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Cat Forum / General Topics / August 2010How to Entertain a Cat
My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy on a string, but I run out of energy way before she does. I just can't get myself to let her be an outdoor cat. There are strays out there with blatant diseases, and her ferel mother that could lead her away from home, and my own cat could wander off looking for adventure. Not to mention a street with cars right outside the door. Someone who posted here says by experience, indoor cats live a lot longer than outdoor cats. Any seasoned cat keepers had a similar situation? > My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy > on a string, but I run out of energy [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any seasoned cat keepers had a similar situation? There are many everyday items that can keep a cat occupied without you having to do too much. Ping pong balls, plastic rings from the top of water, milk & soft drink bottles, cardboard inners from toilet paper rolls & calculator rolls etc. All you need is something that will roll (or skid) along the floor. Your cat will provide her own entertainment, & if you're watching you will get enjoyment from it too. (It's quite often a lot of fun watching a cat at play.) :-) If it's plastic, just make sure that it isn't of a size that a cat can swallow. On Jul 5, 11:34 am, David Townsend <davidmtowns...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy > > on a string, but I run out of energy [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > If it's plastic, just make sure that it isn't of a size that a cat can > swallow. She just took up a new hobby... She captures bugs during the night and drowns them in her water bowl! :) >She just took up a new hobby... >She captures bugs during the night and drowns them in her water >bowl! :) I always know when my cat is chasing a flying bug. She runs around my apartment making little "Earp" sounds everywhere she goes. > My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy > on a string, but I run out of energy [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any seasoned cat keepers had a similar situation? The same thing is true of Humans.....If you want to live a very long time, then check yourself into a padded cell somewhere, and never take a chance on anything.....You may go insane, but you'll live for many years..... >> Someone who posted here says by experience, indoor cats live a lot >> longer than outdoor cats. >The same thing is true of Humans.....If you want to live a very long time, >then check yourself into a padded cell somewhere, and never take a chance on >anything.....You may go insane, but you'll live for many years..... Still arguing that point eh Bill? A house only cat can easily be healthy, happy and get plenty of exercise indoors. An outdoor cat is exposed to all sorts of stuff not healthy for him like, bugs, birds and mice and that's aside from all the other things like cars, other animals and people that could be dangerous to him. And that's assuming the cat doesn't run off never to be seen again. >>> Someone who posted here says by experience, indoor cats live a lot >>> longer than outdoor cats. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > animals and people that could be dangerous to him. And that's assuming > the cat doesn't run off never to be seen again. I'm just pointing out that "length of life" may not be the primary point of existence to everyone, that's all. If it is to you, well then have at it, and do your thing.....For both yourself and your pets. But there are those, (like me) for whom other things take priority. After all, the universe has been around for twenty or thirty billion years. Ten or twenty or a hundred years is such a small fraction of that that it's hardly worth mentioning.....To me, the quality of one's life while we are here is vastly more important than a few years one way or the other. And, as long as I feel that way, I will impose my beliefs on my cats. But hey! You are free to do as you please. I see my cats as being very independent creatures, that's all. We keep out of each others way, and pursue our respective lives as we both please. If they want to stay inside, they are certainly free to do so. (and some of them do just that) But there are others who would kill to get outside and savor the adventure of investigating the unknown and dangerous.......I will not stand in their way. >(and some of them do just that) But there are others who would kill to get >outside and savor the adventure of investigating the unknown and >dangerous.......I will not stand in their way. I know what you're saying. My previous cat was an outdoor cat because I lived in a house at the time. And, he really did like going outside and roaming around the property. He got a tumour at the tender age of 12 and I had to put him down. Not saying one way or another that it was his outside ways that caused him to get sick, just adamant that a cat can be happy being an indoor only cat. Since I live in an apartment now and letting my current cat out in the downtown traffic laden neighbourhood would be criminal, she's an indoor cat. I know she's happy even though I also know she wonders what's on the other side of living room window. > My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy on > a string, but I run out of energy Get a kitten. Seriously, cats suffer from loneliness as we do. A second cat (preferably a very young one, so they will adapt very fast to each other) will do wonders. > > My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy on > > a string, but I run out of energy [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > a very young one, so they will adapt very fast to each other) will do > wonders. My cat