Boots is so lazy! We’ve bought half a dozen cat toys and he isn’t interested in any of them. We bought one that had a little “critter” that kinda ran around under a blanket like piece of fabric and every now and then would hop out and then go back under the blanket. In theory, the cat is supposed to run around and pounce on the blanket to grab whatever is under there. Not Boots. He would stretch out by the edge of the blanket and if the thing came near him, he would slap at it but never put much effort into it.
Vince bought him a plastic cat laser. It’s electric and we set it up in the living room. Here’s the effort Boots puts into it.
The laser goes all over the room so Boots knows eventually, it’s going to come close to him.
He will slap at it with his paw but that’s all the effort he’s going to exert.
Every now and then he’ll get up and see where the light is but I wouldn’t call it exercise. That’s ok . . he probably says the same things about us.
He’s a pretty cat and sometimes he’s a sweet cat. I guess that counts for something.
JustGail says
Laser pointer was the only thing that most of our cats would play with – as long as it wasn’t moving too fast. Except dear sweet Leroy – he’s sit there, and if the dot got within reach he half-heartedly paw at it, then look at us like “Really? Are you happy now?” So Boots isn’t the only one impressed with toys.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Boots and Leroy must be two peas in a pod! I’ve never known a cat that wouldn’t chase a laser pointer. Boots will walk up to the plastic cat and sit right in front of it when it’s turned off . . like . . I know what you’re about to do and I’m ready for it. He knows the sound it makes when we turn it on and he gets ready like “I’m going to catch this thing!” and then he never goes after it.
Rebecca says
I follow a cat foster mother on Instagram, and some of the rescues need time to adapt and learn to play. Maybe Boots didn’t get the play stimulation at the right time in his life? Did you spend time playing when he was little?
judy.blog@gmail.com says
We played with him a lot when he was little. According to our vet, he’s past 10 years old and is now considered a senior cat plus, he is overweight. That’s one of the reasons we try to get him to play with the laser. He goes up and down the stairs at least 50 times a day. I think he’s more comfortable in the sewing room, goes down, then wants to be back with us, then comes up, then wants to be down again. If Vince goes downstairs and watches TV, Boots stays down there with him so I know he’s more comfortable downstairs. When he was a kitten, he played a lot! We always had lasers and little toys he could slap around with his paw and chase. I knitted in the sewing room a lot and he thought my yarn was a toy, he thought my seam ripper was a toy. I’d toss empty thread cones on the floor and he had a ball with those.