buying new shoes = 3 new toys for my cat!

@raychill (6525)
United States
July 26, 2007 7:57pm CST
I got new shoes tonite. But I get home, let my cat inspect and Voila! he found 3 new toys! Toy 1 = New Plastic Bag! *attacks* Toy 2 = Shoe Box!!! funny enough the box is far too small for him, but he hasn't quite grasped that concept. Toy 3 = Shoelaces!!! The shoes came with a black pair of laces and a white pair of laces (i haven't found cool ones to go with them yet!) so the black pair is in them and the white pair has become a new string for the cat! Isn't it great how easily you can keep your kitty entertained? How often do you buy new things that weren't intended for your cat but totally became new cat toys!
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• United States
29 Jul 07
oh god,shoeboxes.mine love those.especially if you take one corner and zoom them around in it LOL my blue sits in them,but since he's such a big boy,he looks like a muffin in it. they find toys everytime somebody goes shopping,pretty much.the new thing right now was a plastic hamper just bought,it has holes in the side so they take turns playing "footie" through them with each other.
• United States
29 Jul 07
it seems like some freak,some don't..it's weird. but he's one who will ride all day if you let him LOL
@raychill (6525)
• United States
29 Jul 07
Ha ha. aww that's cute with the hamper. The thing I use to put my clothes in is this little toy chest thing. My cat loves it. Whether it's full of clothes or not. It gets him all static-y but he's like whatever i like it! ha ha. Reggie cats a big boy too so he looks silly in shoe boxes. He's not a big fan of the box on the move though. He gets all freaked out. I think he suffers from motion sickness. poor little thing. But I love him!
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@rosie_123 (6113)
28 Jul 07
LOL! I can just imagine it! All my cats love plastic carrier bags - when he was younger Sasha (on my avatar), always used to somehow get his head stuck through the handles, and run around the room with the bag behind him! And little Lily adores cardboard boxes! I think almost everything in our house is a cat toy - even this computer!! My 5 have have somehow taken over the house - but I wouldn't have it any other way because they are my babies:-))
@raychill (6525)
• United States
29 Jul 07
ha ha. It's adorable. I love cats. my cat really does come first in my life. I just love that they're so easily entertained too. Bags and boxes and shoe strings and pens being rolled on the floor and wrapping paper. Lights! they're just great! I only have the one. If I had 5 it'd be nuts! I have such a tiny apartment I can't even imagine 2 taking it over.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
27 Jul 07
I love to see how cats are so playful with silly little things unfortunately I have cat that just will not play, I have bought him toys and given him many things but he just looks at it as if to say "well what now?"...your kitty sound lovely.
@raychill (6525)
• United States
27 Jul 07
Really? My friend has a cat similar. He'll play for about 30 seconds and then just ignores it. You have to bug him for a while before he'll even play anyhow! I love my kitty. When he was a kitten (He's almost 5 now!) he would play fetch with coin rollers. It was the coolest thing. You'd flick the coin roller and he'd run after it...and bring it back to you! I haven't played that with him in a long time... cause he randomly stopped. But I also don't have any coin rollers. But I swear that was the coolest thing ever!
@polachicago (18716)
• United States
27 Jul 07
OMG, are you talking about my kitten? My kitten is the same, she is so happy with new bags inspection and all possible boxes are hers....
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
27 Jul 07
ha ha. I think it's a characteristic many cats possess. I definitely can't come home with a bag and NOT allow my cat to fully inspect it first thing. He really will yell at me if I don't. It's silly. So most bags end up on the floor at my door.
• United States
27 Jul 07
Leo in his basket - My kitty Leo in October of 2003 in his newly acquired basket.
LOL - I totally know what you mean! My youngest cat Moses - loves to play with shopping bags. Though on more that one occasion he's got himself in a panic 'cause he's got the bag hooked around his body and thinks that running around the house like a mad kitty will help get the bag off. Silly cat. So I try not to let him play with the too much as I'm afraid he'll give himself a heart attack. LOL He likes boxes too - but it's Leo that really loves boxes, baskets, tubs, you name it. If he can set in it - though he don't fit - he will. When I first got him I had this bread basket. Just a small little round basket we would put bread it. Well he got it off the table once while we were at work and took it over! He was so cute in that basket too! He would force himself in it until I gave it to a friend of ours who got a new kitty. Wish I would have kept it though but I didn't know where would get another cat. And of course they both love shoelaces, ribbon, yarn, robe belt, if it's dangly...they think it's their toy. *The picture is of him shortly after he commandeered the bread basket. He hadn't out grown it just yet. I couldn't find the one where he had. It's in one of my many, many photo albums.
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
27 Jul 07
Ahahaha. Reggie Cat does the same thing with bags! it's so funny. aww that's cute. I love kitties and their sillyness. Reggie cat has taken over the bag. He likes bags way more than boxes i think. though sometimes he's just fascinated by them. He loves anything stringy that moves too. Cats are just the funniest little things.
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@Flight84 (3048)
• United States
27 Jul 07
Ha! Reggie Cat strikes again! He is so awesome. Is he trying to smoosh himself into the box? Cats are so cool cause they can make toys out of anything. Saves you some money, eh? What kind of shoes did you get?
@raychill (6525)
• United States
27 Jul 07
Yeah reggie cat is a cutie! He tried to stuff himself in the box. than used it to hide from the string so he could attack it when it wasn't looking! I got black vans with blue stars. my two old vans are getting old. so i wanted a newer pair..though i'll still keep wearing the old!
@cikedo (3483)
• United States
18 Aug 07
My cat loves to play with my shoes as well. Strangly enough he likes to stick his head in the actual shoe.
@raychill (6525)
• United States
18 Aug 07
my cat just likes the shoe strings more than anything else. But he'll rub up against my shoes too. cats are just the cutest...at least they don't eat the shoes :)
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
27 Jul 07
cats can be so much fun sometimes and so entertaining! it is funny to watch them because unlike dogs, cats think they are so much cooler than humans!
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@raychill (6525)
• United States
27 Jul 07
I know. Plus cats can be so easily entertained! I mean...how many dogs run after shoe strings or play with plastic bags!? I've actually never had a dog that played with toys so I don't know what that's like. My cat is entertained by almost anything. I love him.