how do you keep your indoor only cat entertained?

[RICHARD]

I lie on my bed in my undies while I read.

The cat runs around and across my sorry arse. He exercises and has fun hiding in the house, while I bleed and chase him.

[shais_mom]

I lie on my bed in my undies while I read.

The cat runs around and across my sorry arse. He exercises and has fun hiding in the house, while I bleed and chase him.

Gee Richard - I would figger seeing you in your undies would be entertainment enough for Edster!

[jennielynn1970]

I lie on my bed in my undies while I read.

The cat runs around and across my sorry arse. He exercises and has fun hiding in the house, while I bleed and chase him.

YIKES!!!! TMI!!! What a visual, lol!

[jazzcat]

Any cardboard box big enough for a cat to get in, plastic rings from the milk jug, plastic straws and the occasional moth or fly that mistakenly comes in the house.

[rosethecopycat]

Party Papers

get some tissue paper (from gift wrap section) and put about 20 sheets in a pile.

Great fun, and cheap

[Grace]

We have 2 indoor only and 4 that are in-and-out.

Like Taz_Zoee, we have an exercise track that all of them enjoy. Ours makes a complete circle, and it's fun to watch and see who is chasing whom. We have hardwood floors which makes the event even more interesting - adds the sliding factor.

We have a basket full of toys that is usually empty with the contents scattered all around the room. Laser light is a big favorite, as are the kitty whips.

[Laura's Babies]

My babies have a baskets FULL of toys and Giz's purse is always on the table or counter top, stuffed with her toys. There is a perch at just about every window and beds all over the house.. The shoestrings on my shoes are also where they can find them and Boo loves playing with those, she'll slap around the toys Giz pulls out of her purse too.

However, Giz is one that can find her own entertainment! Nothing is off limits to her, if it is in "her" house, it is hers to play with no matter what it is!

[catfamily]

we throw balls around the house...either the cat plastic ones w/bells inside or i make small ones out of tinfoil(i make them in a room without them because the tinfoil hurts their ears)
but i make them hard and round so they are just like hard hockey pucks they kick around.
don't make them too small for them to put in their mouths.

plus we have string toys we toss up in the air for them to jump up.

and we have fly toys that we circle around like immitating a bird...it freaks them out and they all want to carry it in their mouth (after jumping up and catching it)while i am chasing after them with me holding onto the handheld end...don't want them to wander off with it and choke.

i put all the string toys away after playing.

and of course we have the lazer lights for them to get good excercise running after it.

but they all seem to entertain themselves too.

plus the open windows when it's warm enough to open them.
or they look out the closed ones.
we just bought a home with land that is really nice for them to look out the windows.
(no neighbors anywhere in site...nor the street is in site)I have had enough of neighbors taking over our yard as if it's ok to walk around anytime they want on our lawn and their dogs and cats using it to pee and poop in.
Finally Peace! I never dreamed having no neighbors would make me this happy.I sound terrible but it really is nice.try it if you can someday.(if you can find space in this overcrowded world...lol)
we built a new beautiful home (BEFORE buying this 10 year old home)and i was never so unhappy in my life with only a half acre and the nosiest plus rudest ,loudest neighbors i have ever met.

we also have a bird nest that was put their by the old owner of our home.
she put one of those wooden shelves(very small one for trinkets)and nailed it to the house under the roof of our front porch.just outside the door up above.
the birds go in and out without squirells ruining it.it's really a great idea she had.
we have a small round wondow where a cat can sit on it and is in perfect veiw of the wooden trinket holder outside rthat now has a full nest.

[catfamily]

We have 2 indoor only and 4 that are in-and-out.

Like Taz_Zoee, we have an exercise track that all of them enjoy. Ours makes a complete circle, and it's fun to watch and see who is chasing whom. We have hardwood floors which makes the event even more interesting - adds the sliding factor.

We have a basket full of toys that is usually empty with the contents scattered all around the room. Laser light is a big favorite, as are the kitty whips.

i am curious about your excersise trac.is it one you guys made for your cats?
or for you yourselves.if it's great for the cats to run around i'd love to see a picture so maybe we could put one in our family room downstairs...we're putting tile in that room soon.they seem to like hanging in that room more b/c it's nice and cool and just a few steps away from the basement where most of the litterboxes are.

[Grace]

i am curious about your excersise trac.is it one you guys made for your cats?
or for you yourselves.if it's great for the cats to run around i'd love to see a picture so maybe we could put one in our family room downstairs...we're putting tile in that room soon.they seem to like hanging in that room more b/c it's nice and cool and just a few steps away from the basement where most of the litterboxes are.

Oh dear, I should have quoted exactly what Taz_Zoee said in her response.

And then of course we have the exercise track, which we commonly refer to as the hallway. Sometimes Taz likes to run back and forth down the hall. Eventually that ends up with Zoee chasing him though.

We have hardwood floors, and the cats love running down the hall - through the living room, into the dining room and back into the hall. It's a circular path, and we get such a kick out of the slipping and sliding. And they get exercise, all year long.