Please Give Me Some Cat Toy Suggestion

Good evening everyone:

I am planing to buy some more toys for Dobby, to keep him busy while i am at work

I found him got crazy about a toy then got tired of it soon.

Also, I found him like furry toys or toys with feather material.

But I remember there are some concerns about cat toys: e.g. do not leave toys with strings to cats along.

So can I leave a cat toy with feather material to my kitten alone? just like the picture below.

Will cat eat the feather if the feather comes off?


thank you for your advice

Nico (RIP) ate any feathers. Depends on the cat. I leave feathers on my cats' toys alone because they're older and mature enough to not eat them. Might not be the best idea with a kitten though? Do you have a picture of Dobby?

rickycheung,

Leave a few ping pong balls at home. This will make the cat chase it without someone playing with him as he can roll and chase along the floor and it bounces off walls. So its almost a cat activated toy.

Leave cardboard boxes and dangle some strips of rope like strings (sisal rope if you have) and tie a ball or something safe at the end and hang it between the legs of a chair or table. Used cardboard toilet rolls or paper towel cardboard holder also will do.

Anyway, if you are not in, your cat is likely to sleep than play but it's good to have some toys lying for them when they are awake.

A toy that is almost certainly safe is a compressed catnip ball - even if it does break up, catnip can't do any harm

Most toys are best used only with supervision - especially with a kitten. Sturdy, well sewn toys with nothing that can be pulled off are probably reasonably safe though. Puzzle feeders can also work well. Don't forget that adding more cat furniture etc will also give your boy things to do whilst you're out, and adding a bird feeder near a window will provide hours of 'cat tv' too.[article="30336"][/article][article="22399"][/article][thread="264569"][/thread][article="22537"][/article][article="22426"][/article]

Columbine said:

A toy that is almost certainly safe is a compressed catnip ball - even if it does break up, catnip can't do any harm

 

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A friend got us one of those compressed catnip balls--our cats LOVED it.  

Cat tunnels are fun--ours love diving in and out of it.  There are no strings or feathers involved.  

A bought a cat tunnel with toys hanging off each end. My kittens love it!

let me try to order some haha!

yup Dobby has a cat tree, and a cat lounge, and some more toys!

Dobby has these two furniture now.

Dobby is gorgeous. Honestly, if your household can, adopting a second kitten for Dobby to have as a buddy is probably a good idea if there is no one home most of the day. I totally get that isn;t what some people want or can do so not pushing it, but just saying my cats favorite form of entertainment is playing with and chasing each other (below picture is them after some chasing right before they got up to do it again).  

But to the question, I've never had a problem with my little girl chewing feathers off toys. They tend to disappear over time bit by bit but to be honest; feathers are flexible and can be eaten by cats without harm most of the time. This isn't to say it is encouraged or shouldn't be avoided when possible (check toys and remove loose feathers or pick feather that fall off up). But if he eats them it isn't the end of the world; watch and make sure he is acting normal, eating normal and going to the bathroom normally. I've had a cat who would catch and eat wild birds without problems on a regular basis and I seriously doubt he picked all the feathers off first (my current cats just bring us the live ones but mostly little lizards and grasshopper which we put back outside and they survive 90% of the time; the cat who ate them was a stray who lived on his own for at least a year so it was survival instinct for him). 

There are also door toys you can hang from the handle or door jamb, mine love those. I always check the toys at the store and make sure pieces don't fall or tear off easily. They have free access to toys all day when I am gone so I check the toys when I am cleaning up for rips or tears and replace any damaged ones. I also tend to cut off things, like goggly eyes or closed loops, that could easily come off or get trapped around paws/necks. 

Krinkle balls are always good, but I would suggest the larger ones.  The itty-bitty ones just get lost too easily.  As for compressed catnip, I had never heard of that before -- I know Jasmine would love it, but it appears that Dobby is still quite young.  Has he expressed any interest in catnip?  This is a desire that generally develops after a cat is fully grown, I believe.

Margret

Margret said:

Krinkle balls are always good, but I would suggest the larger ones.  The itty-bitty ones just get lost too easily.  As for compressed catnip, I had never heard of that before -- I know Jasmine would love it, but it appears that Dobby is still quite young.  Has he expressed any interest in catnip?  This is a desire that generally develops after a cat is fully grown, I believe.

Margret

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Absolutely right that Dobby may be a little young for catnip :nod: Young kittens (under 6 months) don't respond to catnip, though it won't do them any harm.

I mentioned the compressed catnip ball simply because it's one toy that is DEFINITELY safe for unsupervised play

Kieka said:

But to the question, I've never had a problem with my little girl chewing feathers off toys. They tend to disappear over time bit by bit but to be honest; feathers are flexible and can be eaten by cats without harm most of the time. This isn't to say it is encouraged or shouldn't be avoided when possible (check toys and remove loose feathers or pick feather that fall off up). But if he eats them it isn't the end of the world; watch and make sure he is acting normal, eating normal and going to the bathroom normally. I've had a cat who would catch and eat wild birds without problems on a regular basis and I seriously doubt he picked all the feathers off first (my current cats just bring us the live ones but mostly little lizards and grasshopper which we put back outside and they survive 90% of the time; the cat who ate them was a stray who lived on his own for at least a year so it was survival instinct for him). 

There are also door toys you can hang from the handle or door jamb, mine love those. I always check the toys at the store and make sure pieces don't fall or tear off easily. They have free access to toys all day when I am gone so I check the toys when I am cleaning up for rips or tears and replace any damaged ones. I also tend to cut off things, like goggly eyes or closed loops, that could easily come off or get trapped around paws/necks. 

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• Kieka
• Sep 13, 2016

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Great point - so long as the feathers are natural (ie not dyed), they're unlikely to cause too much of a problem.

I'd be VERY wary of leaving hanging toys out though, particularly if they're on a string. If the string were bitten through and swallowed it could cause serious problems, and would definitely require an emergency vet visit.

ahaha thank you everyone!!

I just ordered a bunch of toys for Dobby! wish he will like it!

rickycheung said:

ahaha thank you everyone!!

I just ordered a bunch of toys for Dobby! wish he will like it!

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Be sure to let us know how Dobby likes his new toys! Dobby is very lucky to have a guardian who cares so much about him and his happiness [emoji]128522[/emoji]

thank you I will.

Because I have to work from 10-7, sometimes longer. So I don't want him to sleep all day long lol

rickycheung said:

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• rickycheung
• Sep 13, 2016

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• rickycheung
• Sep 13, 2016

Dobby has these two furniture now.

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I bought the top recliner for my cats as soon as I saw that photo online. Best thing I have ever bought for them & great value. It will last forever. They especially like to lie on it when I give them a "groomie".

Anything Woolly / Sheepy looking.    Had two cats.  Got them a little sheep wool looking mouse (maybe at wally world?).  The 12 year old and the 1 year old LOVED IT.  So much so, we got them another one.

Then bob came along and destroyed both of them.  (his favorite toys as well).

So, we got bigger toys that looked like they were made out of the same stuff.  Those are now their favorites as well.

Things like this:

Dobby gets tired of toys easily lol

My cats love this. Not a toy, per se, but they have fun with it.

https://www.chewy.com/petfusion-3-s...gclid=CLWxkPahlc8CFUMkhgod_30Ngg&gclsrc=aw.ds