Hi everyone,
Today’s guest post comes from floridaborne and Other Brother Coon Cat on their experience with Catit senses:
He sniffed it and left.
Yes, I tried rolling the ball around. He looked up at me as if to say, “What am I supposed to do with this thing?”
His brother looked at it and then stared up at me as if to say, “You jest.”
In the next picture you see “the boys” in their natural state.
I’m told Coon Cats are like that.
We hope the rest of you has made better experiences with this particular toy but as we all know our cats tend to be awkward at times haha!
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Marc
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Coon Cats are notorious for their aloofness. But if you want to find a dead mouse on your desk, they’re the cats for you. 🙂
Seriously, I love my Coon Cats and I think they love me, too,
Haha. I’m glad my two don’t present me with dead mice xD
Once, I had a dead bird on my pillow. That’s something to wake up to — the smell hits you first. Then there was the time OBCC chased a bird frantically going :”cheep-cheep” around my office. They seemed to have stopped trying to give me “gifts” and settled into annoying me for food and treats. 🙂
LOL. All food and treats from a human must be easier than catching wildlife. 😉
Thankfully so. 🙂
I shall check this out now 🙂 and thank you for the praise!
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Thanks ^^
Our Kosmo did just the same, he looked at me, hit that ball once, like saying yes, I know how..and left and never played with that toy.
Cats seem to fall into 3 categories; boinged, bored and brazen. Probably more, but those were the only printable b-words I could think of. 🙂
Mine seem to fall in the “I’m bored” category. Their favorite activity is sleep. Is your Kosmo the same way, too?
Kosmo plays with balls on the floor, I don’t understand why that play wasn’t interesting, he is also only cat who is not interested of boxes.
A cat not interested in boxes is like a dog not interested in butts. It’s a genetic anomaly. 🙂
LOL. I love that comparison haha.
XD sounds like he is a bit too smart for this toy haha
Or lazy.
Haha xD
My cat ignored this toy for many weeks after I first got it, but then he just started playing with it. Now it is part of his daily routine. Get up, try to retrieve imprisoned ball again, go back to sleep…
You have a great deal more patience than I do. The only activities mine like are the kind that make me get up and take a walk in the woods. They’ll jump over logs and follow me everywhere. I think my coon cats must have been dongs in another life. 🙂
They sound great!
It’s funny how cats work isn’t it. 😉
We gifted the catit toy to our two cats for Christmas. The younger cat loves it and plays with it frequently; the older cat could not care less about it. It’s annoying since the older one is less active (he has three legs but still…) and needs more exercise than his energetic younger little buddy. We’ve yet to find anything that engages Satchi in play and activity.
Some days, don’t you just want to make them work for their food — like climb through a maze for the first teaspoon, and whack at a dispenser for each piece of kibble? Mine have to jump on a counter for their food, and they think I’m being unjustly cruel. 🙂
Yes! A cat obstacle course with food as the medal.
Ah a reader sent in a tip about putting a few food crumbs in with the ball LOL
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Cute post.
Thank you 🙂
sweet!
The cat seen with the toy is presently sleeping on his side of my desk. On a towel that has to be folded 4 layers thick. Three layers just won’t do. Only another cat person understands why we do these things for them.
But he looks so sweet when he sleeps 🙂
Thank you ^^
My coon cat Zeke likes a somewhat similar figure 8 track ball. He goes crazy plying with it, but it is open and he can get to the ball easily.
I forgot to say with my cats the more expensive something is, the less chance they will like it
LOL. That’s good in a way isn’t it haha
That might be the key, to have something to swat anytime they want — besides us.
Zeke is so cute. What is it with the mostly-aloof Coon Cats that forms such strong attachments in us?
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Oh who makes that toy ? 🙂
Bergan Turbo Track
I shall see if we can find one on this side of the pond as I like the idea of the ball being removable. My boy gets frustrated with it after longer play as there is no reward of getting the ball out.
The ball can be knocked out which means a big search afterwards, but other balls can fit into it.
A game of hide and seek. I’m sure the cats enjoy that more than us LOL!
My cat liked that toy for a couple months and then got tired of it, but at least he did give it a shot. 🙂
If he liked it once, he might like it again next year. 🙂
Hard to know what a cat thinks, unless it’s about food.
Very true! Lol!
It’s always worth putting toys away for a while before putting them out again. 🙂
I wanna write as a guest author what will i have to do.