Some Quick Ways To Entertain Your Cat
Figwit (Pictured above) is one of my cats. A stray cat that moved in with our rabbit about three years ago. A goofball, he's always doing something stupid.
He seems like the perfect cat to train, he's engaged, likes problem solving and is highly motivated by food. There is only one thing tht gets in the way. He. Is. A. Cat. He refuses to work for any thing, even if it would be fun.
I made him a couple of problem solving toys, to varying degrees of success.
Treat Dispenser
- Some cat treats
- A cardboard tube/ toilet roll
- Fill tube with treats.
- Squeeze the ends shut.
- Give it to the cat.
He has a supreme love for cardboard tubes, giftwrap tubes are his favourite, and he love, love, loves those cat treats.
He could bat this toy around, chew on it, stamp it. On paper it was the perfect toy.
He hated it. I gave it to him, he sniffed it, gave me a look that said "work for my food? Yeah, right" He walked away and refused to play with it.
Seroiusly, dude, if you weren't a cat you'd be in toy heaven right now.
Puppet Show
Slide a toy (i've used one of Figwits mice) onto a skewer.
Move the skewered toy around the inside of the box, letting your cat reach in and tap the toy.
Figwit really enjoyed this.
Origionaly it was a braintraing toy. I put treats inside for Figwit to fish out, he thought that was okay, but ultimately stupid.
I added in the puppets and he had a grand old time (I got this idea from some thread online, they used their fingers as the puppet but Figgy plays dirty and I wasn't about to sacrifice my fingers)
He would reach in, groap around for a toy and snag it out with his claws.
I made three puppets to chop and change quickly.