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Weasel Ball
LOL, I went out to lunch with family at the Cracker Barrel and they
have a gift shop with lots of stuff. I see this crazy thing called a Weasel Ball for 6.99, and I thought, maybe that will perk Jack up. (He's still depressed and moping around) http://www.weaselballs.com/ This thing is a fake weasel attached to a ball and it flips around all over the place. Looks like a real weasel playing with a ball. When I first started it up, Jack arched his back at it (I'd never seen him arch his back before) and then just followed it around, staying a safe distance from it. He followed the weasel for a good thirty minutes before I turned it off to see if he'd make friends. He didn't. He went to every spot that weasel had been to sniff, I guess to make sure the weasel didn't mark any spots. It was hilarious and was nice to see Jack engage in an activity. Well worth the 6.99. He's still kind of disturbed by the weasel, because it has big fake eyes. Oh, and the weasel flipped on top of three of his holiday mice, and he's very ****ed the weasel touched his mice. But it's just nice to see there's still life in Jack, even though he thought the weasel was unfortunate. -- To email (remove annoying hyphens) j-u-l-i at e-c-t-dot-o-r-g |
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Juls wrote:
LOL, I went out to lunch with family at the Cracker Barrel and they have a gift shop with lots of stuff. I see this crazy thing called a Weasel Ball for 6.99, and I thought, maybe that will perk Jack up. (He's still depressed and moping around) My cats have one, too, but they've always been afraid of it, pretty much, or at least verrrrrry cautious about it. I think mine broke now, I'll have to go see because I don't think I've had it on since we got Marbles. He probably wouldn't be afraid of it. Personally, *I* found it very entertaining. Poor Jack, it might only be a kitty that can cheer him up. Do you have any friends with cats that might be willing to bring one over to see how he would react? Candace |
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"Candace" wrote: Juls wrote: LOL, I went out to lunch with family at the Cracker Barrel and they have a gift shop with lots of stuff. I see this crazy thing called a Weasel Ball for 6.99, and I thought, maybe that will perk Jack up. (He's still depressed and moping around) My cats have one, too, but they've always been afraid of it, pretty much, or at least verrrrrry cautious about it. I think mine broke now, I'll have to go see because I don't think I've had it on since we got Marbles. He probably wouldn't be afraid of it. Personally, *I* found it very entertaining. Poor Jack, it might only be a kitty that can cheer him up. Do you have any friends with cats that might be willing to bring one over to see how he would react? I don't, but I just really feel like a new cat or kitten will be the only thing that really gets him out of his sadness. I hadn't really comprehended how much they buddied around all day. (And I hadn't comphrended how many of my routines throughout the day were based on Dmitri) There's a sweet cat next door who liked to sit on the deck railing outside the front window and try to torment Jack and Dmitri. But they just chirped at him and said Hi, Friend! He was hanging out on the back porch for awhile, and once I opened the door, with both boys at my feet. He hissed and spit and jumped a mile high and took off running. Jack and Dmitri just looked at me like "What's his problem?" So Jack may be ready, but I'll still have to do the whole intro thing because the new guy might not be so ready to meet the king. That poor cat next door is declawed, which really disturbs me greatly. I've considered catnapping him myself. I do keep a can of mace outside for him, just in case. (There's a pit bull behind a fence that makes me nervous. He and I are friendly through the fence, but I worry he might get loose one day, and the guy next doors has no claws.) Anyway, I'm thinking I might start looking this week for a new friend to adopt. It's sooner than I'm ready for, but I think Jack really needs a brother to love. -- To email (remove annoying hyphens) j-u-l-i at e-c-t-dot-o-r-g |
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"Juls" wrote in message ... LOL, I went out to lunch with family at the Cracker Barrel and they have a gift shop with lots of stuff. I see this crazy thing called a Weasel Ball for 6.99, and I thought, maybe that will perk Jack up. (He's still depressed and moping around) http://www.weaselballs.com/ My boy Spot observed the weasel for about 10 minutes before attacking outright. At the end of half an hour, the weasel was detached from the ball, thrashed severely, groomed and sat upon like some sort of kill trophy. The other cats all take turns dragging the remains of the weasel about and thrashing it once in a while. Sometimes a good sprinkling of catnip spikes their interest. This week marks one year since the vet was about to euthanize Spot after he wasted away with upper respiratory infection. After 2 weeks of force feeding, he recovered and has claimed his place as the Alpha cat in the household. He's gone from a wheezing, nearly dead bag of bones one year ago to a feisty, rowdy, 16.5 pound daddy's boy today. |
