Yes, Yes , Yes they are impossible sometimes. I have birds too and find that
my cats would much rather play w/ a bird toy sometimes-- anything that I didn't
actually buy specifically for them will do :)
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> From: "Jen Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2005/01/05 Wed AM 10:33:07 EST
> To: <[email protected]>
> Subject: OT: My reminder why I don't buy cat toys! :)
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> So I'm at the store this morning when I spotted a small berber fleece
> mouse in the pet section...now, I've gone off buying many cat toys for
> reasons I'm sure you all share (an expensive cat toy will be sitting
> untouched in the middle of the room, but in the meantime, a fight ensues
> over one of my hair ties)...but I thought, "Hey, they've got a toy
> similar to this one that I know at least a *few* of them will play
> with!" So I went for it...Well, I get home, get the toy out of the
> package and toss it in front of one of the boys anticipating joy and
> rapture...nothing...I finally had to roll it in catnip just to get one
> of them moderately interested in it! In the meantime, I open a bottle
> of milk and toss the ring on the floor (knowing in the back of my mind
> what would happen, but not willing to admit it just yet)...chaos ensues
> as Sleepypants flits it across the room and 6 cats give chase! I try
> not to let on that I'm just the tiniest bit bitter...but just to add
> insult to injury, Boots (who never plays with cat toys) pulls out the
> *old* berber mouse and starts playing with it right in front of me!
> Okay, okay...I get the point already!
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> Just thought I'd share my lesson from the cats this morning..."You don't
> need to spend money to have a good time!" :)
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> Jen
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> But if you tame me, then we shall need each other.
> To me, you will be unique in all the world...
> To you, I shall be unique in all the world...
> You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed...
> -Antoine de Saint Exupery
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