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Cat play is mostly about predation; cats like to play with toys that behave more like fearful prey trying to escape than toys that mimic a more confrontational prey. With most cats, it is wise to keep playthings at least 20cm (8 inches) away from fingers or eyes, and avoid encouraging a cat to eat inedible toys. Highly excited cats may accidentally inflict injuries to its human playmate so it is wise to keep your distance.1 At the same time, however, it is also important to give special attention to your cat when he or she is playing. Toys like a ball of yarn should never be left where cats or kittens can get at it on their own. It could cause choking, intestinal blockage dangers or possible fatal injury. Watch out for anything that can be easily swallowed by your cat as well and avoid the danger of choking.2 "What makes for a safe cat toy? Here's what to look for: Something sturdy. If it can get tossed, thrown, gnawed, clawed, batted, kicked, licked, and repeatedly pounced on without coming apart, it's a good cat toy. Catnip-filled toys encourage play, but most cats like to eat catnip and will try to lick and chew their way to that scrumptious herbal filling. Catnip toys made from light fabric or felt will most likely be in shreds--and the shreds in your cat's tummy -- within a week. Ditto for plastic or vinyl toys that can be chewed up, cracked, or shattered. No (re)movable parts. Catnip mice with yarn tails; crinkly cater- pillars with bug eyes; oversized plush "bumblebees" with glued-on felt features, and plastic mesh balls with tantalizing little bells inside are four of the more popular cat toys. But they share a common failing: small and potentially dangerous parts that come off. If you can pull or peel a part or decoration off a cat toy, the odds are your cat can, too. In fact, go ahead and try it with all your cat's toys -- it's better to have some catnip mice without tails than make a trip to the vet to get the tails out of your cat's stomach. Something fun. A toy just isn't a toy if your cat won't play with it. Cat owners are often disappointed--and frequently annoyed -- to find that the $100 worth of custom cat toys they bring home get passed over for a piece of crumpled paper or a simple table tennis ball. Cats like games that involve what they do best: climbing, running, leaping, stalking, and pouncing. Pick toys that encourage those behaviors, and your cat is bound to use them. That's the allure of the table tennis ball -- it rolls and hops and skitters away when your cat pounces on it, encouraging batting and chasing. Cats see moving edges better than stationary objects, so toys that wiggle, bob, or weave fascinate them and trigger the stalking and hunting reflexes."3 Sources: |
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Cat play and toys incorporate predatory games of "play aggression". These activities allow kittens and younger cats to grow and acquire cognitive and motor skills, and to socialize with other cats. Cat play behavior can be either solitary (with toys or other objects) or social (with animals and people). Some popular cat toys may include balls, sticks, rope, strings, and laser pointers.