouse) only 1 of my 3 is affected by catnip so I dont usually buy that too often The kitten is still into the balls that roll across the floor (and pouncing on the head of the middle cat) and all 3 like to chase around the place ... | The kitten is still into the balls that roll across the floor (and | pouncing on the head of the middle cat) It's hard to believe what turnover of ping pong balls we have ... one would think we're playing table tennis competitions, but it's the cat! I bought six, then six more, then another six ... Spring cleaning will be rewarding this year. Btw found all the lighters Micky has stolen, some had slipped under the carpets. Carola Weebles. For those who never had this wonderous toy, it's a small hard plastic figure about three inches high with a halfsphere as a base with a very heavy weight in it. The weight used to keep it upright, so the slogan was "weebles wobble but they never fall down" I used to love them and my cats love them too. Did they ever appear in the US?  Signature79.84% of all statistics are made up on the spot. The other 42% are made up later on. In Warwick - looking at flat fields and that includes the castle. my cat's fav toy is anything that moves ! D > Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me picking > it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. Then he likes [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > =?`= ___ ) > (_ Don't mean to brag, but my cats' favorite toy is me. They love the mousies and all the other toys but they lose interest real fast if I'm not on the other end. On the other hand, Marko can play with a pencil for an hour if I am operating it. Minus > Micky (8 months old) just *loves* the laser pointer. When he sees me > picking it up he immediately starts searching the floor for the dot. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > =?`= ___ ) > (_
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