Ideas for toys/activities for two house cats

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Backseatdriver said:

My cat is an indoor cat. You can get rustly bag toys for them that they should dive into, or alternatively a large paper bag. One of the best cat toys is called Da Bird which is feathers on a fishing rod type stick they really twirl and fly - my cat is obsessed with hers, ping pong balls are good because they are light. Have a look on ebay for cat toys to give you some ideas.

I have 3 indoor cats, 2 rescue moggies and a pure bred Devo Rex. They all go absolutely mental for Da Bird, even the laziest one loves it. They will chase it until they are exhausted.

The Devon will play with anything and everything, if we dont want something messed with it has to be put somewhere she cant get to. She loves plastic balls with bells in them....but she is fussy. They have to be the right colour and have the right pitch to the bell otherwise she loses interest. If it is the right ball she will carry it around, sleep with it, hide and go and fetch it and bring it to us if she wants to play. She will also smack it across the floor and chase it or she will put it around a corner and then run around and pounce on it, she will play for hours on her own. Anything is fair game for her though.

Of the two moggies one is a big boisterous boy cat that loves sleeping and eating followed by a nap but he will play with stuff he can grip on to and really rip in to with his claws, he has a couple of tennis ball sized balls that are covered in rope that he loves, he lays on his side and kicks it with his back feet and chews it.

The girl cat had a bad time in the past so is timid, any noisy toys scare her. She likes fluffy mice and tends to just groom them or carry them around.

We have 5 climbing and scratching posts that vary from 1m to 2m in height with platforms and boxes, we made most of them ourselves.

We also have a cat flap in a window that goes to a secure outdoor area with different height shelves and a climbing tower in it.

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obikaii said:

get a harness & leash for them both,ive got 2 maine coons & they are fairly easy to leash train,i take mine out for walks,not together though,you need to be able to pick them up if dogs are near,you cant do that with 2 of them,i can also go out into our communal garden with them both without their leashes now,as they are used to walking with me,with a bit of patience maine coons are quite obedient,just expect to have to stand at the bottom of trees,while they stare a birds.

Does this work with long wheel base maine coons too?

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If you've got any smooth floors in your house then see what they think of big fat drinking straws (like the ones you get a McDonalds etc).

Our Dexter goes nuts for these, then chews them to st

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LMC said:

If you've got any smooth floors in your house then see what they think of big fat drinking straws (like the ones you get a McDonalds etc).

Our Dexter goes nuts for these, then chews them to st

Mine has only just discovered straws! Last week he found one for the first time, and now I can't have a drink without him climbing onto my lap and pawing at my glass, if I turn my back for 2 seconds he's up on the counter, head tilted, straw grabbed - and he's off down the house with it! He then proceeds to sit back, hold it between his two front paws and toss it in the air like it's alive!

Who knew.

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Wow, impressive level of response and some great ideas there - thanks all! I'll take a proper look at these over the weekend.

Superficial said:

Have they got an activity scratcher yet?

Yeah they have a couple now - you mean those multiple platform things with posts for them to scratch, bits to sit on and sometimes things to play with? The wee one likes them but the older one isn't so fussed. He prefers to scratch the doormat mostly, which is better than the sofa.

Superficial said:

Pretty much any toy is fair game, just be careful not to leave them with toys like this unattended http://www.petsathome.com/shop/me-to-you-tease-hea... ... the string can be really dangerous

They have a few things like that except instead of a simple bit of string they have like a string of feathers. What makes you say the string is dangerous? They like picking the things up and dragging them round the house. Most mornings we wake up to find at least one or two of them have been brought to us and left on our bed as offerings...