Comments on: making cat toys

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:47:22 +0000

My cat rarely played with any toys and had little interest in catnip, but when I started crochet & knitting he’d pester me a little, bat at the needles and play with the yarn, as cats will do. So I tried some basic ami-mice, stuffed with batting and the potent, mess-free catnip pellets, and he loved them. He could roll all over them and dig his teeth & claws deep in the stitches and tear at the yarn. By far his favourites!

By: Bri

Bri — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 23:54:51 +0000

Oh! He’s so beautiful! (handsome I mean ) Please tell Maui he is very lucky to have beautiful fur (and eyes…and tail etc.) Not to mention beautifully handcrafted toys! Such luxury! Great job, I adore the mouse =))

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:20:27 +0000

Your cat is gorgeous and its great to know that I wont be wasting my time on toys for my 3 cats! =) I love your site!

By: Arianna

Arianna — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:11:18 +0000

I recently made a sardine tin ami for a friend’s siamese kitten…and she went insane! (The cat, not the friend. *grins*)
We couldn’t talk much for laughing at the Siamese-coloured blur that was flinging crocheted sardines around the living room. Several times the cat did what looked like somersaults in her hurry to get to the fish. ^_____^

By: melissa

melissa — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:56:35 +0000

happy happy birthday maui!
you are a beautiful kitty with a wonderful mom!
i love the toys you made june!

By: Diandra

Diandra — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:24:44 +0000

That’s a beautiful cat!

By: June

June — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:42:44 +0000

Amber, that’s a really good point – I’m sure you’re right! Maui probably doesn’t care about the cuteness of his toys – that’s more for me But as long as he likes to play with them, that’s good enough for me!

By: amber

amber — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:36:50 +0000

Just a random thought, but I wonder if the kitties like the homemade toys so much because they smell like us? I mean, no matter how clean your hands are when you start crafting some of the oils/scent from your skin probably gets transferred to the toy while you’re making it. My parents have a closet with knitted gloves/mitts in it, and when my parents are away and the kitty misses them, he pulls out the gloves and plays with them. We’ve always figured it’s because he can smell them on the knitted fabric. Perhaps it’s the same with the toys. Knowing cats, I’m sure it’s not because they admire the time and effort we put into making them gifts!

By: Jana

Jana — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:52:24 +0000

Happy Birthday, Maui! Bibi loves the toys I have made for her too. However, her favorite thing lately has been pulling my stuffed animals off the shelf! She didn’t play with them, just wanted to see them fall! Kind of like a kid in a high chair! SO…………….I FIXED her wagon! LOL! I took long rubber bands and wrapped them invisibly around the necks of the animals and attached them to the back of the shelf. You should have seen Bibi that night trying to knock them off and they wouldn’t budge! I laughed my head off watching her till she got disgusted and gave up! Too funny!
One of her toys, a spiral crochet hanging thing with a ball on the end was given to a friends kitty a couple of weeks ago. She says he LOVES it. Is it worth it to spend time on making toys for our furballs? YES!!!

By: Sara

Sara — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:10:19 +0000

Happy birthday (a bit late) to Maui! What great handmade toys! I love that pets seem to love something special we’ve made them more than something we’ve purchased from the store.