That used to be my stove.
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Where cat toys go to die.
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Actually, once you drag the toys back out, they are reborn! HALLELUJAH!!!!
Sophie and Mollie hide their toys in any spot that I cannot easily reach under or behind. They also like to relocate all pens and pencils to various spots under my rugs! Usually, I can find the "lumps" in the rugs. The more expensive the toy, the faster it disappears!
ours always end up under the couch. i bought a yardstick just for retrieving toys.
Mostly under the washing machine (I can get these ones out with a long wooden spoon) or under the fridge (we can't move this, it weighs a tonne - however we are moving in about 3 weeks - so the boys will be able to be re united with old friends when we shift it!!!)
You know, I reckon everyone in the world has at least one little red Chapstick hidden under their couch (and at least two dozen cat toys!!!!)
They end up mostly under the couch in our family room, but some go under the coffee table or the desk in there, too. Forest loves those little puffy balls, especially white sparkly ones, and he's always knocking them under the furniture. I think we have somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,500 of those things. When he's getting low on them, he'll stand by the couch and meow his frustrated meow. That's when I know it's time for me to go on a "Pouffy Ball Safari". I get out the Swiffer and dig them out from under there. Forest gets all excited as soon as he sees the Swiffer come out...it's pretty cute.
My cat's toys are usually under my king size bed, all the way to the farthest wall, where it is impossible for me to get to them without having to remove the whole mattress..
Under the stove is where I have found a bunch of toys. And then I don't know where else, but Buick must have a secret stash somewhere cuz he will bring me toys that I haven't seen in months (he likes to play fetch).
My old roommate's cat loved pens! Not pens that were sitting on the table or in a pen holder, but any pens that you would drop on the floor. She would run from wherever she was at the sound of a pen dropping and steal it and run off with it in her mouth. When we got our carpets cleaned and moved the coffee table, there were 23 pens under the table!
I wish I would have thought to take a picture! Her stash was discovered!
My old roommate's cat loved pens! Not pens that were sitting on the table or in a pen holder, but any pens that you would drop on the floor. She would run from wherever she was at the sound of a pen dropping and steal it and run off with it in her mouth. When we got our carpets cleaned and moved the coffee table, there were 23 pens under the table!
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All these stories are super sweet. I also love the photo with all the stuff and the chapstick. So true about how chapsticks go missing (hmmmm I wonder whose fault that is?).
Under my cabinet, there were also a bunch of those white plastic milk pull tabs and some pens.
I have this retriever thingy that is like a thin extension claw. It works well to get the toys out.
One time a few years back, I had to retrieve a dead mouse (it was stinking up the place). I wonder who put it there?
Under my cabinet, there were also a bunch of those white plastic milk pull tabs and some pens.
I have this retriever thingy that is like a thin extension claw. It works well to get the toys out.
One time a few years back, I had to retrieve a dead mouse (it was stinking up the place). I wonder who put it there?
I have two closets in my room..one for everyday things, and the other is my mini library(lol with all these cats I keep my clothes in the kitty free basement to keep them cat hair free) whenever i open the library closet i am greeted with at least a dozen toys...mostly thier little mice and these plastic milk top type toys i got from dollar store...100 solid round plastic things....just a tad bit excessive.....
I have a new stove and I still have to pull out the drawer to get the occasional really lost cat toy. We actually have a regular ritual where I pull out a fly swatter with a hand on the end (my DH calls it the "hand of God") and sweep it under the stove, frige, washer and dryer. The only really inaccessable place is under the dryer because I can't move it easily. I can't tell you how many tiny fur mice have taken refuge under there.
The plus side is our dust bunny population his kept in check with this regular sweep...
