Stupid cat toys

No matter how much money we spend on cat toys, our cats always love “non-toys” the best.  A paper shopping bag, a ball of tin foil, a cardboard box, a cap from a half-gallon of milk—our cats say that those are the best toys ever.  Their absolute favourite toys are the plastic rings that you peel off from around the lids of water, milk, etc. before you remove the cap—the cats carry those little pieces of curly plastic around with them, toss them in the air, roll them back and forth, etc.  Flippy and I had an idea to invent a “kitty grab bag” which we’d sell for 99 cents, and which would just be full of junk/trash that cats love.  Our cats must not be the only ones who feel this way, because this item is a big seller at Petco:

Petmate Looney-Loops Cat Toy (1.5

They’re called Looney-Loops, and they’re just 1.5” rolls of plastic.  They don’t light up or squeak or shake or contain catnip, they just sit there, and cats love them.  I have a feeling all the high-tech toys with lasers and remote controls are designed to appeal to cat owners, and I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for them.  I saw an item today that filled me with joyous images of tormented cats:  the Booda Light Chaser.  This is a small little plastic gadget which slips over a cat’s collar and shoots a targeted beam of light in front of them (like a laser pointer).  When the cat moves, the light moves, and I think it’s pretty brilliant.  I hope Santa Cat will put one in my stocking this year.

Does your cat (or dog) have a favourite cheap toy that you feel compelled to throw out when company comes over?  Is your floor covered in those plastic ties which come on loaves of bread?  Have all your twist ties gone missing?  Please share with the class!


Posted by Leigh-Ann on 11/21 at 11:33 PM

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  1. Bear loves the little plastic ties, hair ties, etc. Our problem is.. that Coco does too.. only Coco tends to eat them.  Not a good thing. 
    Bear does have his own little dog free area of the house and I have put these type of toys there for him to play with but often, he will carry one of the little objects back up into the kitchen and Coco spots it right away.  A true dilemma.

    Posted by Coll  on  11/22  at  08:46 AM

  2. Ribbon an tissue paper frum packages!
    Plastic boxes the boy is aposed to put toys in.
    Lawndry baskets an the recycle bin.
    Shoe laces an robe ties.

    Posted by Victor Tabbycat  on  11/23  at  10:45 AM

  3. My German shepherd just ate a cat toy—a little green satin stuffed mouse with a jingle bell on the tail.  Now her poop will be festive-looking and musical rasberry

    Posted by Leigh-Ann  on  11/24  at  03:23 AM
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