How do you make a good quality cat toy out of household items?
I’m looking to make a good quality cat toy with household items, please don’t include sewing, my machine is broken.
Common people get creative HELP!
My cats love their "knotted" socks! I just take an old pair of clean heavy ( athletic ) socks and tie them into knots. One pair will make two toys. If you cats are older than kittens, you can get some catnip spray and spray the socks. They love that….and the socks make good "cuddle" toys…..and when dirty are easily washed!!
Tennis balls sprayed with catnip make fun toys to bat around and roll on the floor. The catnip makes them hyper for a couple of minutes, then they rub all over the toys and go find somewhere to sleep
Cardboard boxes ( soda boxes ) with one end open make good places to hide. They also love to play inside PAPER sacks……
Use you imagination………Good luck.
December 28th, 2012 at 3:22 am
Take some inch wide strips of fleece or other fabric, try for something that doesn’t unravel. Then either braid them or knot them into a mass. It doesn’t need to look pretty, as long as there are loose ends sticking out everywhere. My cats love to pounce and drag theirs around.
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December 28th, 2012 at 4:10 am
the plastic ring from milk jugs is a great cat toy
a sock stuffed with rags and cat nip then tied in a knot
shoe box with a few holes cut in it and a treat or two inside
golf balls/ping pong balls
brown paper bags left open with a small hole cut in the end becomes a cave
a old plastic foil potato chip bag scrunched into a old tube sock becomes a "crinkle toy"
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December 28th, 2012 at 4:25 am
My cats love their "knotted" socks! I just take an old pair of clean heavy ( athletic ) socks and tie them into knots. One pair will make two toys. If you cats are older than kittens, you can get some catnip spray and spray the socks. They love that….and the socks make good "cuddle" toys…..and when dirty are easily washed!!
Tennis balls sprayed with catnip make fun toys to bat around and roll on the floor. The catnip makes them hyper for a couple of minutes, then they rub all over the toys and go find somewhere to sleep
Cardboard boxes ( soda boxes ) with one end open make good places to hide. They also love to play inside PAPER sacks……
Use you imagination………Good luck.
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50+yrs cats ( 11 indoor, spayed & neutered ) / "issues"
December 28th, 2012 at 4:50 am
I have recently found that if you take a piece of string, tie it from a high place and spray it with catnip they go insane!
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My experences
December 28th, 2012 at 5:28 am
well, my fiance’s kitten enjoys playing with my socks. He also likes paper sacks…It’s been said that if you buy a cat toy, they’ll ignore he toy and play with the box. Don’t have to get to complex when it comes to cat toys.
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12+ years of cat ownership