I finally got round to building this last night:

It was a real pain to build (I came fairly close to cancelling our engagement when I discovered that my OH wasn't calling out the instructions in numerical order, meaning that eventually we had to take all the steps off :Banghead) but I really like it

This one was rather less work lol

Might put it in the corner of our bedroom or just leave it infront of a window

 

other random purchases from that order:

I still love the lion toy , it has a cool tail that bobs up and down for ages when you touch it... even if the kitten doesn't like it, I sure do

 

I love the lion and the small basket/bed! Be warned it never ends, two years on I am still buying stuff (in addition to food/litter/other essentials!)

In Pets At Home last week with my son I confidently announced 'Cody wants a new bed' the rather weary reply was "No he doesn't, you want him to have a new bed and get those toys out of the trolley he hasn't got time to play with the boxful he already has!" it is really annoying when your sons grow up and become adults and start criticising your shopping!

I do like the lion though, I bet all the other cats have got one, and I need to look on zooplus and stock up on food anyway.............(Cody is going to love his new lion!)

 

Every cat needs a lion! And they all look very cute with them - http://www.zooplus.co.uk/customerpicturedisplay/shop/cats/scratching_posts/scratching_toys/468574

I share the same mindset - it is my OH's responsibility to ensure that I don't spend every penny we have on cat toys lol Tho at least I have been sticking to the lower end of the market - you can get some amazing things for a lot of money but would the cat care if her bed cost £150 rather than £15? I highly doubt it

 

@MilleD, I've got something very similar. My 2 new babies have loved it since the 1st day the arrived home.

 

@MilleD, I've got something very similar. My 2 new babies have loved it since the 1st day the arrived home.

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Oh no, I feel some spending coming on

 

Maggi loves those 2 wand toys you have there, pretty much the only thing she really plays with with us, she does however play with the ball track while we are asleep or out the room, and i keep finding her catnip unicorn in different places (under my bed this morning, dont remember seeing her with it tho) and she loves her puzzle ball when there is stuff inside (i have been putting applaws dry food in it and she is impressed). I am tempted by the lion tho but unsure if its too small for a full grown cat albeit a small cat ( she weighed 3.1kgs when we got her, trying to fatten her up a touch). How long now, its gotta be close right?

 

Days

The lion is pretty small, here is it with tiny kittens in the reviews:

It is pretty solid tho, it is strong enough (you literally screw the base onto the lion) for an adult cat, but it is just low.

I got a laser pointer on zooplus for £2 my last cat (and me!) loved playing with those

 

You must be so excited, I was a nightmare as time to collect our new babies got closer, it's worse than waiting for Christmas when you're a kid

 

Yup exactly this

I have wanted a Persian (well a himmie) since I was a kid, but that was never realistic. Then I had Uni so again the time was wrong, then when I left Uni I went to live in the other end of the country for 3 years for a job, I did consider getting a cat for company but with we decided this wasn't ideal either. But I recently left that job to go home and move in with my fiancee now that she has graduated from Uni and we decided that we would make sure we found a cat friendly landlord so we could get a himmie - we turned down a few houses we liked over permission to get a cat, but we were stubborn about it and eventually found a great house that had a cat friendly landlord. We moved in on Monday, and the kitten comes home in just a few days, this very last stretch but time is realllllllly dragging - especially now that all the cat stuff has been taken out of its boxes and been set up. Horrible wait....well worth it tho.

 

Maggi ignores the laser pointer, the kids love it tho

 

Saw this in poundstretcher for £2 and just had to have it

It is pretty small, but I thought it would be very cute with a tiny kitten.

My OH literally groaned and announced that I couldn't possibly be buying more cat toys... I have issues

 

She actually really likes this one!

 

I adore the cat tree with the palm trees it was well worth the effort!!!!!!