isn't lonely, she just needs to be entertained more. I can tell she isn't lonely because she keeps jumping into my lap whenever she sees me a the computer, and sounds like a little car engine. > My cat isn't lonely, she just needs to be entertained more. IMHO once we spend some time with our cat, if he/she needs more entertainment it's probably time to get a kitten. It's not that different from humans: every child enjoys a brother/sister to play with. > she isn't lonely because she keeps jumping into my lap whenever > she sees me a the computer, and sounds like a little car engine. Same as one of my cats: he jumps right between me and the keyboard/monitor to catch all the attention he can:). Bringing a 2nd cat years ago didn't eliminate the "problem" but certainly reduced it. >Same as one of my cats: he jumps right between me and the >keyboard/monitor to catch all the attention he can:). >Bringing a 2nd cat years ago didn't eliminate the "problem" but >certainly reduced it. And when the second cat starts to get bored? > >Same as one of my cats: he jumps right between me and the > >keyboard/monitor to catch all the attention he can:). > >Bringing a 2nd cat years ago didn't eliminate the "problem" but > >certainly reduced it. > > And when the second cat starts to get bored? Get a hedgehog. :-)  SignatureStan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... > And when the second cat starts to get bored? It shouldn't with the first cat still there, but when one cat is too old to play with the kitten a small RC car would come handy. One of my cats also loves laser pointers: he will run after the dot including attempts to climb walls until he's completely out of fuel. Just make sure to reward it with a prize after the simulated chase so it can't get frustrated by a uncatchable prey, and pay attention not to hit the cat in the eyes with the dot. Never use powerful lasers to be safe just in case. >> My cat isn't lonely, she just needs to be entertained more. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Bringing a 2nd cat years ago didn't eliminate the "problem" but > certainly reduced it. This reminds me of something very odd that happened to me about a month ago.....I was using my computer when my wife called me up to dinner. I left the machine on, and after dinner, when I came back downstairs, the monitor picture was upside down! I didn't know how to correct it, so I called a friend who is younger than I, and very knowledgeable when it comes to computers.....He talked me through a solution which involved right clicking on an empty space on my desktop, and rotating the picture 180 degrees. The odd thing is, I don't know how it got that way.....I have five cats and they like to walk on my keyboard, so one of them must have done it, but how? I didn't even use the keyboard to undo it.....Just the mouse. Surely this is one of the weirdest things that has ever happened to me! > >> My cat isn't lonely, she just needs to be entertained more. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Interesting. Cats may be smarter than we think. My cat loves to watch the salt water fish swim by on my screen saver. Once I left her alone while she was doing that, and when I came back all the fish were skeletons...as if she had eaten them! :) > My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy > on a string, but I run out of energy [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Any seasoned cat keepers had a similar situation? she can always chase her tail like mine does for amusement. also catch flies. and bat around balls. some cats are lazy and just like to sleep. particularly the fat ones. > > My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy > > on a string, but I run out of energy [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > catch flies. and bat around balls. some cats are lazy and just like > to sleep. particularly the fat ones. She was good with entertaining herself when she was a kitten. Now all she wants to do is sit in the dark all night in front of a crack in the wall from which an occasional unlucky bug emerges! It doesnt sound like she is bored at all. She is protecting you from bug invasion. Arent you proud and grateful? > She was good with entertaining herself when she was a kitten. > Now all she wants to do is sit in the dark all night in front of a > crack > in the wall from which an occasional unlucky bug emerges!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Very grateful. I guess a cat that feels useful at least has a purpose in life. > It doesnt sound like she is bored at all. She is protecting you from > bug invasion. Arent you proud and grateful? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > - Show quoted text - On 7/17/10 1:16 AM, in article 49eed013-c9c4-4b33-b5df-cfab15700235@t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com, "Mark Earnest" <gmearnest@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> My cat seems rather bored right now. I can play with her with a toy >>> on a string, but I run out of energy [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > crack > in the wall from which an occasional unlucky bug emerges! Cats entertain themselves. When they're bored, they sleep, which they'll typically do eighteen hours a day. Ours make up games sometimes, alone or with one another. They have strange minds, which it part of what makes them such fun. Gene > On 7/17/10 1:16 AM, in article > 49eed013-c9c4-4b33-b5df-cfab15700235@t10g2000yqg.googlegroups.com, "Mark [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > Gene A couple of mine love to play with ping-pong balls on the kitchen floor. They bat them around against the cabinets and generally have a great time. until it "drowns" in their water bowl....... |
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