What are some easy Home made Toys for Cats?
Tear off a long piece of aluminum foil and smoosh it into a ball (shiny side out so it catches the light)–it’s lightweight enough to go rolling off when the cat taps it, the little facets will catch the light keeping the cat’s attention, you can stick catnip inside if you want to (before you crunch it into a ball) but you don’t have to, since most of us can’t form a perfectly round ball out of it the thing usually won’t roll in straight lines so will go veering off in some pretty strange angles unanticipated by the cat, and when you inadvertenly step on it or it rolls under the sofa or something, you can just make a new one.
Also not exactly a toy but a fun thing for cats is paper bags and plastic grocery bags that make such a nice crunchy sound.
Also cardboard boxes. You can even get a few different shaped boxes, cut cat doorways in them, tape a doorway to a doorway in different boxes and build a sort of cat fun house. If the cats scratch it up or whatever, no big deal.
And this one is cruel for the bugs but fun for cats. Buy a couple of mature crickets (the ones that actually crick) and put them in a clean, dry 2 liter soda bottle–the clear bottles are best so the cats can see inside. Screw on the top and poke holes into the plastic bottle so the crickets will have air. Set the bottle on it’s side and leave it there (not in the sun, somewhere flat with not much furniture and stuff to get in the way). When the crickets start to crick the cats will tack down the sound and see the bugs trying to climb up the round sides but slides around and will try to jump on the bottle, will push the bottle around, etc. But after a while, remove the bottle and set it somewhere the cats cannot get to it, put a bit of vegetable food in there for the crickets, a bit of water (only a little so they don’t drown) and let them rest so they can have more fun tomorrow. The crickets won’t live a heck of a long time, maybe a week, but you can get more and a new bottle too. I suppose you could do this with any sizeable bug you can catch (but I can get feeder crickets from the pet store so I use them).
My male cat likes wrestling the cardboard middles of toilet paper and towel paper rolls–he tears them apart.
I also give the cats loofa things–I get new ones, rinse them in plain water, let them dry and give them to the cats. The cats wrestle them, dig their claws into the loofah, bite the loofah, tear it up. I kind of think it helps to keep their teeth clean. You just have to vacuum more often.
And like someone else already said, those milk bottle plastic tearoff rings.
One of our cats like hair scrunchies and the elastic hair bands–she plays fetch with us with them.
August 7th, 2010 at 1:01 am
well i can help here i have a cat and we actually made the toys for him so what you can do is get like string yarn and put like a bell at the end ant he will like that or you can also just leave the string and just bounce it around and he will play with that also there is many more hope you have fun
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August 7th, 2010 at 1:11 am
Pipe cleaners – if you have any
String – they always amused my cat cut off a long piece and pull it around
Scrunched up newspaper – just roll it around a bit
A recite – rub it on their fur at the back it really annoys them but its good fun and gives them something to do!
Turn off the lights and get a torch – wiggle it around!
Good luck try some ideas! – my cat(s) love them!
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August 7th, 2010 at 1:17 am
My cat loves socks, or anything you dangle in his face.
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August 7th, 2010 at 1:54 am
I have 5, and they all LOVE to play with the little plastic rings that pop off of a gallon of milk when you first open it.
They also go CRAZY over a lazer pointer.
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August 7th, 2010 at 2:26 am
A long piece of string with some time, lazer lights and Catnip
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August 7th, 2010 at 2:39 am
a box is good for exploring.. put holes in it so the kitten can run in and out .. scarps of paper rolled into balls .. a Great way of playing football nad catch.
string tied to a stick .
try knitting .. the ball of wool will attract the kitten and so will the knitting needles.
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August 7th, 2010 at 3:04 am
My cats love to play with hair bows. The ones without the metal piece.
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August 7th, 2010 at 3:49 am
string or yarn. my cat likes it wen beads roll across the floor. maybe u could try that. also turn off the lights,turn on a flash light and shake it all over the room. they love that well myn duz
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August 7th, 2010 at 4:31 am
Tear off a long piece of aluminum foil and smoosh it into a ball (shiny side out so it catches the light)–it’s lightweight enough to go rolling off when the cat taps it, the little facets will catch the light keeping the cat’s attention, you can stick catnip inside if you want to (before you crunch it into a ball) but you don’t have to, since most of us can’t form a perfectly round ball out of it the thing usually won’t roll in straight lines so will go veering off in some pretty strange angles unanticipated by the cat, and when you inadvertenly step on it or it rolls under the sofa or something, you can just make a new one.
Also not exactly a toy but a fun thing for cats is paper bags and plastic grocery bags that make such a nice crunchy sound.
Also cardboard boxes. You can even get a few different shaped boxes, cut cat doorways in them, tape a doorway to a doorway in different boxes and build a sort of cat fun house. If the cats scratch it up or whatever, no big deal.
And this one is cruel for the bugs but fun for cats. Buy a couple of mature crickets (the ones that actually crick) and put them in a clean, dry 2 liter soda bottle–the clear bottles are best so the cats can see inside. Screw on the top and poke holes into the plastic bottle so the crickets will have air. Set the bottle on it’s side and leave it there (not in the sun, somewhere flat with not much furniture and stuff to get in the way). When the crickets start to crick the cats will tack down the sound and see the bugs trying to climb up the round sides but slides around and will try to jump on the bottle, will push the bottle around, etc. But after a while, remove the bottle and set it somewhere the cats cannot get to it, put a bit of vegetable food in there for the crickets, a bit of water (only a little so they don’t drown) and let them rest so they can have more fun tomorrow. The crickets won’t live a heck of a long time, maybe a week, but you can get more and a new bottle too. I suppose you could do this with any sizeable bug you can catch (but I can get feeder crickets from the pet store so I use them).
My male cat likes wrestling the cardboard middles of toilet paper and towel paper rolls–he tears them apart.
I also give the cats loofa things–I get new ones, rinse them in plain water, let them dry and give them to the cats. The cats wrestle them, dig their claws into the loofah, bite the loofah, tear it up. I kind of think it helps to keep their teeth clean. You just have to vacuum more often.
And like someone else already said, those milk bottle plastic tearoff rings.
One of our cats like hair scrunchies and the elastic hair bands–she plays fetch with us with them.
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