 

Thanks, it was easily my fav one on zooplus, I love it! Though the house on top has a pretty small door that an adult would struggle to fit through.... tho it screws off leaving a large fully platform so it isnt really an issue

She has all these toys, but I am utterly convinved that none will be as popular as the giant box that the cat tree came in:

She isnt allowed it yet tho, if she wants to hide she can do it somewhere I can keep an eye on her

 

Before Missy came home I went out and bought:
1) scratching post with two platforms just the right height to look out the window from)
2) Plush igloo bed (she had one in the rescue centre)
3) Laser pen
4) Wand toys
5) at least half a dozen different catnip toys

So what does Madam prefer ?

1) for scratching - my sofa, armchairs and carpet
2) for sleeping - my bed
3) prefers to chase the beam from a standard torch and ignores the expensive laser pen
4) totally ignores the wand toys
and for 'chasing' games - screwed up pieces of paper or the knitted ball I made and filled with catnip

So I have a basket of toys that never get played with and could have saved myself a shed load of money - aaarghhh

 

Before Missy came home I went out and bought:
1) scratching post with two platforms just the right height to look out the window from)
2) Plush igloo bed (she had one in the rescue centre)
3) Laser pen
4) Wand toys
5) at least half a dozen different catnip toys

So what does Madam prefer ?

1) for scratching - my sofa, armchairs and carpet
2) for sleeping - my bed
3) prefers to chase the beam from a standard torch and ignores the expensive laser pen
4) totally ignores the wand toys
and for 'chasing' games - screwed up pieces of paper or the knitted ball I made and filled with catnip

So I have a basket of toys that never get played with and could have saved myself a shed load of money - aaarghhh

lol no doubt this will be the case, my previous cat showed no interested in any toy - expect one bird toy that hung from a stick. Tho I must admit I have bought some of this stuff because I like it... have no clue if the cat will

 

I mentioned earlier in the thread that we only very recently moved into this flat. I am not 100% convinced that my OH had "kitten playground" in mind when she thought about how we would do up our front room/kitchen

But it is her safe room so has to be done. We have lovely ornaments, lamps etc stacked in boxes in the spare bedroom lol will have to stay there until she is older

One nice surprise about this house? It has pull up windows which we knew would be an issue, we figured we would just have to be really strict about it and only open them if we were sure she was locked out of that room (far from ideal - but when renting a house and owning a cat you have to make a sacrifice somewhere) but we discovered they also pull down from the very top (much too high for a clumsy Persian - especially a kitten) so this is absolutely fantastic, we can lock them open a little from the very top and not have to worry about her getting out. Also the front door? We never actually used it even before the cat arrived as the car park etc for this row of houses is at the rear, so we can leave that door permanently locked - at least while she is young

 

I also bought a couple packs of treats called dreamies in poundstretcher, they were cheap and I need something to bribe her with. I just stuck the name into the forum search bar and wow lol it seems that PF cats REALLY like dreamies

 

found them very useful when Missy was on the antibiotics - she got a couple if she was a good girl and took her medicine without trying to bite me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Maggi loves them but i have had to stop giving her treats atm as shes been so sick but then i dont think i have found anything she doesnt like

 

I had never heard of them before... seems I am the only one lol Sorry to hear that she is unwell

 

lots of vomiting blood are fine, shes had an anti sickness and antibiotic and we go back sunday, shes a bit sulky now

 

I bought something similar to the owl bed for one of my cats a few years ago, and it arrived just after my daughter had come to visit for a few days with my grandson who was one at the time. He promptly made a beeline for the owl bed and decided it was his favourite place for a nap. The cat, meanwhile, totally ignored it and preferred the cardboard box that the highchair had come in!

 

I now hold you ALL personally responsible for the fact I've just ordered more toys, a unicorn teddy, more dangly things on rods!

Such a bad influence

 

Maggi loves her unicorn, but only when no one is awake, it appears on the bed on the stairs, anywhere. She also loves wand toys and i have even seen her chase a mouse now. i love the little things like that and that she comes for fuss when i am trying to sleep lol and every day when i go for my nap she appears on the bed by the time i wake. How long do you have to wait now?

