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My kitten has recently reached the 6 month mark and seems to be harder to entertain these days.
When we first adopted her, she could keep herself entertained for hours with little toy mice or with a wand toy when we played with her, but lately she's become more picky. She'll come into our room during work hours (both me and husband are WFH) and sit looking at us and trill and squeak at us (she's never been much of a "meower", mostly trills and squeaks!) as if she wants to play or wants attention. If we give her affection, she'll mostly walk away from it or start kicking at our arms (she's not interested in kicker toys, but does it to our arms!). The only toys we have currently that are "interactive" on our part are a laser and a wand toy, she LOVES the laser but I've read that they can be bad for cats so we try not to use it too often (it's also something we can't always play with when we're working), and the wand toy she's mostly uninterested in until she tugs on it and makes us drop it and she'll drag the wand all around the house! It's hilarious but not really what we intended for an interactive toy.
She has plenty of toys to play with, so I know that's not the problem. But most are little plush things or things that make noises. She enjoys playing in her tunnels and boxes that are flipped upside-down, but nothing keeps her entertained for long anymore. She's also a fan of playing with pieces of plastic and bottle caps, but of course we take some of those away from her so she doesn't choke on them.
What can we possibly do to keep her entertained? Whether it's something we can play with her, or she can play alone. We're stumped as nothing seems to work anymore and we don't want our little lady to get bored and upset, and sadly, another cat isn't possible for us right now. My husband is frustrated with me suggesting toys that I think she'd like, and then she gets bored of them quickly so the toys have gone to waste. I know every cat is different, so I'm wondering if there are any easy DIY toys, or just toys in general that most cats love that won't be a waste of money.
When we first adopted her, she could keep herself entertained for hours with little toy mice or with a wand toy when we played with her, but lately she's become more picky. She'll come into our room during work hours (both me and husband are WFH) and sit looking at us and trill and squeak at us (she's never been much of a "meower", mostly trills and squeaks!) as if she wants to play or wants attention. If we give her affection, she'll mostly walk away from it or start kicking at our arms (she's not interested in kicker toys, but does it to our arms!). The only toys we have currently that are "interactive" on our part are a laser and a wand toy, she LOVES the laser but I've read that they can be bad for cats so we try not to use it too often (it's also something we can't always play with when we're working), and the wand toy she's mostly uninterested in until she tugs on it and makes us drop it and she'll drag the wand all around the house! It's hilarious but not really what we intended for an interactive toy.
She has plenty of toys to play with, so I know that's not the problem. But most are little plush things or things that make noises. She enjoys playing in her tunnels and boxes that are flipped upside-down, but nothing keeps her entertained for long anymore. She's also a fan of playing with pieces of plastic and bottle caps, but of course we take some of those away from her so she doesn't choke on them.
What can we possibly do to keep her entertained? Whether it's something we can play with her, or she can play alone. We're stumped as nothing seems to work anymore and we don't want our little lady to get bored and upset, and sadly, another cat isn't possible for us right now. My husband is frustrated with me suggesting toys that I think she'd like, and then she gets bored of them quickly so the toys have gone to waste. I know every cat is different, so I'm wondering if there are any easy DIY toys, or just toys in general that most cats love that won't be a waste of money.