lonely cat :(

On Aug 8, 2:58 pm, silvercelt wrote:
On 8 Aug, 11:06, "Rene S." wrote:

This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the
bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof.

I thought about that too Rene S after I made that suggestion, and then
thought to myself.....'is ANYTHING really kitty proof'? They're such
little rascals.

-bonbon

Weeeeeeell, maybe it can't be totally kitty proof. I was thinking more
along the lines of not having an open bowl sitting there, where kitty
could just help himself to a snack!

Plenty of toys and a big comfy bed and some music and she be having a
party Get toys where you can hide treats in them and that helps
her keep busy too.

I'm lucky enough that my cat does her playing outdoors. She mostly
sleeps when she's indoors even if it's all day. Now about 17 months
she finds her own entertainment outdoors. I can no longer get her to
play with me like when she was a kit. She just loves to climb the
tree up to the roof. Most feeding time she's coming down from the
roof. Don't know why she likes the roof so much.

On Aug 24, 3:43 pm, "Adam Helberg" wrote:

I don't think it's a good idea at all. If you love animals, not just cats, you should
realize that using animals as amusement toys is wrong.

Adam

Well, it's true. Something could happen. Years ago, I got a betta,
sort of for my cats to watch, sort of for me. He was in a bowl but it
had one of those covers that lets the air through but is supposedly
cat proof. My 2 at the time weren't overly interested so that was
never really a problem. The poor betta only lived a few months, I
don't know why, so that was the end of my fish ownership.

Now, I have a fake aquarium, the kind that you turn the light on and
there is a panel where the fish appear to move. Not a good
description. I'll try to find it online. My current cats are also
only semi-interested in it but the OP could get something like that to
rotate through with the other ideas. Mine find it vaguely interesting
if I haven't had it on for a while. I like it and turn it on and
watch it myself sometimes.

She could also get one of the Drinkwell fountains. I guess that not
only makes them drink more but they can also be fascinated by it (I
heard).

Candace

On 8 Aug, 19:58, silvercelt wrote:
On 8 Aug, 11:06, "Rene S." wrote:

This is a good idea too! Some cats love watching fish. Make sure the
bowl/tank is secure and has a lid so it's kitty proof.

I thought about that too Rene S after I made that suggestion, and then
thought to myself.....'is ANYTHING really kitty proof'? They're such
little rascals.

-bonbon

Weeeeeeell, maybe it can't be totally kitty proof. I was thinking more
along the lines of not having an open bowl sitting there, where kitty
could just help himself to a snack!

Plenty of toys and a big comfy bed and some music and she be having a
party Get toys where you can hide treats in them and that helps
her keep busy too.

toilet roll inners (the cardboard tube you would normally throw away)
are very good for this kind of thing, put a few smelly treats inside
the roll (whiskas temptations are good ones) and the cats like to draw
them out with theri paws. makes them 'do something' for their treat.
jessie likes this idea and i leave her some in an empty toilet roll
around the place for her to investigate and find during the few times
of the day when she is not asleep, or reminding the other 2 who is
boss. does mean that now she will stick her paw into every toilet roll
or kitchen roll tube she finds onthe floor as she probably thinks they
all contain treats.

bookie

On 25 Aug, 21:51, Candace wrote:
On Aug 24, 3:43 pm, "Adam Helberg" wrote:



I don't think it's a good idea at all. If you love animals, not just cats, you should
realize that using animals as amusement toys is wrong.

Adam

Well, it's true. Something could happen. Years ago, I got a betta,
sort of for my cats to watch, sort of for me. He was in a bowl but it
had one of those covers that lets the air through but is supposedly
cat proof. My 2 at the time weren't overly interested so that was
never really a problem. The poor betta only lived a few months, I
don't know why, so that was the end of my fish ownership.

Now, I have a fake aquarium, the kind that you turn the light on and
there is a panel where the fish appear to move. Not a good
description. I'll try to find it online. My current cats are also
only semi-interested in it but the OP could get something like that to
rotate through with the other ideas. Mine find it vaguely interesting
if I haven't had it on for a while. I like it and turn it on and
watch it myself sometimes.

She could also get one of the Drinkwell fountains. I guess that not
only makes them drink more but they can also be fascinated by it (I
heard).

Candace

I used to have a video years ago of a an aquarium, filmed so that the
aquarium filled the whole screen and it would look like a huge
goldfish tank. I had it mainly for chilling out and 'coming down'
again after a big night out clubbing (this was of course a long time
ago).
i through it out during a clear out when i moved once, wish I had kept
it now.

bookie

On Aug 25, 1:51 pm, Candace wrote:

Now, I have a fake aquarium, the kind that you turn the light on and
there is a panel where the fish appear to move. Not a good
description. I'll try to find it online. My current cats are also
only semi-interested in it but the OP could get something like that to
rotate through with the other ideas. Mine find it vaguely interesting
if I haven't had it on for a while. I like it and turn it on and
watch it myself sometimes.

Here's like the one I have. Mine was only 25, there's one down at the
bottom of the page that is that price.

http://www.jmcutlery.com/soothingaquarium.html

Candace