She is so silly!

@ElicBxn (63235)
United States
February 23, 2018 12:06am CST
Who? Well, Opal of course. We have a dozen different types of cat toys in the front room, since I have her locked in there at night, because I want her to be able to eat her "baby" food without any help from the older cats. Even Onyx, who is 2 weeks older, is still quite a bit bigger, so doesn't really need the kitten formula food. Even so, what does Opal prefer to play with? Paper trash and she's not too fussy about it. An empty straw wrapper, a crumpled up bit of paper, candy wrapper, just about anything if its paper. And if she isn't happy with where that bit of trash is, she'll pick it up and carry it to where she wants to play with it. This morning, she dropped it into the cat litter. This evening, she found that same bit of paper, carried it over to my desk, then chased it across the room. Its so cute, but so silly, and I guess we can save on cat toys if that's what she wants to play with. Of course, there are other cats who want to play with the toys we get, so its not entirely going to waste!
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@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
23 Feb 18
My cat has several balls but there is one she really likes and it is gets lost she is sad. She also loves to play with paper.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
Heidi likes those cat balls, I've seen her walking around with one in particular in her mouth, but at 5 and a half, she's not as playful as she used to be a few years ago.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
25 Feb 18
@Hannihar Heidi is still the most playful of the adult cats. Onyx will be 8 months on Feb 26th. Opal will be 8 months on March 9th.
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@Hannihar (129430)
• Israel
25 Feb 18
@ElicBxn My Sophie will be 4 in August.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
23 Feb 18
Cats are like kids, I have known kids who prefer objects they find around the house to their toys.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
So true! Now she's got a pipe cleaner - one of the craft ones, not a used one...
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
23 Feb 18
@ElicBxn The cat of my neighbor loves to play with flowers.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Feb 18
Cat love paper bits and always prefer a paper bag or string to toys.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
True, but she's way more into paper trash than my other cats. Not even as into strings, even when they are being twitched, by me or another cat, than the paper. !!! News flash! She just grabbed my book and pulled it down by a page! !!!
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
23 Feb 18
I guess the cat is trying to pick up the paper trash and not be a litter bug, lol. My cat loved chasing string. She also loved to hide in paper shopping bags.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
I suspect that the only reason she isn't fishing it out of the trash is she's too small to get into the trash can. She jumps on the edge of the one in the kitchen, and has fallen in a few times!
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
25 Feb 18
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@dgobucks226 (34356)
25 Feb 18
@ElicBxn When she gets older "watch out"
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@sw8sincere (5204)
• Philippines
23 Feb 18
I am happy Opal appreciates to play with any sort of paper. My cat loves to play with our curtains.. she loves to catch it with her paws and swing from there. Mom often gets mad when she caught Tigerbum do the act. lol
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
I've been lucky that none of mine were ever too interested in playing/climbing on curtains. Of course, I'd be fine with it since I'm the home owner.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
23 Feb 18
Opal is such a pretty little fur baby! Every cat has their own personality and Opal loves to play with paper. Once when I bought home groceries I l put the paper bag on the floor after I put away the groceries. My cat, full grown male, who hated baths walked up to the bag sniffed it. He must have loved the smell of it, for he promptly jumped into the bag and started playing inside the paper bag. Cats are so cute!
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
Most of my cats love boxes and bags. Its just funny how much Opal prefers the paper. I'll grant that we'll never run out of toys for her if this keeps up. It was funny when she came walking through with the pipe cleaner however.
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@oahuwriter (26780)
• United States
24 Feb 18
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• United States
23 Feb 18
these guys are all about the turboballs i bought them lately.. but they still won't resist the odd piece of paper or string..
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
Most cats like new toys, but Opal is not so much. She'll spend quite some time with a bit of paper but only paw a new toy a bit.
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@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
28 Feb 18
I have tons of cat toys for my "poor deprived" cat Ouija...what does he like best? The cardboard paper strip one pulls off the case of Fancy feast cat food I get...oh and the empty toilet rolls...LOL
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
1 Mar 18
oh those tp tubes are great, we used to throw them out for the cats, but quit when Boe, the dog, started shredding them.
@RasmaSandra (73408)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Feb 18
Well, Opal looks adorable and sound like a lot of fun. My cat Sid even at 12 still enjoyed romping about but is not too much into toys and never has been. He too loves paper now and then and will grab at things like belts and string hanging down. He loves jumping in and out of boxes. Sid knows how things are in the cat world and sends Opal sincere meows.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
23 Feb 18
She is adorable. We are her moms, since we got her at 4 days old.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
26 Feb 18
Oh yeah, been there, done that @ElicBxn . Even an empty box is pure excitement. Opal is soooo cute.
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@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
26 Feb 18
Thanks, yeah, she's adorable!
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