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It doesn't resemble prey like a mouse or snake, so why do they like this cheap slice of plastic?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They do like bottlecaps. My cat also likes pencils, chopsticks, and straws.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, mine LOVES stick-like things more than anything else. But they have to be just right.

Chopsticks and skewers. Those fishing line/feather toys, but only the handle part, not really the toy part. I gather and replenish a whole collection of sticks when I go walking, but they have to be skinny little twig branches. Too thick to withstand her attack, and she isn't even interested.

She also loves pens/pencils, but only when I'm using them and only the one I'm using. So I suspect that one's a bonding thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Bottlecaps are big for mine too. They like to bat them down the hall and chase them, like it's hockey.

But they are Canadian so I give them a pass.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Our cats like to toss around hazelnuts, small rolls of tape and less surprisingly bouncing balls