Cat getting fat and lazy - need exercise ideas

My 7 year old cat seems to spend more and more time just sleeping. She was
recently to the vet for teeth cleaning and had bloodwork done, she's
totally healthy. Still, I can't help but be concerned when all she wants
to do these days is lay at the top of a tall cat tree and sleep the day
away. And then she sleeps all through the night. So maybe in a 24 hour
period, she's only active 1 or 2 hours. She weighs 14 pounds and I totally
adore her.

I have lots of feather teases, stuffed mice, pingpong balls, turbo
scratcher, and laser pointer. But it's all boring for her now, she's just
not interested in playing. I've often thought I should invent for her a
huge wheel to walk and run inside, like a hamster wheel. But she'd
probably ignore that also. I need ideas for play and exercise!

Ignore the other idiot they make a whole bunch of toys you can try a remote
control mouse

Did you mention this to your vet about the inactivity


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My 7 year old cat seems to spend more and more time just sleeping. She was
recently to the vet for teeth cleaning and had bloodwork done, she's
totally healthy. Still, I can't help but be concerned when all she wants
to do these days is lay at the top of a tall cat tree and sleep the day
away. And then she sleeps all through the night. So maybe in a 24 hour
period, she's only active 1 or 2 hours. She weighs 14 pounds and I
totally
adore her.

I have lots of feather teases, stuffed mice, pingpong balls, turbo
scratcher, and laser pointer. But it's all boring for her now, she's just
not interested in playing. I've often thought I should invent for her a
huge wheel to walk and run inside, like a hamster wheel. But she'd
probably ignore that also. I need ideas for play and exercise!

I have lots of feather teases, stuffed mice, pingpong balls, turbo
scratcher, and laser pointer. But it's all boring for her now, she's just
not interested in playing. I've often thought I should invent for her a
huge wheel to walk and run inside, like a hamster wheel. But she'd
probably ignore that also. I need ideas for play and exercise!

Cats get bored with their toys. Put some away and rotate them, so they
always seem "new." Put out a paper bag or box now and then. Hide
treats around so he has to hunt for them. Or, I play the chase-the-
treat game. Throw a small treat waaaaaaay across the kitchen floor or
room and make them run for it.

I used to have your problem. One of my cats tends to be lazy. The best
solution for activity is to get another cat! Once I added a second
cat, the first one wasn't so lazy anymore.

Is its name Tara or Carol?



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

How about cat dancer and Da Bird? Da Bird has several different ends
that you can replace and it's like a new toy again! They do get bored
with the same old, same old. Like the other poster said, you have to
put them away for awhile and then bring them back. Something new is
stimulating!!!!

On Mar 23, 4:17�pm, "Rene S." wrote:
I have lots of feather teases, stuffed mice, pingpong balls, turbo
scratcher, and laser pointer. *But it's all boring for her now, she's just
not interested in playing. I've often thought I should invent for her a
huge wheel to walk and run inside, like a hamster wheel. *But she'd
probably ignore that also. *I need ideas for play and exercise!

Cats get bored with their toys. Put some away and rotate them, so they
always seem "new." *Put out a paper bag or box now and then. Hide
treats around so he has to hunt for them. Or, I play the chase-the-
treat game. Throw a small treat waaaaaaay across the kitchen floor or
room and make them run for it.

I used to have your problem. One of my cats tends to be lazy. The best
solution for activity is to get another cat! Once I added a second
cat, the first one wasn't so lazy anymore.

on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:17:26 GMT, "Rene S."
wrote:

I used to have your problem. One of my cats tends to be lazy. The best
solution for activity is to get another cat! Once I added a second
cat, the first one wasn't so lazy anymore.

That was only a temporary stop gap with fat-Rudy. The kitten is stuck
playing with the dog all the time now, while Rudy sleeps the days away
(only waking up to eat, potty, and change sleeping locations). I'm
thinking of getting a treadmill and putting his food at the end of it.
Muhahaha.

--
Lynne

on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:28:53 GMT, "
wrote:

Five is on a mostly dry diet and gets extra activity by having to
chase her kibble. We have hardwood floors throughout most of the
upstairs and we'll either toss it to her to catch, or pitch it from
the living room down the long hall and she'll run for it. Then we'll
toss it over the railing to the basement and she'll run down the steps
and back up for more. We'll also toss kibble into a copier paper box
to make her jump into it. It even works to toss kibble into her cat
carrier that she only goes to TED in and she usually RUNS AWAY at the
sight of the carrier! Besides portion control and playing with
teasers that make her bat at them, making her "work for food" helped
trim Five's "excess baggage" gradually.

That's not only clever as hell, it's a riot! Thanks for the ideas!!

--
Lynne