Toy for a cat - do it yourself or buy it?

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

All cats love to play and their owners can spend long hours playing with them and observing their behavior. You don't need to spend a lot of money to give your pets the opportunity to have fun. Moreover, the cat will be happy even with homemade toys, for the creation of which you can connect children. Any housewife will always have the necessary materials for manufacturing, and there is no need to spend a lot of time on it! Shops offer a wide variety of cat treats, but do you know what your pet prefers? Who is she by nature: a birder, a mouser or a thinker? These pet predators love to stalk, attack, grab, carry, bite and ride.

How to make your own toy

Encourage the animal's hunting instinct. A cat toy should look like bait. You can build it in many ways.

• Attach an ordinary sheet of compressed paper to a rope. Watching this bow wiggle, the animal will think that the "victim" is alive.
• By tying any soft toy to the belt from an old bathrobe, your child will certainly captivate fora furry pet.
• Make a chick. What cat doesn't want to chase a bird? To do this, glue a tennis ball and a golf ball together. They have different sizes, the smaller one looks like a head, the larger one looks like a body. Place them in a rectangular pouch of brightly colored fabric, sew up the opening and wrap a tight cord around the neck, knotting the ends tightly. For the tail, use short pieces of ribbons or laces tied together, attaching them at the bottom. Draw on the eyes with a non-toxic marker. Under them, place a beak from a piece of stiff braid, securing it in the middle so that the tips stick out. Just below you can attach a tie, and the cat toy is ready.



• Make a mouse - the most typical object of a cat hunt! Place two pompoms from old hats in a drop-shaped pocket cut out of gray felt. Sew two eyes on the top. Then darn the remaining hole by inserting a lace tail into it.
• Use available items. Flashlights and laser pointers are a great way to keep your pet (and you) entertained. Turn off the light and direct the rays in different directions. Murka will chase illuminated dots or streams of light for a long time if she is in the mood.

Be aware of the possibility of collision with other things during the pursuit, be careful not to harm the pet. When using a laser pointer, be careful not to direct the beam into the animal's eyes.

Get creative with your household items. Excellent toyfor a cat, a paper bag from the grocery store, an empty sewing spool of thread, empty containers (thoroughly washed in advance), crumpled pieces of paper, and so on - all this can be used for entertainment.

• It's time to eat. Place the dry food inside an open plastic bottle with a wide mouth. Your pet, by pushing and twisting it, will get food during the game.
• Throw a ping pong ball, your furry friend will chase him for a long time. Just be aware that this can be quite a noisy event, so if anyone is napping, please try again later.
• Use the boxes as shelters or houses. Cut windows and doors into them for easy access for your mustachioed friend. Hang toys inside by attaching them to the top for a great bat effect. If you use large boxes, then the cat can play inside and hide. When they think they are invisible, they can jump out at any moment on an unsuspecting victim, so be careful!

• Soap bubbles are also a great way to have fun in the company of animals and children at the same time.
• "Mouse Under the Blanket" is an old tried and true method of moving a hand or foot under a blanket in a chaotic pattern. Just be careful with flirting - an attacking hunter can scratch very hard!
• An interesting toy for a cat is a large mirror. It will provide several hours of free entertainment, because some furry specimens like to watch or attack.on the reflected double there.
• Fix the swing band between the chairs and give it a little push. A curious creature will pay attention to this unusual moving object. Clinging to it with teeth or claws, it will definitely sway.

In addition, quite often the owners also use cleaning products (mops, brooms, vacuum cleaners) as toys for cats. The photo below shows the furry wonder riding a small robot vacuum cleaner.

Interactive activities

Pet stores offer a fairly wide range of interactive toys. Some of them are simpler and based on the fun described above, only they move automatically, and not with the help of a person.

Others are made in the form of a complex, for example, the "Cat Track" toy with an exciting chase for fast-spinning and loudly knocking balls. The cat's eye will follow the balls rolling through the holes. The fluffy pet will try to catch them again and again, and so on ad infinitum. If that's not enough, a small furry mouse is attached to a vertical spring, which moves from the touch of the paws trying to grab it. The spring has a protective coating to prevent injury. For a special excitement, you can put solid pieces of food or catnip inside. The effect will exceed all expectations.