milk jug rings

[Catlover]

Laura my cats do the same thing.

My cats had this old stick that had strips of fabric tied to the stick. They loved it to death! Now it's in the trash because as they played with it more all the fabric came off!

[D_J]

Sounds to me like all these cats have a whoppen good time....I keep all Jazz's toys in a box that he can easily tip over, and he must be bored with his milk rings because he tipped over the box today and got some 'other' toys out...now thats unusual...he almost never plays with his real toys. But just wait till breakfast, I will be opening a new jug of milk......

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Deb

[Laura]

I discovered a new cat toy this weekend! It's stuffed dog - flat and blue - with catnip and a piece of crinkle paper inside. They are in love with it. They lick, lick, and lick the bag where the paper is, then roll it over and sit on it to hear the paper crackle. They run around like mad kitties, then come back for another hit of the bag. They're hilarious!

[D_J]

Thanks Laura I will certainly look for one of those....Jazz would love it! He loves crinkly paper and catnip! By the way, I opened a new jug of milk this morning and did he come running I had picked up all the milk jug rings to vaccume and I tossed most of them...I mean how many does one cat need? He chased the new one around for about an hour....cheap toy

[Vi Co Bi]

My red tabby/white female DSH, Rosie, won't leave my hair doodles alone. If I haven't left enough of them laying around the house to suit her needs, she goes into a basket in the bathroom to sneak extras out. She's also been caught taking pens and pencils out of their holders and running off with them. For a long while I couldn't figure out how my calligraphy pens kept ending up rooms away from where I kept them (I should have known someone else was helping me when I kept finding them on the floor as well). At least she didn't wreck the pens or get ink everywhere.

[HowieDawn]

I thought that my cat was the only one that loved milk jug rings! When I lived in an apartment building, there was a crack under the door, leading out into the apt. building. I would go to leave and there were always at least 3 on my door step. I am sure that my neighbors thought that I was weird, since I had the rings on the door step. On a few occasions, I would come home, and see a little paw, where Lucy was trying to reach under the door to get her precious toys.

[D_J]

That is so funny....because my cat gets them under the door too. I live in an apartment building, and I find them in the hallway when I am leaving in the morning or coming home. Once the cleaning lady, who vaccumes the halls etc, said to me...oh I have something for you...she went into her pocket and handed me 3 milk jug rings. We both laughed. I thought it was rather sweet for her to save them and give them back to me.
Jazz sticks his paw under the door all the time. He meows and meows if I'm in the hallway talking to someone and he can hear me. Cats rule

[thelmalu99]

Hey, DJ
Thanks for the milk jug ring tip. I tossed one at Charlie the other day and it was a hit!
...I just didn't tell him about all the rings I threw out in the past because I just didn't think of giving them to him!!

[D_J]

Hey Thelmalu99! Thanks for the comment! I am glad your cat(s) are having fun with them! I would be interested to know how many cat lovers out there never tried milk rings....I have picked up some great tips from this chat room. I love coming here and reading all about other peoples cats and habits and fun times. The one about 'you know you're a cat lover when...' was one of the funniest things I ever read...

[LouiseC]

Our first cat loved the plastic strips off frozen orange juice cans, but none of our subsequent cats has been interested in them. A warning on cats playing with string: be sure they are not swallowing it. Our male cat swallowed some string when he was about a year old, and he had to have it surgically removed, along with a piece of his intestines. Also, someone at work had a cat who swallowed thread, with the same result. The vet told us that cats have "barbs" on their tongues, which make it difficult for them to get the string out once it starts going down, so it will just keep going in until they bite or break it off. Our cat, now 7 years old, seems absolutely fascinated with chewing string; we really have to watch him. One morning I was in the bathroom flossing my teeth, and he got up on the sink, and was standing on his hind legs in the bowl, with his paws on my chest, looking into my mouth. It looked so funny in the mirror, with this little round cat head in front of my face! But, I am really careful about discarding the floss, so he cannot get at it!

[thelmalu99]

Louise C,
Thanks for the warning, I'll have to start supervising Charlie with the string and the yarn.

PS-Charlie always tries to grab the dental floss when I'm using it, too - just like your kitty does...silly kitties!!

[D_J]

Hi there! My cat Jazz is obsessed with string, most especially with dental floss. I have to watch him like a hawk also. He will dig it out of the waste basket in the bathroom so I have learned to put it into the garbage right away Those silly cats:0
I sew as a hobby and I have to watch him when I cut the threads, he will steal any he can. I am so afraid he will need that surgery some day. I guess I just have to really watch him.

[LouiseC]

About the string - we have had cats for years, and had never had this problem, but I guess we never had a string swallower before. This time, the cats were playing with a ball of string, and they seemed to be enjoying it so, I let them keep it. So stupid on my part! Our female didn't eat it, but the male did, and he does seem to be very fascinated with string, thread, ribbon, etc. I think that short pieces probably are not as much of a problem, as they might pass through, but I do not take any chances. I felt so terrible when it happened, as our cat was only a year old or so old, and he was so sick. Fortunately our vet figured out what was wrong quite quickly - of course, string did not show up on the xray... Apparently this is not an uncommon occurrence, so I try to warn people whenever they talk about their cats playing with string. And of course, you always see all those pictures of kittens/cats with a ball of yarn...

[D_J]

I heard about the string problem years ago from a friend whose cat had to have surgery to remove it. It was actually tinsel from their Christmas tree....I have never used tinsel from that time onward. I sort of forgot about the string thing with cats I
had, but with Jazz everything is a challenge. He gets into everything and anything he can put his paws to. When I put my sewing machine away on the shelf, I have to remember to remove the bobbin and the spool of thread, or he will try to chew it....silly cat

[4 feline house]

Cosmo (rainbow bridge) loved dental floss so much, he could hear me pulling it out of the box from two rooms away and would come running, looking at me expectantly!