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Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74192 by preboxed
Feb 23, 2007 5:56pm
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You should also try the safety rings from milk jugs and pipe cleaners (wrap the pipe cleaner around your finger to make a spiral). My cats love both of these.

TG
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74183 by kitty cat klub
Feb 23, 2007 5:59pm
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We found 14 tennis balls near one of our boxes (and near a tennis court) last Friday. We brought them home in a plastic sack. They were sitting quietly on the floor until Silhouette put her head through the handle of the bag to sniff these balls. Somehow she spooked herself and ran...with tennis balls flying everywhere! Silly is getting into the lb thing as well! We had a big laugh over that one!

Trivia Daddy
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74183 by kitty cat klub
Feb 23, 2007 6:02pm
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One of our crazy kitties has a thing for mylar balloons with the little plastic weights attached. Whenever my dd receives one, the cat grabs the string & drags it around OR (the part that really cracks us up) she'll even brush by it and curve her fluffy tail around it to pull it along.

The only down side is that her favorite time to play is the middle of the night. One minute we're sleeping, the next we hear 'click (the plastic), crinkle (the mylar), click, crinkle' as the balloon goes up & down all over the house. It's especially noisy on the stairs. When I can't stand it any longer, the balloon gets locked in the closet.

stripedbass (& dd, Whiskers)
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74186 by kitty cat klub
Feb 23, 2007 6:04pm
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so you have a cat that is a dog and we have a dog that is a cat, if you pet hr long enough she PURRS! a little rumble in the back of her throat (happy rumble)
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74195 by stripedbass
Feb 24, 2007 5:35am
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My cats always liked the plastic rings teat come on the tops of gallon milk jugs. They would hold it in their mouths and catch the other side in a claw so it went flipping across the room.

Woodsong
My Crazy Kitty Warning
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Reply to: #74246 by Woodsong
Feb 24, 2007 9:25am
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My kitty loved to play with the foam earplugs. Every day i would give her a new one thinking they were getting batted under the fridge. WRONG. She was eating them. After a day or 2 of not eating she threw up 5 of them. Needless to say thousands of $$ later she got surgery and there were 5 inside her stomach all hard from the gastric juices.
She does not get any rubber bands, any milk carton tops, anything foamy. No foam fun for her.
On the flip side she gets to hunt outside and play with real voles. She loves presenting them them to me and then lets them go in the house.
But that's another story

deniserows
and has been bitten by a vole
Re: My Crazy Kitty Warning
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Reply to: #74280 by deniserows
Feb 24, 2007 10:19am
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When I worked at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, I had a co-worker whose cat choked on the earplugs we all wore. The style we used on the jobsite was the foam-plug-on-a-string style, and kitty had the chase-anything-on-a-string gene.

Poor little cat was chomping on the plug, and got it caught in its throat. Of course, the foam expanded, and my friend just barely got the cat to the vet in time. Apparently, the plug made a sound liek a popping champagne cork when it came out.

I think with pets, like kids, you have to keep an eye on their toys to avoid hazardous play.

Lisascenic
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74192 by preboxed
Feb 26, 2007 1:44am
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My cat, Small Frye, began fetching my pony tail holders not to long ago. She wants to play fetch constantly! She sometimes places them in my hand while I am sleeping. Unfortunately, she also makes agressive surprise attempts to take them out of my hair.
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74654 by Big M
Feb 26, 2007 2:02am
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You might be able to get her hooked on twist ties instead.
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Reply to: #74657 by MO UR4Me
Feb 26, 2007 3:47am
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I personally would avoid twist ties since they have that thin metal wire inside... but have always been a fan of the milk rings, as has already been mentioned.
Crazy Kitty Toys
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Reply to: #74183 by kitty cat klub
Feb 26, 2007 4:36am
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Another popular item at our house are pony beads. They make a fun noise on hard floors and can be carried conveniently by mouth or in a paw. Since they are hard plastic & small, they don't pose the same danger if swallowed (not that mine have ever shown an interest in eating them). But you can get 100 for $1 or so. That way when you move, someone else can have the pleasure of removing thousands from under the stove & fridge.

stripedbass
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74193 by Trekkie Gal
Feb 26, 2007 5:43am
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You beat me to it! My BIG house cat-Todd-loves milk rings! In fact, the only way we usually know one has missed the trash can is when he goes flying through the kitchen with it.
The other thing he "loves" are feather dusters-or anything with feathers-I guess it replaces the urge to bird hunt or something, but it became a real problem and all feathers had to be put up or he would seriously "have them"!
kitties are so funny aren't they?
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74183 by kitty cat klub
Feb 26, 2007 6:02am
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My cat also seems to think she is a dog- she likes to chew on everything! Her favorite thing to chew on is Darren's ankles, followed by the couch corner, napkins, and whatever else she can find. Recently, she tried to chew on my hair, but that wasn't happening!

Desi
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74183 by kitty cat klub
Feb 26, 2007 6:12am
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My mom and I were practicing our monkey fist knots (mom was practicing, I was learning just for the heck of it) and my cat Sammy LOVES to drag the string and knot all over the house. The knot gives her something to grab onto, even with her plastic tips on her claws. It's her favorite toy!

Also, sometimes I accidentally leave the pantry door open. One day, I heard some large clunks from the cabinet. I found soup cans all over the hallway floor. THen I look up to find Sammy climbing up the wood shelves towards the catnip container on the top shelf! It was SO cute, I just HAD to get a picture!!!!

Then, of course there's the brown craft paper that serves as padding inside of boxes that are sent to me.....

Music Woman
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74682 by Bungalow Boxer
Feb 26, 2007 6:28am
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Check out pictures at:

www.mindizney.com/sammy.html

Music Woman
Re: My Crazy Kitty
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Reply to: #74686 by Bungalow Boxer
Feb 26, 2007 7:02pm
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Those are so cute! What a darling cat.

Oh, I miss having a kitty!

Singing Wolf