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Play in indoor cats
Can anyone help me......
I've had my 4 year old indoor cat for 8 months now and she is a healthy, happy cat. However, when i first got her she loved to play and would chase anything. She now just sits looking at me as if I'm mad when I try to play with her. Have I tried to hard with her and scared her or do they go through phases?? Any advise on how to get her playing again would be much appreciated. |
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Have you tried "Cat Dancer" and/or "Da Bird". My one cat is like this. And
she really wants to play too, but doesn't like to play in front of the other cats. She does get zoomies when the weather is crisp and I open the deck door for air. She is much less prone to want to play during hot weather. I do wonder at the sudden change of attitude. Has she seen a vet? wrote in message oups.com... Can anyone help me...... I've had my 4 year old indoor cat for 8 months now and she is a healthy, happy cat. However, when i first got her she loved to play and would chase anything. She now just sits looking at me as if I'm mad when I try to play with her. Have I tried to hard with her and scared her or do they go through phases?? Any advise on how to get her playing again would be much appreciated. |
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First off, you haven't said you've had her at the vet for a check up and see
what the vet thinks about this. Four years old seems kind of young to stop playing. The cats love those interactive toys on a string that you can't leave them alone with because they can get caught up in them. Some people play with a laser light in the wall with their cats. -- Barb Of course I don't look busy, I did it right the first time. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Can anyone help me...... I've had my 4 year old indoor cat for 8 months now and she is a healthy, happy cat. However, when i first got her she loved to play and would chase anything. She now just sits looking at me as if I'm mad when I try to play with her. Have I tried to hard with her and scared her or do they go through phases?? Any advise on how to get her playing again would be much appreciated. She is just being a cat. Persnickety and quixotic. The same toy that drives my cat nuts one day is looked at with boredom the next. Get her a variety of toys, and realize that there are times when she just does not want to play. |
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New or challenging toys. Play with her. Each time we go to the pet store for
cat food, my husband tries to cover my eyes so I won't see the new toys but of course that isn't about to work. Our cats may be a bit over indulged with toys but they enjoy them. There are the usual balls and crinkle toys and love their mice but turbo chasers, turbo chasers with balls inside the middle and mice on the top... it all adds to their day of play. Try different things and see what they like. Laser pointers (kept away from eyes) are great too. -- ..oO rach Oo. wrote in message oups.com... Can anyone help me...... I've had my 4 year old indoor cat for 8 months now and she is a healthy, happy cat. However, when i first got her she loved to play and would chase anything. She now just sits looking at me as if I'm mad when I try to play with her. Have I tried to hard with her and scared her or do they go through phases?? Any advise on how to get her playing again would be much appreciated. |
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On 2005-02-11, .oO rach Oo. penned:
Each time we go to the pet store for cat food, my husband tries to cover my eyes so I won't see the new toys but of course that isn't about to work. What is up with that? My husband is also ... less than enthused about the fact that I buy a toy every time I go to the pet store. -- monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* |
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The night we got the cats from the shelter, he gave me $100 to go get their
litter boxes, food etc. I spent $250 and he was never the wiser...well until I let slip a while later. He loves the cats to bits but he thinks the cats are spoiled. The cats are our kids - the best kind... they don't talk back, no college to pay, no boyfriends to worry about, no clothes to buy... so what's wrong with a little treat now and then? -- ..oO rach Oo. "Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message ... On 2005-02-11, .oO rach Oo. penned: Each time we go to the pet store for cat food, my husband tries to cover my eyes so I won't see the new toys but of course that isn't about to work. What is up with that? My husband is also ... less than enthused about the fact that I buy a toy every time I go to the pet store. -- monique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* |
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