cats love natural materials.
there's no chemicals or synthetic dyes. nothing that's really going to harm them.
they're attracted to them because they're made out of natural materials.
cats are creatures of nature so they really like wool, hemp, any type of fur.
they also mimic prey texture.
so this is made out of sheep's wool. so it's soft just like a prey would be.
and it's shaped like a rat. it's perfect size for bunny kicking.
whereas plastic doesn't feel natural doesn't feel natural to the cat.
hey friends it's jess and jericho here to teach you how to play with your cats.
so the first type of toy that i recommend for all cats is a wand toy.
try to get a wand toy that has a clasp on the end that you can hook to any toy.
that way you can buy different attachments and you can choose which ones your cat likes.
and you don't have to buy a new wand every single time you want to play with a new toy.
cats like playing with wands because they're interactive and you're required to play.
let's say you have a small little felted ball. you can take the clasp and just hook it into the ball.
kind of create like a little hole
that it can go through. and then you can play with the ball on the wand toy.
so you can do this with other fabric toys too. you just put a little tiny hole into it. clasp it up.
the next group of cat toys that i recommend are ones made with natural materials.
so in this category we have cotton, wool, this one's also wool.
this one is alpaca fur that's been felted together, and it has a little jingle inside.
this one's made out of a rabbit fur and duck feathers.
this one's made out of cork and these wings are cheesecloth.
cats love natural materials.
there's no chemicals or synthetic dyes.
nothing that's really going to harm them.
they're attracted to them because they're made out of natural materials.
cats are creatures of nature. so they really like wool, hemp, any type of fur.
they also mimic prey texture. so this is made out of sheep's wool.
so it's soft just like a prey would be. and it's shaped like a rat.
it's perfect size for bunny kicking.
whereas plastic doesn't feel natural doesn't feel natural to the cat.
this is our bunny fur and it came with a little loop
on it so that i can attach it to my clasp here.
the next category of cat toys that you should have are catnip toys.
if your cat doesn't fancy catnip look for alternatives like valerian root or silver vine.
you can buy organic catnips so you can make your own catnip toys.
or you can get already made catnip toys.
this one's a squirrel, this one's a little mitten with catnip inside, taco, and then some
some rolled catnip spliffs.
most cats love catnip. it gives them a slap happy good feeling.
so you can use catnip to get your cat used to toys.
or you can use catnip to get your cat used to new furniture, anything else in your home.
the next group of toys that i recommend are sound toys.
so these are ones that can make a crunching sound or maybe they have a bell.
this one's made out of fur so it's natural and it has a sound.
same with this one has fur and feathers and then this one makes a chirping sound.
and cats are attracted to these obviously because the sound reminds them of hunting.
and the indoor version of hunting is playing.
so when you have that sound going it's more likely to get your cut
interested in playing and keep him interested in playing. see look at that.
good catch!
the next type of cat toy i recommend is an activity center.
so this one right here is the ripple rug.
we've had it for a couple of years and it's washable.
and it has these hook loop fasteners on the bottom of the top rug
so you can create all of these dips and holes.
and i hide toys inside the ripples for jericho to hunt and play.
jericho loves to run inside of these and then he also paws around at stuff
on the inside of these ripples.
so jericho likes to hunt for toys and treats inside these ripples.
he loves to run inside and out of them and he scratches on the rugs.
and he he really likes playing with it.
we actually play on the ripple rug every single day.
get that toy get it jericho get it.
the next group of best cat toys i recommend are toilet paper roll toys.
and you can check out that video right over meow on how to make them.
thanks for watching!