The True Meaning of Christmas Cat Toys
So, a couple of years ago, I wandered into PetCo to pick up the usual pet supplies, and they had a big clearance on holiday themed cat toys. It was a lot of cat toys for the dollar, and so I picked up a package of red mice with green ears and red and green jingly balls, figuring that the cats didn't know the difference.
Present day, my mom put up the Christmas tree early expecting that she was going to be on a trip late November and early December and not wanting to leave things until then. The cats were thrilled by this and I started to find ornaments on the ground every morning. I thought about it, and then realized it was time to bring out the remaining holiday cat toys. I scattered them around the room where the tree was, and they do seem to have served their purpose of distracting the cats when they are feeling playful in that room, and fitting in with the general holiday color scheme. Between that, the fact that one broken ornament bulb may have freaked one of the cats out, and the fact that by putting ornaments that the cats have knocked down up higher in the tree there may be fewer temptations at eye level, there have been no ornament findings lately. (And lots of cat toy sightings in new places) So, I'm declaring this incident solved for the moment.
Present day, my mom put up the Christmas tree early expecting that she was going to be on a trip late November and early December and not wanting to leave things until then. The cats were thrilled by this and I started to find ornaments on the ground every morning. I thought about it, and then realized it was time to bring out the remaining holiday cat toys. I scattered them around the room where the tree was, and they do seem to have served their purpose of distracting the cats when they are feeling playful in that room, and fitting in with the general holiday color scheme. Between that, the fact that one broken ornament bulb may have freaked one of the cats out, and the fact that by putting ornaments that the cats have knocked down up higher in the tree there may be fewer temptations at eye level, there have been no ornament findings lately. (And lots of cat toy sightings in new places) So, I'm declaring this incident solved for the moment.