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I adopted a 4 year old Maine Coon (possibly mix, I don't know, but she looks and acts Maine Coon so I'm calling her that) a few months ago, and she's definitely a high maintenance cat. It took her awhile to stop biting me and to come anywhere near me on her own, and now we're getting along much better, but I can tell she's bored. She's very intelligent and is constantly getting into stuff, and she jumps up and knocks things off the counter and chases my other cat around like crazy because she's trying to play, but he's 15 and not very interested in playing. But unfortunately she doesn't seem interested in actually playing with me. We have wands, strings, balls, mice, scratching posts, those ball on a track toys, etc, but she doesn't do much on her own and isn't interested in playing with me, except very occasionally with the laser pointer (which isn't the best kind of play anyway, but if it's the only way to get her to run around...) so it's hard to tire her out. I've been trying to take her for walks, too, the shelter told me she was already leash trained, but so far she isn't doing well with the harness I've been trying to use so we haven't been able to go outside much since I'm too afraid she'll bolt. Any ideas how I can keep her entertained, or get her to start playing with me? I'd love to adopt another younger cat or a dog even so she could have a younger playmate than my 15 yo, but I can only have 2 pets in almost all the housing I can afford in the city where I go to school, unfortunately.