What unusual things do your cats like to play with?

Everything.

Plastic bags, wires, string, hair bands, paper, curtains, the strings on window blinds, anything that is small and spherical/cylindrical.

I had my car keys lying on the stairs, and when Jinx saw them he decided to just attack them lol.

It may not be too unusual, but his absolute favorite toy would be the dogs.

Water bottle caps are probably Holly's favorite. Although, any kind of bottle cap gets batted around for a while. Pens and anything that rolls are always fun it seems.

Kitty thinks she is too cool to play with toys now that we have Holly. But she does still fully enjoy a paper bag to crawl into. She spends alot of time in and on them

Edit: Both cats will play with anything they can bat off the table. Usually an asthma inhaler or car keys. My poor fiance is always having to hunt for his things. The lids to asthma inhalers are also alot of fun I guess, since we find them all over the house!

Try letting him play with a zip-tie. Just put it together and he al have a blast. My cat likes hair ties to but I can't let him have them becouse he chews them inhalf. I could not find some of the picese. So I stoped letting him play with them.

The thread you are replying to has been dormant for 4 years.  Chances are, none of the original posters are still on here.  There are many current threads discussing unusual things cats play with.  I would suggest you find one of them and join in the discussion.

Personally, I see nothing wrong with reviving a thread that is 4 years old. I have participated in threads that have been revived that were much older. We have members now that weren't members then that may like to join in, so I don't see any problem with that. 

Anyway, to answer the question, the strangest thing is when I worked in a warehouse, and I brought home some of those nylon straps that hold the boxes together. I would tie a few knots in them and they would raise up if a kitty stepped on one end. They would spend hours trying to "kill" it. Such an easy and free toy! 

tigercat24 said:

Try letting him play with a zip-tie. Just put it together and he al have a blast. My cat likes hair ties to but I can't let him have them becouse he chews them inhalf. I could not find some of the picese. So I stoped letting him play with them.

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That's very smart of you. I have read of cats who became very ill, and when they had to have surgery to find out what was wrong, a stomach full of hair ties was found. More than once, I have heard of this. Hair ties, rubber bands, bread ties, all not safe.

My cats like zip ties too. I check them frequently to see if they are getting chewed too much. My cats like bendy straws, too.

Starbuck loves to play with q-tips.  She prefers used ones though.  I have to throw out used q-tips in a covered garbage can.  I let her play with un-used ones.  She tears them up and leaves the pieces all over the bathroom.  She does not try to eat them.

Also loves dental floss is only allowed supervised play-time.

Sonny loves to play with shoe laces that are attached to my shoes.  He tears them apart and leaves the pieces all over the house.  He does not eat them at all. Also loves dental floss which is supervised playtime only.

Tegato loves to play with the other cat's tails.  He will also chase the laser pointer. 

Those are some imaginative toys! I strongly recommend you do not let them play with dental floss, ever, even supervised. Why risk it when there are so many other, safer things? A cat can ingest a long thin string like that by accident before you can stop it. Once it starts down, it would be extremely dangerous to pull out, the cat would likely need surgery.

My cat, baby doll, loves to play with a foam rubber dart ( the kind kids use in play guns ). She bats it around for awhile than picks it up and carries it around. She especially likes to take it behind a door and push it under to the other side,and then tries to see if she can snag it buy reaching under the door with her paw.


She also will show up when I'm trying to lace up my winter barn boots ( I train horses ) and loves to grab the shoelaces ( very helpful....not )

calico2222 said:

Personally, I see nothing wrong with reviving a thread that is 4 years old. I have participated in threads that have been revived that were much older. We have members now that weren't members then that may like to join in, so I don't see any problem with that. 

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I was just pointing out that if they expected a reply from one of the original posters, they probably wouldn't get any.  I have no problem with opening old threads.  I wanted the new poster to be in the current discussions going on, and not get bogged down on one old thread.

Right now, they love playing with pecans. There is a tree in the yard where they live in the daytime. They find pecans and bat them all over the yard. Muffin will eat them in he can persuade me to crack one open.:lol3:

catspaw66 said:

I was just pointing out that if they expected a reply from one of the original posters, they probably wouldn't get any.  I have no problem with opening old threads.  I wanted the new poster to be in the current discussions going on, and not get bogged down on one old thread.

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Oh, I understand that, and no offense intended. I just didn't want tigercat24 to think she/he couldn't post in whatever thread she/he wanted to. I love having new members exploring the forums and, honestly, I had never read this thread before. I'm getting new, cheap, toy ideas here!

blueyedgirl5946 said:

Right now, they love playing with pecans. There is a tree in the yard where they live in the daytime. They find pecans and bat them all over the yard. Muffin will eat them in he can persuade me to crack one open.

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We don't have pecans, but can cats play with acorns? Because we have a butt load in our yard right now!

calico2222 said:

We don't have pecans, but can cats play with acorns? Because we have a butt load in our yard right now!

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The pecans are too big gor the cat to get them in their mouths and get stuck, not sure about acorns. I would think a bigger problem with acorns would be if one got left on the floor, a person walking around could slip and fall if they lost their balance.

My crazy cats like to play with empty gallon water jugs, empty aluminum cans, my camera, empty 20oz. bottles, my shoes etc. along with the usual cat toys.

otto said:

Those are some imaginative toys!

I strongly recommend you do not let them play with dental floss, ever, even supervised. Why risk it when there are so many other, safer things? A cat can ingest a long thin string like that by accident before you can stop it. Once it starts down, it would be extremely dangerous to pull out, the cat would likely need surgery.

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They do not try to eat it.  They just swat it with their paws.

nerf bullets and paper!!