Why does our cat always play with his toys behind our curtains? This is a very typical domestic cat play strategy. It’s because cats create challenges when play-hunting. My cat stuffs his toys under the the furniture and tries to poke them out; same difference. I think they are replicating what they would find …
The person asking the question says that when she puts her cat toys away her cat won’t play with them. He won’t do this even when the toys can be found and got at easily. Are cat toys successful? Let’s try and find an answer to the question. My first thought is that cat …
Cat behaviorist, Carole Wilbourn, plays a special type of music and brings cat toys to her appointments with cats that she treats. She also enters the home in a very calm manner using her Reiki training. She also brings a special catnip which has been selected for the cat concerned. Before the meeting Carole contacts …
Feline guardians derive great pleasure from spoiling their kitties since making their cats happy is a priority. Guardians may go to great lengths to find ways to entice them, delight them and to keep their highly intelligent brains stimulated. The word “Catification” has become one of the newest and most popular buzzwords avid feline …
The “edible string” cat toys are interesting in concept, as you say; but I agree with you that they are not designed with feline wellbeing as top priority, so I will never buy one. Also, the “tiny fur mice” you write of (in an article by Jo Singer) are indeed made of real …
When it comes to spending time with our kitties, there is hardly anything more enjoyable than watching our kitties at play. Since domestic felines are by nature very successful predators; engaging in safe interactive play with them that mimics catching prey using a feather toy on a string attached to a wand is also …
Overview: Cats treat cat toys as prey. This is what makes them play. The more a toy looks and behaves like real prey the less bored a cat will become. Toys that gradually disintegrate (die) are more likely to motivate a cat to persist and therefore become less bored….. Domestic cats are renowned for …
My cat has done this. He has several toys and he has taken them away and hidden them somewhere. Despite a lot of searching I can’t find them. I don’t believe they are in the apartment any more. My current belief is that he has thrown them away not by intention but by accident …
