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Hey Jackson! I make my own cat toys! I recycle old toys, mostly wands to give more lead, some are so short, some ends just get demolished, cheap junk... I have even used hollow metal poles with a plastic carrier wand stuffed in it. That way it isn't yanking out my cats claws as I try to pull it back. We all have known that one cat that just does not let go. The interior rod/main toy will pop out before I pull too hard on their claw. When that happens I just reset it so its firm again and off to the races for more.

​@midnightqueen3332 Would you mind sharing some homemade cat toys ideas, please? The ones I've attempted have failed.

yknow I've had a lot of interest in this really nifty wand toy, that also interests me cos its easier to put away - its on this store called Jason Galaxy or something. dunno, you might've heard of him. (JK lol but that wand toy is very popular in my house.) As a serious answer, those plastic spring toys! They're the favorite fetch toy and 3 out of 4 of my cats love them. The one that doesn't is the one that doesn't play fetch haha. His toys have to jingle or crinkle or squeak or they don't count as toys to him.

@@monsterhits9809 For me, it's just trial and error, asking simple questions like how can I make this better and finding the skills and resources to do so. For wand style toys, learn some braiding/weaving techniques, learn to work things into the braid/weave, learn some sewing to sew the toys up. I mean its a toy, it doesn't have to look pretty, as long as the cats like it that's all that matters.

Sure mate...

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Hope he will be well soon! ❤ from The Netherlands 🙏🙏🙏

And the box it came in.

All three of mine run in at the sound of the crumble. The race for the first owner of the ball is my favorite! They all take turns and it's the #1 in our house too!

Remember cutting out coupons, when we got the Sunday paper? That was one of my cat's favorite activity because he'd get the pages that I didn't use crumpled up.

And the plastic bag. I have to get the bag picked up ASAP every time. They will be clawing to get into the bag before I can even get their toys out.

@@kelly-bo-belly crisp plastic, like the ring around B&J ice cream...chomp chomp...they like that ring almost as much as I like the ice cream, lol. Fee fi fo felly, Kelly! (I love your name!)

You should get them those catnip infused brown paper bags :)

@@mandypdx can not find them at all

Yep we have boxes all over house.

Literally. I have a shoe string tied to a wooden dowel. Better than any toys I've bought them and it's outlasted everything else

I discovered this with a silk bathrobe tie...

That’s because you are doing it. You are their favourite cat toy 😆

FACTS! i made this discovery months ago when i took out some shoestrings and my cat was mesmerized instantly😂

My cats love an old fishing pole casting a little mouse or other toy down the hall.

This is genius ❤

Brilliant! I so want to try this.

On behalf of our two cats, thanks for the tip!

I do this too! It gives them variety!

Such a great idea!

Another cat-proof/shredproof homemade toy: I cut the back pockets out of an old pair of jeans, stuff it with 'nip and sew it securely closed. It's tough as nails and lasts forever, but they do tend to get lost under the sofa.

The "Flippity Fish" became something of a running gag here. None of our cats ever really played with it. One jumped it occasionally, but only if it was under a rug or a blanket. Most useless cat toy ever, and quite expensive at the time.

My cats would be the same 😂 that's why I never bothered to buy them one. I once bought a mouse that is just a bit bigger than the normal toy mice and filled with a squeaker. My Motte started playing with it, and at one point it squeaked. She got startled pretty badly and her sister who was just watching (she is also a rather nervous cat generally) would not come into the living room if the squeaky mouse was out in the open for weeks.

They're quite noisy aren't they? Our cats didn't really take to it.

@@juliahill7732 Yes, they are, I guess that is the main reason why cats are scared of them.

My cats destroyed it in less than 20 minutes.

Yes he is, a STAR 🌟 🤩 and very smart 👌 ❤

That would be amazing

The big grey brother cat was probably a politician in a previous life. 😉😹

The last sentence made me chuckle, love the disclaimer

All three of mine love the cat dancer! I always say it looks like it was designed by a stoner who was looking to play with his cat and all he could find was a guitar string and a rolling paper. 🤣 But mine do go nuts for it. I keep three in various parts of the house

2975, you describe it so well. My cats love this toy!

Look under the couch for his stash!

My cats love those too! I was surprised because they don't look like much, but now they cry if they lose them.

My Stella is obsessed with those springs!

i had to rebuy these things because they get lost after a week. last week i had to move my washmashine and there were all of the springs. my cats were in heaven

Yep - young or old, they all love the springs. Even the dog.

It's a good toy to bat at when you're bored because your humans are sleeping rather than filling a food bowl!

