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Kitty mommy teching her baby to survive
Hi, when I fostered I gradually built up a collection of
toys I had to keep them, unless any child became very attached to a certain toy then I would let them take it with them when they left,one of these toys is a futeristic looking, good sized car, now my grandkids play with them when they visit, the trouble is, this car has an almost invisible wire where an aerial usually isand on the end is a round beadlike thing, evry time I see this car when I'm picking up toys to put away I jump sky-ways with a little yelp of fright, you can't see the wire,{ I can't at least }and it just looks like a big insect, it never fails to get me in. the cat dancer you spoke of reminded me of it. Wilson has a similar toy, that looks like a bird with long plaited *thin* cords with feathers and a gold bead on the end of each cord all held on a thick wire that is very bendable{ much like the car}, he loves that too Jean.P. O J wrote in message ... Hi All, When our little boy, Sumo was just about a year old, the toy he absolutely loved was the Cat Dancer. For those who haven't seen this one, it's about a yard of black spring wire with some one inch by one quarter inch cardboard tubes at each end. It gives the appearance of the cardboard tubes floating by themselves in the air. He would chase this if the end was on the ground and leap for it if it was held in the air. He would literally leap four feet for this toy but the thing that showed how much he really loved it was what he did when he wanted Lynda to play with him He would find the toy where ever it was in the house and grab one end in his mouth. Then with the other end dragging between his hind legs, he would bring it to Lynda and drop it at her feet. Who could refuse him? Lynda and Sumo would play, with Lynda verbally giving him extra praise when he grabbed it with both front paws and gently chiding him if he just batted at with one paw. "Oh, you silly puss, you'll never be able to catch a birdy with one paw." And, "What a good boy, using both paws like that." Gradually his behavior began to change and he would catch and hold it with both his front paws, becoming much more serious about his play, just like he had a mother teaching him to hunt. One day, Lynda remarked to me that he was now trained to hunt, using both front paws. I replied that he may know how to catch his prey, but he wouldn't know what to do with it, not being trained to kill. Lynda took up the challenge. She would remark on it when he would grab it in his mouth and shake it or when he would grab it with his mouth and front claws and kick it with his rear paws in the manner cats use to stun their prey. Gradually, his behavior changed again. We now have an indoor boy who, should he ever need to, will be able to hunt in the wild. We also have a very proud kitty mommy. Regards and Purrs, O J Gritmon |
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Hi, when I fostered I gradually built up a collection of
toys I had to keep them, unless any child became very attached to a certain toy then I would let them take it with them when they left,one of these toys is a futeristic looking, good sized car, now my grandkids play with them when they visit, the trouble is, this car has an almost invisible wire where an aerial usually isand on the end is a round beadlike thing, evry time I see this car when I'm picking up toys to put away I jump sky-ways with a little yelp of fright, you can't see the wire,{ I can't at least }and it just looks like a big insect, it never fails to get me in. the cat dancer you spoke of reminded me of it. Wilson has a similar toy, that looks like a bird with long plaited *thin* cords with feathers and a gold bead on the end of each cord all held on a thick wire that is very bendable{ much like the car}, he loves that too Jean.P. O J wrote in message ... Hi All, When our little boy, Sumo was just about a year old, the toy he absolutely loved was the Cat Dancer. For those who haven't seen this one, it's about a yard of black spring wire with some one inch by one quarter inch cardboard tubes at each end. It gives the appearance of the cardboard tubes floating by themselves in the air. He would chase this if the end was on the ground and leap for it if it was held in the air. He would literally leap four feet for this toy but the thing that showed how much he really loved it was what he did when he wanted Lynda to play with him He would find the toy where ever it was in the house and grab one end in his mouth. Then with the other end dragging between his hind legs, he would bring it to Lynda and drop it at her feet. Who could refuse him? Lynda and Sumo would play, with Lynda verbally giving him extra praise when he grabbed it with both front paws and gently chiding him if he just batted at with one paw. "Oh, you silly puss, you'll never be able to catch a birdy with one paw." And, "What a good boy, using both paws like that." Gradually his behavior began to change and he would catch and hold it with both his front paws, becoming much more serious about his play, just like he had a mother teaching him to hunt. One day, Lynda remarked to me that he was now trained to hunt, using both front paws. I replied that he may know how to catch his prey, but he wouldn't know what to do with it, not being trained to kill. Lynda took up the challenge. She would remark on it when he would grab it in his mouth and shake it or when he would grab it with his mouth and front claws and kick it with his rear paws in the manner cats use to stun their prey. Gradually, his behavior changed again. We now have an indoor boy who, should he ever need to, will be able to hunt in the wild. We also have a very proud kitty mommy. Regards and Purrs, O J Gritmon |
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