 

a lot of PF users seem to have toys like this: http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/cat_toys/catit_design_senses/321150

 

yes we have one, she goes and knocks the balls ever so often and then lots in the night before she comes to bed, i am assuming she like the glow in the dark bit

 

I have a problem - my cat wont even come home for another month but I already find myself ordering online crap for virtually no reason!
I would love to say that my (normally very sensible) OH will curb my enthusiasm but she is just as bad as I am I am going to have to take a night job at this rate
Meh we already moved house to ensure that we had a cat friendly landlord, if you are going to be that serious about getting a cat? You might aswell stock up on owl beds

@Smuge - just saw this on Amazon and thought of you
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Suck-UK-Ca...r_1_9?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1494674554&sr=1-9&keywords=cat+scratching+post

 

by the way can anyone recommend a particular treat/dry food dispensing toy ? I've had a look on Amazon but there are so many I'm now quite confused ! plus Missy ignores shop bought toys in favour of anything 'hand made' !!!!

 

We have had a Pipolino for 10 years
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pipolino-...Pipolino-Feeding-Toy-Small-/252815224130?hash=item3adcf62d42:g:R-MAAOSwol5Yyjwz
Pricey, but REALLY stands the test of time, all my cats worked out how to use it quite quickly. Lithium got it in seconds, to Argentium 20 mins. All the cats think it is magic & give it a roll just in case I have put treats in. You can adjust the amount of holes that are open, so start with lots till they get used to it, then close it down to fewer, so they have to work for it. There are also 2 sizes of holes, so, fits most size of treats & it is way too heavy for them to pick up
http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wc...d=&itawnw=search&itawmt=&itadvc=c&gclid=CIDL0I-H9NMCFcGfGwodLeoE5Q&gclsrc=aw.ds
This was useless as Data the rotavator, just pushed it over & scoffed the lot, also my Maine Coon is so tall, he just stuck his head in & ate what he fancied. It is also top heavy.

 

by the way can anyone recommend a particular treat/dry food dispensing toy ? I've had a look on Amazon but there are so many I'm now quite confused ! plus Missy ignores shop bought toys in favour of anything 'hand made' !!!!

Catit treat dispenser is quite good.

 

favourite toys: currently fidget spinner...kids got theirs! Garfy wanted his too....so obviously what one kid has, the other wants too....

Else he prefers feather on a string, wrapper rolled into a ball, big newspaper balls, bottle tops, string of beads from Christmas tree, little plastic springs....like from party bgs...easy to catch with his flat face...
Wands - yes, but ust to nibble the string...
He likes youtube games for cats! Favourite being "String, string thing"...my monitor is destroyed by his paws!!!
Get him Ipad...:Smug and like every kids will be amused for hours...likes some of my games too..like the crystals...
Catnip sprinkled on scratch posts convinced him ...
he sleeps on picnic chair...or anywhere near me...ironing board is perfect....then we all wear cat fur...:Grumpy

 

by the way can anyone recommend a particular treat/dry food dispensing toy ? I've had a look on Amazon but there are so many I'm now quite confused ! plus Missy ignores shop bought toys in favour of anything 'hand made' !!!!

As a starter this is good and easy to clean too.

https://fetch.co.uk/catit-senses-treat-maze-349800011?gclid=CKOA9L2G9NMCFaKw7QodzcQG8A

But we also have

http://www.bitiba.co.uk/shop/cats_a...accessories/cats_toys/interactive_toys/371497?gclid=CP2GvNKG9NMCFWG77QodiGcGnA#

and this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/2223...erchantid=113084123&poi=&googleloc=1006504&device=c&campaignid=805981323&crdt=0

and this

http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wc...d=&itawnw=search&itawmt=&itadvc=c&gclid=CIDL0I-H9NMCFcGfGwodLeoE5Q&gclsrc=aw.ds

All are very good!

 

I admit this isnt the pettiest piece of furniture in the world... but tali is a big fan.

She has been racing around like a rabbit on steroids