Yes mine too they dont care bout the licking balls

I have one cat that loves them and one that ignores them. Kind of a crap shoot whether or not they will like them.

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So sorry for your loss! 💔

aww junebug thats such a cute name

Same with my 14 yo rescue who has been with me for 5 years. Still loves his tower

Yep, it is a favorite of dumb babies! 😸

This is my girl too. With wands, we stick with long ribbon ones. She loves those best anyway, and I'm not worried about her destroying it.

I do the same for scratchposts, as I've got a big, chunky half ginger boy who will break a weak one within the first go. Ones wrapped in cardboard make me fume especially when they don't say that is what it is made with. They're suitable for tiny kittens only! Even my tiny 3kg gal broke one of those:/ So the moment a review says "It broke", I'm out. But trying to find a decent stong one with good height to replace our old one is not an easy task.

Oh man, I fostered 3 little kittens (bottle babies, from ~10-14 days old) and the teensiest of the kittens-Tabs-grew up to be a total monster of a cat as an adult! We (my partner at the time and I) fostered failed on the two brothers of the trio and added them to our little family (along with my senior cat). We nicknamed him the “little wildcat/wildcat boy” and here are a few examples why 😂 : > He fully gulped down a 4”-6” feather off a toy during a play session when he was ~5-6 weeks old > He literally *ate* a toy that consisted of a rectangular strip of rabbit leather with fur on both sides made to look like a rat (~4” body, ~3” leather tail). This was over the course of a few different attempts at us trying to hide the toy so that he could only play with it while we were supervising-BUT HE KEPT FINDING IT (both he and his brother were excellent at getting to the toys that had been put up-Tabs was *especially* adept at it though) > He chewed basically every possible inch of the ribbed plastic tubing we put around all the cords…there was at least 20’ of tubing. We also made a lot of toys/enrichment items out of cardboard to help encourage safer options > The cats all ate wet/raw food meals, but the boys were also given a small amount of “kibble” (made of air-dried chunks of meat) at night with their dinner that we would hide in little mouse dispenser ball toys that were then hidden around the house where the boys stayed until my senior cat was done eating. We played with the cats every day *at least* once before dinner to the point of exhaustion, but the boys-especially Tabs-often still had energy for another ~20-30 minutes once the house was dark. BUT THEN HE ATE THE FABRIC “MOUSE” PART OF ALL THE TOYS > His desire to chew was so intense we had to get creative with solutions. Venison rawhide-free chew sticks and willow sticks scented with silvervine were somewhat popular, but dried turkey tendons (sold for DOGS mind you) were the real jackpot; however, we quickly discovered that we could not have them in the house because he WOULD find them and he WOULD try to scarf them down as quickly as possible (and he WOULD begin to choke 🤦🏻‍♀️) > The younger boys were only allowed to go outside on the upper deck over the backyard during daylight hours unless they were actively supervised and/or leashed-we lived on the edge of the woods and were unable to build a catio on the house, so this was best for everyone’s safety. It was about an 8’x10’ space, and yet he still managed to catch and kill a bird from that deck in the middle of the day 😳 > He was obsessed with digging in planters. We tried Jackson’s recommendation of putting volcanic rocks over the soil and, not only was he undeterred, but he found it to be a delightful game! 🙃 He loooved to pull rocks out one at a time and then bat them all over the house. We gave him other little balls instead but nothing quite beat those damn rocks 😂 > To satisfy his drive to dig, my ex put together a “dig box” for him. It was a long wooden planter with cat-safe soil, live catnip, and live spider plants. This worked quite well, though he did chew the crap out of the hardy spider plants (neither he nor his brother have any interest in catnip) and it was far too messy to be kept indoors which limited its use > Even from a young age he was quite intimidating to play with whenever he would really shift into his hunting mode! He became incredibly skilled at lying in wait for his “prey”, perfect still, hidden under or in thing-that prey could be anything from his brother to a person walking by 😅 (he was always gentle though-no claws) • • • Tabs (and his brother) live with my ex now…it absolutely destroys me-they were/are my little babies after all-but the decision for my ex to take them was what was best for the cats. Despite the heart ache, I would trade that experience for the world! It was so amazing and fun to watch their personalities develop, and to witness their evolution from wiggly grub to clumsy kitten to gangly teen to gorgeous grown-man-cat ❤

@@sexydoorframes We have a couple of wall-mounted scratching posts. I don't know what the core is made of, but they've held up well to climbing and I love how stable they are and that my cats like to climb onto the top. They're by a brand called Fukumaru. I've bought more for other people and definitely recommend, I'd be surprised to see one break!

