what kind of cat toys?

[cassiesmom]

Dear Allmycats,

I like to play with Kitty Tease, which is a long black string on a pole. My meowmom holds the pole and makes a denim belt loop (on the other end of the string) fly back and forth for me to catch. It was a gift to my meowmom and me from the shelter when she adopted me, because it was my favorite there. My meowmom wonders why I need toys at all, because the things I like to play with best are pencils and pens. I like to swat them off meowmom's desk or table. Pencils are better because they bounce if they land on the eraser. I sit on the table and say "murp" till meowmom picks them up, and then I swat them down again! I also like to help wrap presents by thoroughly chewing on the ribbon while meowmom is trying to tie it. I love to play with ribbon or yarn, meowmom has to put those away after we play with them. I also like furry mousies. Meowmom props them up on the cabinet knobs or drawer pulls and I knock them down. In the kitchen I sometimes swat them under the fridge by accident, meowmom hates that but she gets them for me cos she loves me. In the bedroom I knock them onto the rug and under the dresser. Meowmom fetches those for me too. She is my play time helper!

Purrs,
Cassie

P.S., my fur-cousin Milo has some mousies that were sewn for him out of muslin. They're filled with muslin too. He likes to have his people toss them, then he will either swat it around (they have wood floors so his toys slide reeeeeally well) or pick it up in his mouth, put it down somewhere else, and then swat it. He also likes to knock pens or pencils from the desk down onto the floor. He likes golf balls too. We tried to teach him to play with Ping Pong balls but they are too light.

[kuhio98]

Our kitties ignore any toy we buy them but will play for hours with the boxes they came in.

Halo likes to play with some shoestrings that we tried onto the end of a stick.
Pepper likes the laser pointer.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

Havoc likes things he can carry in his mouth and bat around on the floor. His favorites are the little fur-covered mice and a stuffed mouse I brought home from work. He'll grab one of those and chase and fling it all over the house. His favorite game is hide and seek where he'll "chase" one of the mice under something (a rug, blanket or newspaper) and then stalk it and snatch it out. He often "kills" the stuffed mouse by rolling it over and biting it on the throat. here's a pic of the kill:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77.../mousie007.jpg

Toby on the other hand is a lazy butt. He'll play and jump around like a wild-man but only if you're playing with him. Otherwise he may bat at something once or twice and he's over it. The best way to play with Toby is with a bat-around toy tied to a fishing pole. That way I can move it around wildly or fling it down the hall but not be close enough to distract him from palying. He likes boxes and such but he'll just squeeze himself in and lay down.

and of course they both absolutely LOVE chasing whatever insect unfortunate enough to get in the house.

[allmycats]

Dear Cassie

It sounds like you have good toys and have alot of fun. good for you!

[allmycats]

when Leo was a kitten he liked to put the kitchen sponge in his mouth and walk around with it!

Archie likes...Q-tips

[mrspunkysmom]

the critters will play with stuff from the store, but their favorite toys are free: Pieces from a rag rug, bottle caps, paper, the printer, my shoelaces, running water, etc.

[Moesha]

A paper bag with holes cut in it. That was Morgan's first toy, and he still loves bags today. Now he is so big he barely fits in them though. He likes small mice. He loves this little red puff ball. I have no idea where he found it. It looks like one of those pom poms from the back of socks from the 80's. He loses it under things for weeks at a time. Then somehow it reappears. I should try to hunt it down and see if he is interested in playing with it. He also likes this kitty tunnel I used Fresh Step Pawpoints to redeem for him. Sometimes he will play with one of those plastic tracks that has the ball in it and the cardboard in the middle to use as a scratching area.

[catmandu]

They like the Toys from Lee Truslow of Virginia, the Animal Welfare Mice and Balls, the Kitty Tease and the Cat Dancers!
And bits of paper and each others tails too!!!