Outdoor cats can keep themselves busy much more easily: watching birds, hunting insects or checking and marking the area are activities that cats love and enjoy. In an apartment cats can get underwhelmed and bored much faster. Indoor cats should definitely be animated to exercise during joint play. But intensive observation and reflecting are also a lot of fun. Fortunately, there is the right cat toy for every sense that needs to be occupied.
Cat fishing toys, play mice, balls: owners can use various cat toys to stimulate their cat’s hunting drive and promote movement. Some cats enthusiastically chase rolling balls or mice flying through the air. The prey can also hide in a narrow box, in an empty toilet paper roll or under a blanket. Your house cat will certainly do everything possible to catch the prey. Cat fishing toys are ideal for active hunting games: pull the bait over the ground sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. You can easily lure most cats behind you through the whole apartment. Another advantage of cat fishing: your hands are far away from the prey and therefore safe from particularly fast cat paws.
Intelligence toys: cats need not only physical exercise, but also mental challenges that promote their curiosity and creativity. Intelligence toys are suitable for this purpose, which reward the cat for recognising the solution with food. Cat puzzle toys are a popular toy for cats. The four-legged friends are delighted with the delicious treats they have distributed therein, which they have to fumble out with their paws with great skill and patience. There are toys with different degrees of difficulty – depending on how much experience your cat has already had with intelligence toys.
Catmint and valerian cushion: Catnip toys with catmint enormously encourage interest in playing. A cat can hardy escape the intense scent and is occupied by such a cushion for a while. For example, if it is integrated into balls or mice, the cat will certainly chase after the toy. Valerian tends to have a calming effect. Cats love to roll on a valerian cushion, have a sniff, rub against it and fall asleep at some point. You should always give the cat such intensely fragrant toys to play with for a short time only and then stow them away safely again.
Cat tunnels and rustling blankets: not only small cats are often big fans of tunnels where they can hide or rustling blankets, on which it is wonderfully easy to snuggle on. If your cat can be animated by sounds to play, the rustling tunnel and blankets are ideal for intensive play with lots of movement.