Choose the best cat play toys
Favored cat toys mimic predatory acts that cats would perform if they were to hunt for their food. Although your cat may not need to “hunt”, they still enjoy the actions and movements involved with the process of hunting from which they create a form of play. Cats love to chase, pounce, capture, carry, bite and roll around with good cat toys.
Features to consider in cat toys:
* Style
* Shape
* Ability to move/flutter/fly
* Ability to make sounds
* Safety – no parts that can be swallowed
* Durable
* Interesting to the personality of your cat
Ideal choice of cat toys:
* The ideal choice of cat toys will depend on your cats toy preference. Offer a variety and rotate cat toys often. If you don’t yet know your cats preference, some good initial choices is a feathery flyer, some round crinkle balls, and something stuffed with catnip.
Shopping tips for buying cat toys:
* Don’t buy too many cat toys at first but have enough to distract your cat. Buy more cat toys as you know what types of toys your cat prefers.
* When choosing a cat toy, consider safety. Make sure that no parts of the toy can be swallowed or eaten. If you are unsure how your pet will react with a toy, make the play time supervised and hide toys when you are not with your cat and able to observe their behavior.
* Many cats love catnip. Cat toys are often available with cat nip or you can grow your own fresh cat nip.
More tips for using cat toys:
* Offer your cat a variety and rotate them out periodically to keep them “fresh” new and exiting to your cat. A reasonable rotation is to hide the current cat toys every 2 – 3 days and replace with others.
* Consider homemade cat toy options. It is easy to create homemade cat toys of empty paper bags, rolled up paper balls, milk bottle “rings” or empty toilet paper rolls. You can also stuff a light weight sock or make small catnip toys of spare fabric. Some owners will hide treats around the house so cats will learn to look for treat around the house when they are not at home.
* Make time to play with your cat every day. The ideal daily play time is 8 – 12 minutes per day per cat. Use some of the interactive cat toys such as laser lights or dangling “flyers”. Alternatively, you can toss toys or roll balls to interact.
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