to make your cat less lazy you gotta get him active create routine times dedicated
to playing with your cat and if he's still lazy you can motivate him with better toys
and healthy cat treats hey friends it's jess and jericho and the best way to get your cat
active is to play with him so you're going to pay attention to what your cat likes and go off
that so for example what's your cat's favorite toy where does your cat like to play when is your cat
most energized when does he have the most energy when is your cat most likely
to play maybe your cat gets the zoomies right after he eats or maybe your cat runs
to the door and is super excited when you get home pay attention to those use them as clues
to get your cats interested in playing and to get him active throughout the day it'll be much easier
if you do what's already working and what your cat already likes then he's more likely to continue to
play and stay active so for example jericho loves the bathroom every single time i'm in
the bathroom he runs in there so i take advantage of that i fold a toilet paper roll and just slide
that under the door he loves pawing at it i do the same with the cat dancer and his wand toys
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morning jericho loves laying down in his bed on my desk and also by the window so sometimes i'll
toss a little wool ball toy to him or some feather toys just to get him you know pawing around he's
not running a marathon and that's okay that's not the goal just get your cat interested in the toys
and get him interested in that play and activity jericho also really loves his ladder so i'll use
some toys to run him up and down the ladder and he also loves chasing silver vine sticks so i'll tap
them on the floor and then kind of slide slide slide and then slide and let go and then let go
and then he runs climbs up his condos up on top of the condo jumps down on his window perch and
then jumps all the way to the top of his ladder so again pay attention to all of these patterns
and routines because he does that every single time i slide the stick across the floor so pay
attention to what your cat likes and go off that so for getting your cat to play throughout the day
you'll have to choose times when you're actually home for at least 10 minutes three times a day
and you can work up to that time gradually start with one minute a day and then gradually increase
each day until you're playing for at least 30 minutes split up into multiple play sessions
currently i work from home so this is easy for me i'm here all day with jericho but that wasn't
always my schedule when i was a cat sitter and a dog walker sometimes i worked 10 to 13 hour days
so i would come home for a lunch break make him run around and then
we would hunt for his treats then when i got home from work around eight or nine
he would get excited to see me so i would take advantage of that and start playing with him
and then give him a rest and then right before bed we would play again also when my boyfriend
john got home from work around 5:30 or 6 he would run around with jericho a little bit too
so take a look at your daily schedule choose three times when you're actually home make it a routine
and then your cat will expect it now cats tend to rise when the sun does so some of you have asked
me you know how do we kind of make their routine more human friendly and play throughout the day
rather than really early in the morning or really late at night so what i do is i use blackout
curtains i've had these for a few years and that will prevent the light from coming into your home
so i kind of use leggings and socks and hook loop fastening strips to to you know guard the
area that way the curtains are completely flush against the window and there's no light coming
in now of course your cat will probably still wake up around 30 minutes before his meal time
jericho does for sure he usually wakes up scratches on his pad and then his scratches on his
post and then he runs around and cries and then he jumps on the bed and paws at me and combs my hair
until it's time for his food but i still prefer that than him waking up when the sun rises
at 5 00 a.m you know in the summer months it rises really early and of course if you want your cat to
sleep throughout the night you got to play with him a lot before bed you got to burn that energy
you can use healthy treats to make your cat less lazy and more motivated to play so you can hide
treats for hunting i talk about this in every video put them on top of condos so that your
cat has to climb and get active to get his reward you can also play fetch with the treats i mean not
really fetch because he's not returning them to you but he will probably return to you for more
treats so it's kind of like that throw them across the room he's going to run and then probably run
back to you for another treat healthy cat treats include freeze-dried minnows or freeze-dried or
dehydrated muscle meats organs like heart lung tripe liver you can also use foraging mats
for mental stimulation and that kind of puzzle solving is going to help your cat feel fulfilled
and enriched for the day and that's going to help him sleep through the night as well there's also
puzzle toys or treat release toys you can make your own food puzzle with toilet paper roll toys
you got to make your cat work for his food throughout the day and that's going to provide
a lot of mental stimulation and also help keep him active and of course you can also upgrade
your cat's toys for the best toys check out that video right over meow thanks for watching