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For weight loss -- beans?
Heidi, at 14 lbs, is a couple pounds over her best weight. She needs to exercise more, but she is not easy to get interested in active play, usually preferring a style of play which involves watching under a door for me to poke something through, and then only occasionally attacking, without any chasing. Strings get two passes; a ping-pong ball gets one desultory pass; all other balls are disdained (even the crinkled paper ones), as are various mice which once were more in favor. Flying feathers excite her, but after the first leaping attack she leaves the room. Since she gave up tossing her mice around, the only thing she will play with for a long period is her kibbles -- which, of course, I no longer want her to have access to for long periods. Today we shelled and canned beans -- and were reminded once again (we saw it to a lesser extent last year) that letting a bean hit the linoleum when Heidi is lurking under the table produces activity on the order of tossing chum to a shoal of mackerel. Each bean that someone let fall was chased and batted all over the kitchen floor, until either it found sanctuary under an appliance or the attack was diverted to the next arrival. For over an hour this morning our zaftig fraulein fought the bean wars, and this afternoon she sleeps the sleep of the just (plain tuckered out). I can only imagine how many calories she burned. So now I wonder if I can get the same level of activity with dried beans. They'd be a pain to vacuum out from under the refrigerator and stove, and probably a literal pain to have under foot, but that would be a small price to pay for getting Miss Heidi off her furry butt. -- Wayme M (indulged by Will and Heidi) |
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On 2005-08-22, Wayne Mitchell penned:
For over an hour this morning our zaftig fraulein fought the bean wars, and this afternoon she sleeps the sleep of the just (plain tuckered out). I can only imagine how many calories she burned. So now I wonder if I can get the same level of activity with dried beans. They'd be a pain to vacuum out from under the refrigerator and stove, and probably a literal pain to have under foot, but that would be a small price to pay for getting Miss Heidi off her furry butt. That's great =) Have you tried the cat dancer? It's just about the only toy my cat will move for, and it's about $4, so not too bad of an investment. -- monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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Hey, I think it's great if you find something she loves to play with that
much! "Wayne Mitchell" wrote in message ... Heidi, at 14 lbs, is a couple pounds over her best weight. She needs to exercise more, but she is not easy to get interested in active play, usually preferring a style of play which involves watching under a door for me to poke something through, and then only occasionally attacking, without any chasing. Strings get two passes; a ping-pong ball gets one desultory pass; all other balls are disdained (even the crinkled paper ones), as are various mice which once were more in favor. Flying feathers excite her, but after the first leaping attack she leaves the room. Since she gave up tossing her mice around, the only thing she will play with for a long period is her kibbles -- which, of course, I no longer want her to have access to for long periods. Today we shelled and canned beans -- and were reminded once again (we saw it to a lesser extent last year) that letting a bean hit the linoleum when Heidi is lurking under the table produces activity on the order of tossing chum to a shoal of mackerel. Each bean that someone let fall was chased and batted all over the kitchen floor, until either it found sanctuary under an appliance or the attack was diverted to the next arrival. For over an hour this morning our zaftig fraulein fought the bean wars, and this afternoon she sleeps the sleep of the just (plain tuckered out). I can only imagine how many calories she burned. So now I wonder if I can get the same level of activity with dried beans. They'd be a pain to vacuum out from under the refrigerator and stove, and probably a literal pain to have under foot, but that would be a small price to pay for getting Miss Heidi off her furry butt. -- Wayme M (indulged by Will and Heidi) |
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Wayne Mitchell skrev i meddelandet ... snip So now I wonder if I can get the same level of activity with dried beans. They'd be a pain to vacuum out from under the refrigerator and stove, and probably a literal pain to have under foot, but that would be a small price to pay for getting Miss Heidi off her furry butt. You could deep freeze beans and then let her have a few when you think she needs exercise. It might work. Elisabet |
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"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote:
Have you tried the cat dancer? It's just about the only toy my cat will move for, and it's about $4, so not too bad of an investment. Since it's so cheap, I probably should get another one to try on this pair. My previous two wouldn't go for it, so I gave the one I had away. -- Wayme M (indulged by Will and Heidi) |
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Wayne Mitchell wrote:
For over an hour this morning our zaftig fraulein fought the bean wars, and this afternoon she sleeps the sleep of the just (plain tuckered out). LOL! Well, if beans is what she wants, maybe that's what she should get. Frank is a bit like that, in that he doesn't like store-bought toys so much, but he can play for ages with something small he just find on the floor, like a piece of litter from the litter box, or a q-tip. -- Marina, Frank, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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