Your cat prince or princess lives in safe happiness within the warm sanctuary of your home. Day-to-day living does not involve tremendous output of calories. She's bathing in the den instead of swinging on vines through trees. He looks out the window from the couch by day, relocating to the foot of your bed by night. But exercise is just as important for your cat's health as it is for yours. Here's what you can do to get the juices moving, and keep that feline figure trim.
Things You'll Need
- Scratching post/elevated cat bed/cat "hotel". They all come covered with indoor-outdoor carpet
- Cloth mice and birds stuffed with catnip
- String
- A long, smooth stick
- 5 Colored feathers
Instructions
Set up the carpet-covered scratching post, hotel, or elevated bed in a corner of your bedroom or living room. Introduce your cat to it. Let her claw and climb to her heart's content. It's great exercise for your friend. Not to mention a saving grace for your upholstered chairs and couches.
Tie one end of the string to the long, smooth stick. Tie the other end of the string around the cluster of colored feathers. Hold the other end of the stick, like it's a fishing pole. Wave it back and forth in front of your cat. Most likely, you have a captive audience. Initially mesmerized by the moving colors, your cat soon leaps and bounds at them. Athletics are taking place.
Toss the catnip-stuffed mice and birds around the various rooms in your home. Watch pussums roll, chase, swoon and nearly break into song with ecstasy.