how do you keep your indoor only cat entertained?

[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.

[catfamily]

oh...i should of realized.
we use to have a simalar trac in our first home...the cats all ran around it all the time,and it was very funny watching them
i wish i had that same setup.

[Catsnclay]

WE GOT TAZ



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[cassiesmom]

Meow, Cassie here. I am an indoor-only kitty, although Meowmom carries me out on the balcony (which I hate). I entertain my human by making confetti out of any paper she leaves within my reach. Mail, envelopes, magazines, catalogues, anything is fair game. I am very good at it! My human knows to put away anything she does not want shredded. She also keeps newspaper away from me because she doesn't want the ink getting into my system. I don't eat the paper; I just rip it and leave the pieces on the floor. But she worries. It is a very effective game at 3 A.M. when I am hungry! I also entertain myself by taking naps, dreaming of Michael, and looking out of the window at the birds, clouds and leaves.


Meows,
Cassie

[catmandu]

ONE WORD
CURLIES!!!

AND HERES CAT FAMILYS COLBY WTH HER CURLIE!!

AND THIER HANDSOME BLACK CAT WHOSE NAME I CANNOT RECALL.

AND THEY AMKE GREAT PILLOWS TOO!!!
CURLIES ,THE CAT TOY OF THE AGE!!!

[catfamily]

Gary...those are my boys
the top picture is Rufus.
the second is my Colby and the 3rd is my Bowie.
thank you for posting them.
they all LOVE the CURLIES!!!
I accually tuck one under each cat's head or put one near their face so their paw can reach out and pull it in toward their face just like a teddy bear to a baby human.they all act the same way too.they love when they have something to hug while sleeping.
plus they play with them during the day too.what a great toy these curlies are.
thank you so much.

[columbine]

A cardboard box is great fun! Especially a nice big one. I can jump into it, jump out of it, scratch it, nap in it - my human despairs of ever getting to cut it up and get it out of the way, because I enjoy it so much. And the small ones that still have useful stuff in them? I can scratch those too, and sit on them like a statue sitting on a block of marble. I'm very decorative.

I also enjoy a Cat Dancer toy wedged between stacked storage bins to serve as a "punching bag," and I like getting into the paper bag my human has in the bedroom for throwing junkmail into.

Of course, like any cat, I also enjoy finding new places to nap!

Love, Smudge