Cat Environment Enrichment: Stuffed Toys & Catnip

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"Another type of toy that's interesting for cats, are sort of stuffed animals, or squishy toys, that they can use, so this is actually not even a cat toy. It's a stuffed animal that's safe for infants. You see that it doesn't have any buttons, or any parts that can come off. That's very important, when you're choosing a stuffed animal, for your cat, that it doesn't have anything they can chew off, and they like to carry these around, and bat them around, and play with them. It's great if they're washable, so you can clean them once in a while. This is a little toy that actually has a little sound. This little snail, when you squeeze him, he makes a little squeak, and that little squeaking sound, is good for the cats to draw their attention, because in the wild again, they're predators, so sounds of small animals, will capture their attention. This is just a little pad, a little flannel piece of cloth, filled with cotton. It's actually homemade, and before you sew the end closed, you can put some catnip in there, and this is a great toy, because they can grab on to it. It's soft and fluffy, and they'll roll on it and chase it around, because it's full of catnip, and then finally, we have these little sort of squeaky toys, that cats like also, that they'll bat around and squeeze, and carry in their mouths."