Cat Party

posted by admin on Jan 2

Toys are important to your cats development, they provide them with an opportunity to learn skills and practice natural behaviour.  If you haven’t done already, you may want to read our other articles on cat toys.  This article will list our top 5 favourite cat toys that will teach your cat skills and satisfy their natural hunting urges.

Cat Toy # 1 - Cat Scratching Posts

Cats like to scratch, it helps them maintain health claws.  Cats just like humans are irritated by dirt and jagged edges to their claws like we are with our nails.  I’ve listed the cat scratching post as out number 1 cat toy as not only does it provide your cat with hours of entertainment, especially deluxe versions, but they have the beneficial addition of maintaining your cats claws and hopefully preventing them from scratching your furniture too.

Cat Toy # 2 - Balls

No I’m not talking about footballs, but small balls slightly bigger than your cats paws.  Cats are happy to bat a ball around for a few hours, well until they are lost underneath the sofa.  There are a wide range of cat balls available, some flash, others make noises, they have different textures and weights.  This type of cat toy helps to develop your cats speed, response times to stimuli and their precision.  Cat balls are also fantastic for those cats who are overweight and need some exercise.

Cat Toy # 3 - Mechanical Mouse

What more fun for a cat than chasing a mouse? Hunting is a natural instinct in a cat and it’s probably better to satisfy that urge with a toy mouse.  Hopefully it might stop them bring home real mice for breakfast.

Cat Toy # 4 - A Cardboard Box

Yes you read the heading right, cat toys don’t need to be expensive, they don’t even need to be bought.  Find a big box and fill it with shredded newspaper.  Your cat will be entertained by diving in and out of the box.  If you cut holes in the sides, this will give your cat peep holes to look out of.   You might find that your cat scatters bits of newspaper around the house though.

Cat Toy # 5 - Da Bird and other Rod Cat Toys

These types of cat toys are perfect if you want to join in the fun too.  There are many different types of cat rod toys, usually a piece of elastic is attached to the end of the rod and a ball, mouse, spider or feathers is fastened to the other end of the elastic.  With a flick of your wrist you can make the object move in a variety of exciting ways for your cat to enjoy.

Above is a short selection of toys for your cat that are available.  Playing with your cat will help create a  loving bond between you and as will all relationships the more effort you put in, the more enjoyment you’ll get out of it.

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Cat Toys

posted by admin on Jul 21

Cat toys are an easy and fun way to interact with your cat. Especially for those cats do prefer their own company compared to humans. Sharing some quality time with your cat playing with their favourite cat toys will definitely bring a smile to your face too.

Cats also need a variety in their toys, they need different toys to develop skills such as catching, pouncing, leaping and balancing. All the skills they would have learned if they were born in the wild.

Cat toys that hang from a door handle or any other means can encourage your cat to jump to catch things. Hanging cat toys tend to be either those toys supplied with a small plastic hoop which can be pushed over a door handle or plastic sticks (like mini fishing rods) with bells and feathers hanging from a elastic line. Fishing rod cat toys are usually supplied with a suction cups and can generally be attached to any surface.

Cats toys such as little balls are great for teaching your cat agility and speed. You can have a lot of fun, watching how focused you cat can become waiting for you to throw that ball again. However unlike with dogs, cats are unlikely to bring you the ball back, they’ll be chasing it while they bat it around the room, until it gets lost under the sofa. There are so many different types of balls available for your cat, the cheapest are plastic with a little metal bell instead. You can get balls filled with capnip, it’s a drug for cats and they go crazy for it. You can even get luxury cat balls.

Of course your if you can buy your cats toys that closely resemble something that they would come across outside such as a jumping spiders or a toy mouse, it will help to satisfy their natural desires.

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