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In article , "RobZip"
wrote: "Juls" wrote in message ... LOL, I went out to lunch with family at the Cracker Barrel and they have a gift shop with lots of stuff. I see this crazy thing called a Weasel Ball for 6.99, and I thought, maybe that will perk Jack up. (He's still depressed and moping around) http://www.weaselballs.com/ My boy Spot observed the weasel for about 10 minutes before attacking outright. At the end of half an hour, the weasel was detached from the ball, thrashed severely, groomed and sat upon like some sort of kill trophy. The other cats all take turns dragging the remains of the weasel about and thrashing it once in a while. Sometimes a good sprinkling of catnip spikes their interest. LOL. This weasel is the funniest thing I've seen in awhile. Turns out one of my uncles bought three when they first appeared at Cracker Barrel, to torment their cats with. And apparently their cats love it. This week marks one year since the vet was about to euthanize Spot after he wasted away with upper respiratory infection. After 2 weeks of force feeding, he recovered and has claimed his place as the Alpha cat in the household. He's gone from a wheezing, nearly dead bag of bones one year ago to a feisty, rowdy, 16.5 pound daddy's boy today. OMG, how wonderful that he's come back like that!! That's the most wonderful thing I've heard. I'm loving this weazel. LOL. I started it up again and it chased poor Jack around the living room. After awhile, I turned it off and let it rest, and he spent twenty minutes doing that thing cats do, where they want to touch it, but aren't quite sure if they should. So they spend five minutes working up to it, then just barely touch it, jump back, and then try again. He's annoyed by it, yet intrigued. (Even though he's still mad it touched his holiday mice) It's perked him up a little bit, and that's all I could ask for. A little step at a time... -- To email (remove annoying hyphens) j-u-l-i at e-c-t-dot-o-r-g |
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Put it inside of a paper bag,thats a real trip, you cat won't know what
it is and have a ball. |
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Juls wrote:
He's still kind of disturbed by the weasel, because it has big fake eyes. The disturbance is more likely because it is heavy and forceful. If it were possible to make a very light and maybe smaller version of that, it might work as a toy. Kitty is doing pretty well with those golf ball size plastic balls with a bell inside made by Hartz. If it continues for a long time, I will report back. I am trying to encourage him, playing a little soccer using them. At least he is not intimidated. Kitty soccer between two or more cats with those things would be marvelous, but very unlikely I guess. I wonder if a trainer could teach that. |
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Suddenly, without warning, John Doe exclaimed (08-Sep-05 9:48 AM):
Juls wrote: He's still kind of disturbed by the weasel, because it has big fake eyes. The disturbance is more likely because it is heavy and forceful. If it were possible to make a very light and maybe smaller version of that, it might work as a toy. Kitty is doing pretty well with those golf ball size plastic balls with a bell inside made by Hartz. If it continues for a long time, I will report back. I am trying to encourage him, playing a little soccer using them. At least he is not intimidated. Kitty soccer between two or more cats with those things would be marvelous, but very unlikely I guess. I wonder if a trainer could teach that. Maybe not so unlikely. I remember an incident that happened many years ago - 1986 I think - between my cat Mouse and my roomate's cat Cleo. We lived in a farmhouse. I got up to go to work one morning, and I found Mouse and Cleo in our very large, very empty living room (poor college students, don'cha'know). They were facing each other, about 10' apart. In between them was a very scared, very unfortunate mouse. Curious as to what was going on, I stayed out of sight, and watched. After a moment or two, the poor mouse would dart in some direction. The cat on that side of the 'court' would reach out, and bat the mouse back into the middle. The mouse would cower, then dart, and the next cat would bat it back. This went on for the 5 or 10 minutes I watched, fascinated. I finally had to leave for work, the cats were still playing tennis when I left. Now, I agree that it was a bit cruel for the mouse, but I didn't want to discourage either cat from doing their job. We had enough mice already. So, you might not be able to teach Kitty soccer, but perhaps you can teach him tennis jmc |
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