My kitties are 9 months old so they're technically still kittens. But they don't play very often. They used to get pretty crazy in the morning and fight vigorously but if that has stopped within the last two weeks. They just lay around alot....
They do play and are energetic when I break out toys and ribbons and I lead the activity. But that's usually only the only time they outright play. Josie sometimes tries to initiate play with her sister, Dory, but lately not much has arisen from it.
It may sound strange, but I feel like I've trained them to only be active when they play with me. I leave out paper bags, boxes, bottle caps, balls along with a number of true cat toys but they seem to bat them around a bit and then lay back down. Even the cat tree doesn't seem to elicit the same excitement anymore. Are they bored? They've only lived with me for about 2 1/2 months. We are in a small one bedroom so I guess there's not much to explore.
Are there any toys or setups that I can use to encourage more activity? Nine months seems awfully young for kittens to start slowing down. And yes, they seem to be generally healthy. Josie is getting tresaderm for her ears but that's been a chronic problem since day one and has improved greatly. I'm using tresaderm to see if we can knock out whatever lingering infection is still around.
It's a fine line...they are very well behaved for kittens so I don't want them to get out of hand, but I'm worried that they don't seem to be active enough for their age.
**I can't change the subject heading, but interactive here means between cat and toy. No human involved.
They do play and are energetic when I break out toys and ribbons and I lead the activity. But that's usually only the only time they outright play. Josie sometimes tries to initiate play with her sister, Dory, but lately not much has arisen from it.
It may sound strange, but I feel like I've trained them to only be active when they play with me. I leave out paper bags, boxes, bottle caps, balls along with a number of true cat toys but they seem to bat them around a bit and then lay back down. Even the cat tree doesn't seem to elicit the same excitement anymore. Are they bored? They've only lived with me for about 2 1/2 months. We are in a small one bedroom so I guess there's not much to explore.
Are there any toys or setups that I can use to encourage more activity? Nine months seems awfully young for kittens to start slowing down. And yes, they seem to be generally healthy. Josie is getting tresaderm for her ears but that's been a chronic problem since day one and has improved greatly. I'm using tresaderm to see if we can knock out whatever lingering infection is still around.
It's a fine line...they are very well behaved for kittens so I don't want them to get out of hand, but I'm worried that they don't seem to be active enough for their age.
**I can't change the subject heading, but interactive here means between cat and toy. No human involved.