many people get cats because they're
looking for a pet that's lower
maintenance than a dog but something is
still fun to play with and then they
forget to play with their cat well it's
actually really important because while
cats do spend a significant portion of
their day grooming themselves and
sleeping they are actually very
active little creatures if left to their
own devices left in an apartment with
nothing to do they can get into all
sorts of trouble so it's really
important to find some toys that your
cat likes
i put some toys out here by frya but you
can see she's much more interested in
being petted right now than playing with
them but things to look at are
little robotic toys only with
supervision this is a hex bug
and you can flip the button on it
turn it on and it'll vibrate and it'll
move
in all different directions
simulating how a bug might move
this can be really fun for cats and it
doesn't require you to do a lot of
interaction
which is nice for busy people
other toys that allow the cat to play by
themselves
are
food dispensing toys like this one
all you do is you put little dry food
pieces or treats in here and let your
cat move it around in order for pieces
to fall out in fact if you feed your cat
dry toys you should feed them out of
food dispensing toys all of the time
another fun thing to do with cats to
keep them active is actually to train
them and one of the most fun ways to
train a cat is to use clicker training
this is the book i recommend most often
for my cats owners that are trying to
train their cats
it allows them to go through flash card
style and teach all sorts of fun tricks
everything from sit to shake to jump in
a box and basically the options are
limitless the more you do short
interactive sessions with your cat the
happier they're going to be so make sure
to play with your cat at least 5-10
minutes every day
and that's how you keep a cat occupied