Yep, my cats love ping pong balls, they're the best cat toys. They disappear so fast. I'm sure I have dozens under the furniture 😅

I think it's because those ping pong balls move blazingly FAST! Across hardwood floors OR carpet. I gave Jackie Blue two new ones the other day, and they're already gone.

I have a ...kinda.. sword shaped cleaning device with microfibre pull over mops. Get one and swipe under the sofa and under any other low spaces 😂 TA DAA! Thats what i do when i need 50 balls on a sunday

I tried to put on a shoe yesterday morning. Found two green ping pong balls stuck into the toe of one of them. So THAT'S where they went! Gotta check my shoes more often, I guess.

I came here to see if anyone mentioned the kitty springs! My kitties love them, they play fetch with them, complete with bringing it back and expecting you to throw it. They carry them around the house vocalizing. They have a blast with the springs 😂

Mine liked them too!

We foster lots of kittens. They love the tower of balls toy

Where did you find those wonderful mouse toys? 😊

I also want to know where the animal skin toys are from.

I have 2 siamese cats. 1 loves crinkle and kicker toys and the female loves the wand and puzzles.Both love mice toys.

Be careful of temptations they're spicy they give the urine in a bad smell it may lead to kidney disease if you want to keep doing temptations add a little cranberry juice to the drinking water for them

I use toilet paper rolls lines up in a small box 😂

Same with my 2 cats! I bought a bag of 60 I think and my cats cannot get enough. I also have to dig them out from underneath everything which can be a bit annoying but it’s totally worth it when I see how much they enjoy them.

My cats have learned and will specifically open any Chewy box that comes into our house. Other boxes? Ignored. Chewy boxes? Have to make sure I don't let them get ahold of the dry food that often comes inside them.

LOL😂 I’m so sorry for the poor dog

if your cat only eats wet food then it is getting enough water through the food. If your cat also eats dry food, then it needs extra water. It's better to leave out the dry food. But also with wet food offer water even if it don't touch it.

Ohh ok! my cat only eats wet foods, that makes sense! Thank you! @@ralphk.8869

My girl loves to see ice cubes floating in her water. She drinks a lot when she sees them, so whenever she heads for her water bowls, I toss some in. She plays a little first, then drinks. She's getting plenty of water, aside from her one pouch a day wet food, and of course her usual dry food 😺

Mine doesn't either, but he eats exclusively wet food. I had 3 cats in a row have kidney failure (that's what you get when you adopt geriatric cats) and had 2 fountains going at all times, but my current can't be bothered with them. Freaked me out, but he's healthy, so all good. If he starts drinking water that will be a sign to take him to the vet.

same, i purchased 3 of those 20+ or 30+ springs. she will play with them for hours and then horde them in one of her hideaways. the other two just look on as she goes nuts for the springs. 😂

Careful with the plain plastic ones. Gave my boy 3 corneal ulcers and/or abrasions until I figured out what was causing them. He'd go so hard playing he'd slide into the wall with them and since a smooshie faced Persian it was a danger waiting to happen. He only gets the ones wrapped in felt now and no more eye injuries since switching!

Had to buy my tuxedo the 70 pack because he kept losing his! The only toy he never got sick of - the one toys Id always recommend to other cat people 😄

I’ve tried that. The neighbors cat ate it down to the roots

@@emilyfeagin2673 Put a metal cage over it

@@emilyfeagin2673 Raccoons ate mine!!

In all seriousness though, I would love a video on common household products cats tend to like! Which ones are safe, which ones are not, and what type of enrichment cats get out of each one (why they like it).

Our cats' affinity of ornaments is why there are only a handful of (non breakable) ones on our tree this year.

No further shivers...it must've been the hammering on the roof that upset him.

My sister gave me a flipper for the girls and I tucked a small bag of catnip inside it. They love that thing. Right now it needs to be recharged. No batteries, a charging cable.

My cats are terrified of the flopping fish! I even put some catnip and smelly treats inside, but they won't go near it. Even when it's turned off, they won't play with it because they are always afraid that it will "jump to life" when they least expect it.

I wish my cats were like yours! Both of my cats suffer from pika and so they love ripping up any card board that's not stored safely from their sight 😂

@@faelunir2246 Ours don't swallow it, thankfully, but they leave a mess of shreds and pieces everywhere. I check their poop regularly 🤷🏼‍♀️😂

My siblings' cats love armpit and shiny feet. Stuffed with some catnip.. long as 14" are great kickers.

My cats love the wand toys. Always supervise and never leave a cat alone with a feather toy!