2. Go through an entire box of Kleenex.
3. Leave said empty Kleenex box out for the cats to be interested in.
4. Take two realistic-looking mouse toys and place inside the empty Kleenex box in front of the cats.
5. Watch as they attempt to remove the toys.
6. Praise them when they upend the box, improving their chances of scooping out the toys.
7. Cheer them on as they play with their newly retrieved toys with more fervor than if you had just thrown the toys to them yourself.
8. After a few minutes' playing time, take the toys back and return to the Kleenex box. Repeat.
Hehehehe.... It is actually a real problem in domesticated animals that their brains can go a little...soft...because they are not out in the wild, roaming around, learning "maps" to certain favorite locations, finding meals on their own, etc. So, it is often encouraged to eke out a little time each day to create a problematic situation that the animal can solve on his or her own. My girls are little geniuses--they solved the toys-in-the-box problem much faster than I anticipated. ;)
Extra Credit!
Don't help when your cat accidentally turns the box upside down and can only push the box around, hearing the little mouse toys rattling inside. How on earth will Little Miss Beatrice get herself out of this predicament and save those toys?
2 comments:
Just wait until you have a partially fully tissue box, and the girls decide the tissues are more fun than their toys :)
Lol, good point. I might want to buy a little box or something for them that will be strictly for toy retrieval. :)
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