Catisfaction (DIY Cat Toys)

Name: pastyorf

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Product:	DIY Cat Toys
Date:	08/08/02 (1046 review reads)
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Advantages: cheap

Disadvantages: none

Over the years I've spent a small fortune on cat toys. However none of them really work. Pet shops are probably the most expensive place to buy cat toys, but supermarkets offer cheaper toys.

I recently bought 3 mice from Tesco. They are white or grey, have tiny material tails and must smell of catnip. My cat's first impressions of them were to chew the tails off immediately followed by some severe shredding. Total amusement time was close to an hour but after that there was not much mouse left. If you have enough to buy a mouse each day then that's fine but there are cheaper alternatives.

Toys

Marty mouse - Available at Tesco
Still alive! I think it's in one of the kitchen cupboards. When Maisie and Claude were young they used to have a loopy 4 hours or so where anything near them was in danger. Marty survived the bombardment of claws but unfortunately he needs a regular top up of catnip.
Catisfaction mark - 5/10

Shoelaces or string
Most people have a piece of string lying around. String provides hours of amusement. Running up the garden trailing the string behind as the cat wildly chases the end. Probably the cheapest cat toy around.
Catisfaction mark - 8/10

Legs
Yeah, odd, I know. My cats loved to climb up people's trouser and skirts as kittens. Not much fun for the person who's being climbed but hysterical to watch!
Catisfaction mark - 9/10

Fur
Ok, most people are against fur and I'm included. However we have a shawl that is sheep fur, which was inherited. Claude will role around on the shawl and bury himself. Trying to take it away from Claude was hard though.
Catisfaction mark - 10/10

Ping-pong balls
Brilliant for wooden floors, lino's, concrete or other noisy and slipy surfaces. The best thing is to bounce the ping-pong ball once and let the cat bat it across the room for 10 minutes.
Catisfaction mark - 7/10


Card Board boxes
If you buy a large product at any time, save the package. We laved a very large TV box and cut a small hole big enough for the cat in the side. Then placed a smaller box inside and cut a few holes in that. Keep adding boxes and passages inside of the large box until there's loads of little networks. Now let the cat / cat's inside. Ours loved it! They darted in and out of tunnels, pounced on each other as one passed by. Also cutting small holes in the side of the largest box, just big enough for a paw is amusing. Arms are thrust out of the holes and used as attacking holes.
Catisfaction mark - 9/10

So you do not have to spend a small fortune to amuse cats, just every day household objects and ingenuity.

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