the strangest toy your cat loves?

jericho loves the empty toothbrush package and my empty plastic nebulizer tubes..i assume because they make a noise when his paws "smack" them across the floor

i think he likes those more than any toy weve bought him!

OH, and of course our hands and feet lol

elastic hair ties...He spots those from miles away and takes them from me

The Wallpaper. For scritching...

Why they covered a pet-friendly apartment complex in textured paper with a soft-non-finish that greatly resembles a cat scratcher cardboard thingie is beyond me...

hahaha, yea jericho has become infatuated with our bare white walls for some reason, he paws at them constantly

jerichos not one for hair ties..but bobbie pins, oh yes! they are now kept in a safe container

Walter loves those little things you stick into an electrical outlet to keep a baby from sticking their fingers in it. lol It's one of his favorite toys!

Lilly likes to play with ice cubes, she will come running when she hears me digging into the ice tray. She hopes I will drop one. LOL

Pieces of cardboard he rips off boxes.

Why do we buy toys?

Originally Posted by ut0pia

elastic hair ties...He spots those from miles away and takes them from me

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I hope you put them away. There was a kitty here a while ago who had an obstruction and when they opened her up they found a belly full of hair ties.

Mazy and Queen Eva like the plastic seal-wrap that comes on certain bottles. When you take it off it's in a little circle and they will play with it until it is smashed and unrecognizable.

Ootay liked crumpled cigarette packs. I guess that's not so strange though. I quit smoking almost 12 years ago, but she had her favorites from before I quit. She fished them out of the toy box and carried them around in her mouth making this (what I always called) Dying Goose sound. It was hilarious.

I still have them, I couldn't bear to throw them away.

Midnight goes nuts over pens and pencils. We have to keep them in a draw, he spots them a mile away. If he gets 1, we'll never ever see it again

lol thats too funny, i seem to notice a trend in these toys...all noisey ones!

The rings from milk jugs...that is not so strange tho.

I so miss my Boomer.

Before I knew I was pregnant with my son, he would bring up my old baby things from the basement storage. He only brought up items that had blue on them.

He did the same with my daughter. Any pink stuffed animal we had in storage, he brought upstairs with a stomp and a meow.

Whisky's favorite toy when he was younger was a straightened out metal clothes hanger! He would wrap his paws around that and rub his face on it. I also used it for him to chase around. When he got older, he pretty much forgot about it...about 7-8.

Patch LOVES crumpled up paper!

Originally Posted by otto

I hope you put them away. There was a kitty here a while ago who had an obstruction and when they opened her up they found a belly full of hair ties.

Mazy and Queen Eva like the plastic seal-wrap that comes on certain bottles. When you take it off it's in a little circle and they will play with it until it is smashed and unrecognizable.

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Um, why are you warning her about the risks of a cat eating hair ties then go on to say that you give your cats easily to eat plastic to play with?! Mine try to steal that too if DH hasn't been careful, they then try to eat it...


There's not much in the way of trash or non-toy like items left out. If it could be eaten and shouldn't, it will not be left out. So the closest it pieces of food - a dropped slice of carrot, a stray piece of pasta, or a piece of cereal is about it. I'm extra paranoid after Blann's stunt when he was little.

Originally Posted by My4LLMA

Midnight goes nuts over pens and pencils. We have to keep them in a draw, he spots them a mile away. If he gets 1, we'll never ever see it again

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Thomas loves pencils and pens also! It's so weird! lol He loves to bat them all over the place.

Pipsqueak loves those small eye makeup applicators. When I am putting on my makeup, he is always there trying to get those out of my makeup container. I always let him play with one while I am getting ready.

Ice, Pens, Ice cream pail handle, Hair pins, Nail scissors

*no, he is not allowed to play with some of those but he sure tries! lol*

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Thomas loves pencils and pens also! It's so weird! lol He loves to bat them all over the place.

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Are you able to find them when he's done?

Originally Posted by My4LLMA

Are you able to find them when he's done?

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Sometimes...sometimes not. lol The sound of him playing with them on the floor drives me nuts, so I usually take them away before I go crazy. lol

Aluminum foil balls! He chases them, romps around with them, kicks them, jumps on them, and has so much fun with them.