27/12/2025
Already looking to pack up the Christmas tree for another year?
We hope it survived your feline friend's attention. With the baubles packed away, it may be time to look at other forms of active play for your cat.
Cats love to chase and pounce, as this is how their ancestors hunted for food. One of the easiest ways to provoke this high energy behaviour is with toys that imitate prey or prey movement. There are plenty of automated options such as windup toy mice and butterfly spinners, however often the best are the simplest, such as a long piece of thick soft cord which can be towed along the floor. This can be dragged up and down stairs as well as on and off furniture that will have puss leaping for joy and working on those muscles and endorphins.
Soft small balls, pompoms and scrunched up balls of foil make great pretend prey too!