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Cat Forum / General Topics / April 2008Inexpensive cat toys
All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into balls.. then throw them down the stairs, My cat goes *running* like a devil. Gives her all kinds of excercise and keeps her quite busy. The other toy: Just a stick with a string tied to the end. I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> A paper bag or a cardboard box are also inexpensive "cat toys" that can keep them occupied for hours. S.  Signature**Visit me and my cats at http://www.island-cats.com/ ** --- > All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into > balls.. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> > All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into > balls.. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> Those cheap laser pointers are fantastic (be careful not to actually shine it AT the cat!). Both mine go totally crazy for it. The balls of paper also work really well. If you have enough room , a couple of reasonable size carboard boxes with various holes and flaps cut in them will also amuse your cat for hours :-) Mike P > All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into > balls.. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> Some of my cats favor a piece of clothline with black tape wrapped around the ends - they attack the tape. Works with and without my assistance. The all-time favorite cat toy for many years has been a rabbit's foot tied to the end of a long piece of heavy twine: throw it out into the room and pull it back - sort of like working a fishing lure. Cats come out of the woodwork to pounce on the rabbit's foot. When several of them are present, they line up to make the rabbit's foot run the gauntlet. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@mst.edu) MST (Missouri University of Science and Technology) used to be UMR (University of Missouri - Rolla). > All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into > balls.. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> Most of my cats have liked a ball made from aluminum paper (a chocolate bar wrap will do). Cardboard boxes are also a hit. Liutik loves to "kill" envelopes tearing them into confetti... And his most recent favourite is a carton ring which rests when the toilet paper is used with a lace passed through it and tied. He would take the end of the lace in his mouth and drag the whole construction around. Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:52:28 -0500 from philo <philo@privacy.net>: > All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into > balls.. > then throw them down the stairs, > My cat goes *running* like a devil. Dexter the Wonder Cat likes that toy, but occasionally for a special treat I got him a ping-pong ball. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... > All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into > balls.. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> Do you catch many cat-fish? Signature- Nic. The little plastic rings from the top of milk cartons have a magical addictive power. They cry out, "Come smack me. Chase me. Knock me under things and dig me out. I am the doorway to heaven for you." I've heard stories about a friend's cat. Ollie cannot stop smacking, sliding, or just staring at the little plastic ring. Mike in Illinois >All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into >balls.. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:03:27 -0500 from Mike <mike@spambegone.com>: > The little plastic rings from the top of milk cartons have a magical > addictive power. They cry out, "Come smack me. Chase me. Knock me > under things and dig me out. I am the doorway to heaven for you." LOL -- I had forgotten about those. Dexter the Wonder Cat knew he wasn't allowed on the kitchen counter, and I knew he got up there when I wasn't around. When I opened a jug of milk I used to leave the plastic ring there, and the next morning it would mysteriously have migrated to another part of the house. He would play with each one off and on for days, till it began to fall to bits. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... Good one! Those plastic rings are cat magnets! The only problem is my cat always ends up knocking them under the furniture or something. Then I'm digging them out..... S. Signature**Visit me and my cats at http://www.island-cats.com/ ** --- > The little plastic rings from the top of milk cartons have a magical > addictive power. They cry out, "Come smack me. Chase me. Knock me [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >> >>I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> > Good one! Those plastic rings are cat magnets! The only problem is my cat > always ends up knocking them under the furniture or something. Then I'm > digging them out..... LOL: Well my cat is good at digging things out. the other day when I got up I though she had killed a mouse in the kitchen. It was a "dust bunny" she must have found beneath the refridgerator. I spend a lot of time sealing up the old mouse holes in the back hall and got worried for a minute <G> > > The little plastic rings from the top of milk cartons have a magical > > addictive power. They cry out, "Come smack me. Chase me. Knock me [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >> > >>I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> 10-4 on the milk rings, and the balls of paper--parchment (like the ones from Danish cookies) are favorites at our house. Also twist ties, water bottle caps, tampons, and those little tiny super balls that come with the toy jacks from the grocery store toy section. Then there are the cedar balls with the grooves in them you put in your drawers. They not only roll but the make a rattling NOISE when they roll. We keep back scratchers in most rooms to use to dig toys out from under the furniture. We have a big china pot by the front entry where we put them and the girls slowly dig them out all week. Signatureie ride fast, take chances. >> Good one! Those plastic rings are cat magnets! The only problem is my > cat [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] >> >> >> >>I call it my cat-fishing pole <G> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:47:25 -0500 from oldhickory <inboxie@yahoo.com>: > 10-4 on the milk rings, and the balls of paper--parchment (like the ones > from Danish cookies) are favorites at our house. Also twist ties I would be nervous of those, lest bits of wire get swallowed. SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote in message news:w- > All I do is take a few small scraps of paper and crinkle them up into > balls.. > then throw them down the stairs, > My cat goes *running* like a devil. My Deetoo goes nuts over elastics and twist ties. The cheapest cat toy that I can use with my cat is my dangling dental floss over her. She can't hook it too well with a claw and it's too thin for her to hold on to with her teeth, but she goes nuts trying. |
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