Cat Toys – What Every Cat Owner Should Know

OK, so you adopt a cute little kitty and want to make him(or her) the happiest cat in the world in your home. So you get all exicted and buy him (or her) all these nice expensive toys, little cute, cuddly, furry mice with bells on their tails, balls in every color shape and size, a scratching post with spings coming off the top to bounce and intice the playful kitty; everything you think would make any cat go off their rocker to have fun with.

Then you hear it one night. Lying in bed next to your sweetheart and there is a bump and a bang from the bathroom. You get up to investigate and there is your contact case lying on the floor. Or the brush or comb. The next morning, you wonder where your glasses are from your nightstand. You find them in the living room half-way under the sofa. Where’s the TV remote? Was kitty watching something on TV, cause it’s sitting in his (or her) chair!

So my adivce to any new cat owner is this. Don’t buy any toys for your cat. The only thing they want to play with is your make-up brush as you try to make yourself look more awake in the morning, or the pen you are busily using to do the crosswords. They don’t even want the foil balls your aunt used to make for her cat anymore. PUH-LEASE! Like my cat just now carried a Sharpie marker into the hallway, (from where I don’t quite know yet), like a mouse in his mouth, dropped it and proceeded to bat it around as if it would run away.

All these things make me love my cat even more. Even though I sometimes can not find my contacts in the morning, or my rings, or my coffee spoon. 🙂