Willy is almost 10, and he had a recent vet checkup and is healthy. His only issue is a ongoing respiratory infection which he's had his whole life, since being sick when <1 year old, before I rescued him. I give him an antibiotic about once a year, but the symptoms always come back. Multiple vets have told me sometimes these things are incurable. But it's never affected his quality of life from what I've observed.
Anyway, I always used toys like Cat Dancers with him, and he loved them his whole life. I could exercise him extensively with toys like that, by making him chase them around and then letting him "win" and chomp on them.
Within the past few weeks, he is showing little interest in these interactive toys. I even bought two new ones thinking maybe he was bored of the Cat Dancers and others. I got one that has a small toy mouse on the end, because he loves little toy mice.
But what he is currently doing is just sitting down and watching me as I move them around. He swipes at them if I get them close to him, but otherwise he is showing much less interest in pursuing them.
He still gets zoomies, so it's not a noticeable decrease in overall energy. In fact, I've been trying to break out the new interactive toys when his zoomies start, to try to engage him in play. But he just watches me as I wave them around.
Is this just age? Any ideas to "spice up" playtime? I really want to try to give him as much exercise as possible in his senior years, so he stays with me as long as he can be happy and healthy.
Anyway, I always used toys like Cat Dancers with him, and he loved them his whole life. I could exercise him extensively with toys like that, by making him chase them around and then letting him "win" and chomp on them.
Within the past few weeks, he is showing little interest in these interactive toys. I even bought two new ones thinking maybe he was bored of the Cat Dancers and others. I got one that has a small toy mouse on the end, because he loves little toy mice.
But what he is currently doing is just sitting down and watching me as I move them around. He swipes at them if I get them close to him, but otherwise he is showing much less interest in pursuing them.
He still gets zoomies, so it's not a noticeable decrease in overall energy. In fact, I've been trying to break out the new interactive toys when his zoomies start, to try to engage him in play. But he just watches me as I wave them around.
Is this just age? Any ideas to "spice up" playtime? I really want to try to give him as much exercise as possible in his senior years, so he stays with me as long as he can be happy and healthy.