The day finally came (I knew it would) when Gizmo managed to pull her fur mousie toy into small, easily swallowed bits.
She would have been perfectly happy to eat it--that was her objective--but I took the ruined toy away and got her a duplicate of the same one that my parents got her as a present.
I've had to rotate Gizzy's toys out or 're-fur-bish' them every three months or so and this has never been a problem before. Lo and behold, Gizmo now wants THAT mouse and no other. This is the most thoroughly ruined toy she's had--there was literally nothing left of it after she got through other than a bit of ribbon, about six strands of fur, and a small bell.
I can try sewing the last pathetic bit of fur onto her new toy, if it will take a needle, but i've tried this recently and she loses interest in the toys now when they are repaired. Nothing else has changed.
She plays a little desultorily with the new mouse but doesn't roll around kicking it like she usually does. Gizmo is on a vigil for 'her' mouse. How do I get her to play with new toys?
Ps. Soaking them in catnip juice is a nonstarter with her.
She would have been perfectly happy to eat it--that was her objective--but I took the ruined toy away and got her a duplicate of the same one that my parents got her as a present.
I've had to rotate Gizzy's toys out or 're-fur-bish' them every three months or so and this has never been a problem before. Lo and behold, Gizmo now wants THAT mouse and no other. This is the most thoroughly ruined toy she's had--there was literally nothing left of it after she got through other than a bit of ribbon, about six strands of fur, and a small bell.
I can try sewing the last pathetic bit of fur onto her new toy, if it will take a needle, but i've tried this recently and she loses interest in the toys now when they are repaired. Nothing else has changed.
She plays a little desultorily with the new mouse but doesn't roll around kicking it like she usually does. Gizmo is on a vigil for 'her' mouse. How do I get her to play with new toys?
Ps. Soaking them in catnip juice is a nonstarter with her.