My cat loves the plastic top from milk containers. (you know the big plastic jugs). He also likes just small scraps of crumpled up paper. We have bought him every kind of toy imaginable but, he always goes for the simple stuff. His all time favorite is Christmas wrapping ribbon!!!
Foil or paper wrapped into balls
feathers attatched to a string attathced to a stick( fishing pole kinda)
Thingmagigs off a gallon of milk
Catnip mice
Balls that have bells in em
Paper bags
*special note cats should be supervised small parts can come off and make your cat choke
I just bought a new toy for my cat today and he LOVES it and it looks so pretty. It’s called Aqua Rocker. I bought it at Petsmart for $4.99. It’s like a weeble wobble and a snow globe with feathers on top. Anyway, my little kitty loves it!!
Pieces of string, balls of tin foil. If mint grows in your yard pick it, it’s catnip it’ll make them go crazy. Never leave them unsupervised with a home-made toy, if you’re going to leave them alone with a toy, get one from the store that is checked for safety and quality.
There are a lot of fancy cat toys our there, but the cats in our shelter always prefer simple things like small balls, the caps from pens, catnip-filled mice, the cardboard rolls from paper towels, and any kind of carboard box.
OK this is going to sound really stupid, but my kitten/cat loves McDonald happy meal toys……… she will bat the cars all over the kitten and some of the other toys that come in the meals she just carries them around from room to room throwing them in the air……….. really I have noticed that the cheaper and dumber the "junk" is the more fun she will have with it…………..
and of course the laser light dot she will chase around the house til the batteries go dead or she has bounced her head off stuff so much that she knocks herself out……..
Cat furniture, cat trees and cat condos are great additions to a cat lover's home, as they provide hours of good fun for the feline companions and keep your own furniture intact.
Cat scratching is a perfectly normal behavior for a cat, and if your cat is scratching a chair or your favorite couch, then you just need to somehow re-direct his or her scratching to other, more appropriate objects.
The consensus from the various Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is that de-clawing is cruel and unnecessary. I can only agree with this conclusion. However, if you feel that you must either declaw your cat or give her up, we would rather see your cat stay in her home and be your lifelong companion. I only ask that you do not make this decision lightly and just be absolutely sure that you will not change your mind later about keeping your indoor cat once you have it declawed.
You can use nail caps for the cat's front paws as an alternative to getting the cat de-clawed. This is a much more humane choice and it does work to protect the furniture. Just make sure you do not use nail caps on a cat that goes outside, as it will have no defense.
Most pet shops offer different selections of cat scratch posts from which to choose. Some have carpet or rug material on wooden posts and bases. Others are made of rope which is wrapped around the post or pole.
Then there are cat towers and cat trees which are great for the cat to climb and play besides being there for scratching purposes.
Other people like to design their own and make them themselves. This is another option for you as well. Besides going to your local pet store, you can look online for these different cat trees, towers and scratch posts.
One thing that can work well if your cat is still scratching the furniture is to spray some citrus oil on the chair or the couch that they are attacking. This is a good deterrent that usually works quite effectively.
Walmart carries a stick-string-feather thing for about $2. My Rommie loves it. She also loves the plastic rings from milk jugs.
Anything with catnip in it.
My cat loves the plastic top from milk containers. (you know the big plastic jugs). He also likes just small scraps of crumpled up paper. We have bought him every kind of toy imaginable but, he always goes for the simple stuff. His all time favorite is Christmas wrapping ribbon!!!
Foil or paper wrapped into balls
feathers attatched to a string attathced to a stick( fishing pole kinda)
Thingmagigs off a gallon of milk
Catnip mice
Balls that have bells in em
Paper bags
*special note cats should be supervised small parts can come off and make your cat choke
I just bought a new toy for my cat today and he LOVES it and it looks so pretty. It’s called Aqua Rocker. I bought it at Petsmart for $4.99. It’s like a weeble wobble and a snow globe with feathers on top. Anyway, my little kitty loves it!!
Pieces of string, balls of tin foil. If mint grows in your yard pick it, it’s catnip it’ll make them go crazy. Never leave them unsupervised with a home-made toy, if you’re going to leave them alone with a toy, get one from the store that is checked for safety and quality.
A stick with a feather attached. They have them at Petsmart.
There are a lot of fancy cat toys our there, but the cats in our shelter always prefer simple things like small balls, the caps from pens, catnip-filled mice, the cardboard rolls from paper towels, and any kind of carboard box.
OK this is going to sound really stupid, but my kitten/cat loves McDonald happy meal toys……… she will bat the cars all over the kitten and some of the other toys that come in the meals she just carries them around from room to room throwing them in the air……….. really I have noticed that the cheaper and dumber the "junk" is the more fun she will have with it…………..
and of course the laser light dot she will chase around the house til the batteries go dead or she has bounced her head off stuff so much that she knocks herself out……..