Hi, all!
I'm coming up to 2 months with my new cat, Toebean, and as a hyper-alert new cat parent I'm curious what kind of behavioural changes I'll start to see as he settles in according to the 3-3-3 rule.
One thing I've noticed is he's starting to walk away from his food sooner. There's one food he will always scoff in one go, but everything else, even his kibble, he's begun to nibble and leave for later. I could feed him his favourite at every meal, but I obviously don't want to be reliant on one brand. Unless he really hates the food, he finishes a portion within an hour or two. He's gone from a multicat household to being an only cat — is this a sign that he's getting more comfortable with his resources? Is he just revealing a picky nature (he was kibble-only until we got him)? Or is there something else going on??
And I'm learning that he looooves wand toys and feathers. A new Da Bird-style toy arrived today and he's never run and jumped after a toy quite like that before! He's just over a year old and has a lot of energy, and with this toy it feels like he could play indefinitely — but he had about half an hour strenuous play until he was panting hard, and I figured that was enough. He didn't seem to think so. He meowed for more when it got put away, and tried to claw the toybox!
So with energetic cats and their favourite toys, how do you know when they've had enough play? And how do you encourage them not to fixate on that one toy (as I have a feeling he'll not have eyes for any others now)?
Thanks, and hope everyone's having a good week!
I'm coming up to 2 months with my new cat, Toebean, and as a hyper-alert new cat parent I'm curious what kind of behavioural changes I'll start to see as he settles in according to the 3-3-3 rule.
One thing I've noticed is he's starting to walk away from his food sooner. There's one food he will always scoff in one go, but everything else, even his kibble, he's begun to nibble and leave for later. I could feed him his favourite at every meal, but I obviously don't want to be reliant on one brand. Unless he really hates the food, he finishes a portion within an hour or two. He's gone from a multicat household to being an only cat — is this a sign that he's getting more comfortable with his resources? Is he just revealing a picky nature (he was kibble-only until we got him)? Or is there something else going on??
And I'm learning that he looooves wand toys and feathers. A new Da Bird-style toy arrived today and he's never run and jumped after a toy quite like that before! He's just over a year old and has a lot of energy, and with this toy it feels like he could play indefinitely — but he had about half an hour strenuous play until he was panting hard, and I figured that was enough. He didn't seem to think so. He meowed for more when it got put away, and tried to claw the toybox!
So with energetic cats and their favourite toys, how do you know when they've had enough play? And how do you encourage them not to fixate on that one toy (as I have a feeling he'll not have eyes for any others now)?
Thanks, and hope everyone's having a good week!
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