Around here, especially in the winter, "snowstorm" often dredges up shudders in the thoughts of the mothers and fathers with little kids.
Because more often than not, the kids will have no school and, as a result, will be home for the day--"Snow Day"! Thus, mothers and fathers alike scramble about trying to find a place for the kids or activities for them to occupy themselves with.
While most of us don't have that "what to do with kitty" trauma on a snow day, there is still often a time when your kitty becomes a bit bored with her playthings or her food or her bed.
Or her whatever! And you know what happens! You buy one of those really neat toys you've seen advertised at your local Target or K-Mart.
Or you've seen it for yourself on the shelves as you've walked past.
Maybe your vet mentioned it or you've seen your neighbor's cat batting it around or carrying it in her mouth to some secret place.
You're certain your furball will enjoy the toy just as much as the others.
But the euphoria from the blinking lights or catnip lasts all of two minutes (if that) and then, like with a lot of her other toys, it gets scooted under the couch.
Or you can't find it at all.
Period! So what do you do? We've discovered "The Boys" (our four Persians) tend to make their own fun with their own whatever it is they find.
Jonny likes to play with a mousey or a ball.
Mikey will either jump into a paper sack or a cardboard box to rummage around.
Billy likes playing with plastic sacks or the plastic that holds pop bottles together.
(He's lost two bottom front teeth because he got his teeth caught in the plastic.
) And Bowie is a "couch potato" as he watches TV - a lot! The other night, Mikey grabbed hold of my apron string as I was fixing supper.
So, much like you needing to find an outlet for your kids, especially when it snows and they can't go outside, you need a "back up" plan for when your kitty has run out of "store bought" toys to entertain her cat-self.
It's a lot less expensive, for one thing, and a lot easier to find things around the house that will entertain your kitty for a good long while.
We've even found that when ours do get bored with their toys and other purchased playthings, they occupy themselves with...
that boredom with that specific thing is short-lived.
Just give your kitty a bit of time and she'll soon be back in the thick of things with that mouse, or that catnip or that box or that shoestring.
Or something entirely new that she found in her "cattin'" around the house! Want to catch up on "The Boys"? Stop by Kittens 'n Things, and do it often!
Because more often than not, the kids will have no school and, as a result, will be home for the day--"Snow Day"! Thus, mothers and fathers alike scramble about trying to find a place for the kids or activities for them to occupy themselves with.
While most of us don't have that "what to do with kitty" trauma on a snow day, there is still often a time when your kitty becomes a bit bored with her playthings or her food or her bed.
Or her whatever! And you know what happens! You buy one of those really neat toys you've seen advertised at your local Target or K-Mart.
Or you've seen it for yourself on the shelves as you've walked past.
Maybe your vet mentioned it or you've seen your neighbor's cat batting it around or carrying it in her mouth to some secret place.
You're certain your furball will enjoy the toy just as much as the others.
But the euphoria from the blinking lights or catnip lasts all of two minutes (if that) and then, like with a lot of her other toys, it gets scooted under the couch.
Or you can't find it at all.
Period! So what do you do? We've discovered "The Boys" (our four Persians) tend to make their own fun with their own whatever it is they find.
Jonny likes to play with a mousey or a ball.
Mikey will either jump into a paper sack or a cardboard box to rummage around.
Billy likes playing with plastic sacks or the plastic that holds pop bottles together.
(He's lost two bottom front teeth because he got his teeth caught in the plastic.
) And Bowie is a "couch potato" as he watches TV - a lot! The other night, Mikey grabbed hold of my apron string as I was fixing supper.
So, much like you needing to find an outlet for your kids, especially when it snows and they can't go outside, you need a "back up" plan for when your kitty has run out of "store bought" toys to entertain her cat-self.
It's a lot less expensive, for one thing, and a lot easier to find things around the house that will entertain your kitty for a good long while.
We've even found that when ours do get bored with their toys and other purchased playthings, they occupy themselves with...
that boredom with that specific thing is short-lived.
Just give your kitty a bit of time and she'll soon be back in the thick of things with that mouse, or that catnip or that box or that shoestring.
Or something entirely new that she found in her "cattin'" around the house! Want to catch up on "The Boys"? Stop by Kittens 'n Things, and do it often!