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cat owner PSA
Sep. 11th, 2009 09:49 amman. ok, so if you have a cat that's not inclined to play with anything anymore? try this puppy.
my sister got it for us last year at Christmas, and it STILL holds the power to mesmerize my cats like nothing else. they carry it at most pet stores, and it seems ridiculous to pay $5 for a strip of metal and some rolled up cardboard, but srsly, it's a miracle worker.
it makes my *FAT LITTLE MAN* get up off his ass and act like a kitten. I mean, they're only 2, but he's *never* been inclined to play that way. generally, if he can lay on his back and bat at something from recumbency, that's an active day in his book. but even Irving, who's gotten a little desensitized to most other toys, reverts to crazy acrobatic feats of Tigger-like proportions.
I've never really found a way to anchor it to an inanimate object, which is the only shame, because all I have to do is hold it, and it would be awesome if they could self-serve. but the thing moves in apparently fascinating ways all on its own, I barely have to jiggle it. I think it's the unpredictability and bug-like jerkiness.
whoever designed this thing was a fucking genius.
my sister got it for us last year at Christmas, and it STILL holds the power to mesmerize my cats like nothing else. they carry it at most pet stores, and it seems ridiculous to pay $5 for a strip of metal and some rolled up cardboard, but srsly, it's a miracle worker.
it makes my *FAT LITTLE MAN* get up off his ass and act like a kitten. I mean, they're only 2, but he's *never* been inclined to play that way. generally, if he can lay on his back and bat at something from recumbency, that's an active day in his book. but even Irving, who's gotten a little desensitized to most other toys, reverts to crazy acrobatic feats of Tigger-like proportions.
I've never really found a way to anchor it to an inanimate object, which is the only shame, because all I have to do is hold it, and it would be awesome if they could self-serve. but the thing moves in apparently fascinating ways all on its own, I barely have to jiggle it. I think it's the unpredictability and bug-like jerkiness.
whoever designed this thing was a fucking genius.
