Home Made Toys

by Sylvie
(Jenkintown, PA, USA)

My furballs (3 cats) are maniacs for "natural toys".

They love balls made from foil. These balls are shiny, have texture, fly well when I throw them, make a scraping sound when the cats bat them around the room and my cats can easily carry them back to me when we play fetch.

Another toy is the plastic ring from a milk/water one gallon container. They tap it around the floor and it really goes quickly because it is so light weight. This is what I call "Cat Hockey".

A few years ago. I moved from another apartment to my present one. When the movers picked up three large bookshelves I had, they found about 20 foil balls under them. They looked at me with raised eyebrows for a explanation and I did "blame" the cats. I never think about where the balls end up; they just vanish and I forget about them.