"I Just know the cat will love this very expensive thing I got him"

[packman]

[niyad]

1. That is our beloved felines. My cat's current favourite toys are spoons and my cell phone.

[wnylib]

29. Mine prefers pipe cleaners,

crumpled up aluminum foil, and bubbles from a children's toy.

And knocking things to the floor, of course.

[Mike 03]

2. LOVE THIS!

This happens with dogs too, sometimes.

The more expensive the toy, the less they like it. But the junky $2 dollar thing from Walmart you can hardly stand to look at? It's their favorite!!

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Hilarious! It's like buying a toy for a kid, and they play w/ the box instead of the item...

Ha ha. Thanks for the laughs!

[mercuryblues]

4. Unless of course if you buy them a box to play in

instead of a toy.

[jmowreader]

14. A box IS a cat toy!

[kimbutgar]

5. I can relate brought this bed for my cat and her favorite place is a blanket on a stack of luggage.

[LisaL]

8. My cat loved his cat beds.

He had two, he alternated between them.

[Rebl2]

37. I had

two cats that loved their beds, but none of the others. The last two loved their cat towers to sleep on.

[soothsayer]

6. Awesome and so true

[RainCaster]

7. Our cat's favorite place to lay is a paper grocery sack

[matt819]

9. So true

My cats wonder why Amazon keeps sending them cat beds.

In other weirdness. We have three cats. My wife loves one of them and tolerates the other two. And they know it. My side of the bed is closer to the door. The Maine Coon walks under the bed, jumps up on her side of the bed and walks across her head to settle down on a pillow set aside for her on my side of the bed. She (wife, not cat) also puts up a larger pillow as a cat barrier so that he stays on my side of the bed. He then settles down on the cat barrier. They are most entertaining.

[Lord Ludd]

38. I'm thinking of adopting an FLV+ Maine Coon (male) from a local shelter

What's your opinion on Maine Coons?
How does he compare to your other cats?
Thanks for any advice.

[Maraya1969]

39. I have no idea. I'd look up their personality first. But now since I've said that I think you

should get him......because you said so.....kind of.

He needs a home.

[matt819]

42. We've had three. Still have two.

One is a barn cat, still mostly feral after ten years. The other is at home. He’s a rescue we’ve had now for almost 7 years. He’s great. Very independent, except when he wants to crawl into bed. He’s usually the last of our six creatures to come in at night. Apart from that, not really much of a lap cat. My son had a Maine coon for About 7 years before she died last year. He was absolutely smitten with that cat.

[Lord Ludd]

45. Many thanks for the info

Your input is most appreciated.

So far I've only seen the cat's website photo, but he's really a stunner. I need to call the shelter & ask if they'll let me meet him (as they're currently closed to the public) to see how big he is!

Thanks again for your help!

[TuxedoKat]

50. I have three Siberians

I think I had a Maine Coon that came to me as a stray. A beautiful kitty, lovely personality. They have a reputation for trilling and chirping which is really cool, the cat I had did that -- I didn't know cats could make noises like that! I love the large long-haired cats: Norwegian Forest Cats, Maine Coons and Siberians. I'm on a FB group for Siberians and another called This Cat is From the Forest (for the three breeds). No doubt there is one for Maine Coons too. The reason I have Siberians as opposed to the other two, is that Siberians are less allergenic than some other breeds of cats and DH is or was allergic to cats. He has no problems with our three and seems to have overcome his allergies with other cats now too. I hope to have a Maine Coon again some day.

[Lord Ludd]

52. Thanks so much for all the info! nt

[SleeplessinSoCal]

10. laughing aloud woke my hubby. n/t

[montanacowboy]

11. BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

OMG we just got our new rescue kitty a beautiful 3 story cat hotel, and yes, you got it, prefers a paper box.

[LiberalLovinLug]

12. A rolled up paper ball was the greatest toy ever for my cat

[Fla Dem]

13. A cat's gonna do what a cat wants to do. Also won't wear a mask.

It's in the Catstitution....free will.

[luvtheGWN]

24. I think cats love to differentiate themselves from dogs.

IOW, just because you bought "this thing" for me doesn't mean I'll give you the satisfaction of liking it and showing my appreciation!

However, many decades ago, my husband built a cat tree for our two cats and they loved it. But when we moved 25 years later, it didn't move with us and so we bought one. No way! Not good enough! Store-bought! Not touching it!

Go figure. Cats are inscrutable and will always be so.

[soldierant]

40. I presume the hand-bult one

was covered with your hubby's scent- at least until they covered it with their own.

Perhaps if he, say, slept with the store-bought one for a week or two?

(Not a serious suggestion.)

[highplainsdem]

15. OMG, that's just like my cat! Preferring the large box to the cat furniture. Preferring the sink.

Ignoring all cat beds but two that are really too small for him now, beds that he was given as a kitten, which I'd've thrown out years ago if he didn't still love them.

One of several larger cat beds I got him that I ended up giving away looked just like the bed with the striped edge in the 6th picture there.

[liberalla]

16. Thank you! Those were fun!

[KT2000]

17. That's hilarious

and so true! Thanks for a good laugh!

[burrowowl]

18. So true!

[calimary]

19. These are Beyond Outstanding!

(...sez this cat slave!)

Hilarious!!!

We've been there several times! Bob currently loves the long flattened out length of brown packing paper that came out of some shipping box recently. Cat toys all over the room and he wants that piece of paper. And he's just about loved it to death. It's now scraps of paper.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. tee hee.

[tblue37]

21. So true. My Lucy's favorite toy is a wire twist tie. Tango prefers the rod from window blinds. Paris

loves the white thing you tear off from a bag of cat litter. I tie it in a knot and throw it for her. Tico goes nuts when I fold a small piece of cardboard and toss it for him. I have a big bin full of toys they don't want to play with.

[Vinca]

22. That white cat is in a familiar scene to me.

I've got 2 cats so I bought 2 beds, but despite lures of treats and cajoling, neither will use them. Oh, well. Maybe the shelter can use them.

[ChazInAz]

43. Could be.

But your cats will complain when they're gone!

[Vinca]

49. LOL - you know them, don't you?

[ChazInAz]

54. I have always lived with cats.

All my seventy years, and I fondly remember all of them!
Even my first one, Koshka, left behind in Budapest when we escaped in 1956. My parents wouldn't let me take her.

[Vinca]

57. Oh, that's so sad. I know what you mean. I'm 71 and I still remember every one of mine.

I still get teary eyed over one guy who died 11 years ago. I especially miss him in the summer because he'd hang out in the vegetable garden with me. My oldest cat now is 20 and her younger brother is 10. It makes me sad that these will probably be my last kitties since I worry about dying before they do and not having anyone to take them in.

[sarge43]

23. If you can't mess with their minds, no point in having your own hooman. n/t

[FakeNoose]

25. Hilarious! I'm not a cat owner, but I think these are great

[rustysgurl]

26. Our cat's favorite toy was ...

... the plastic cap off a 2-liter soda bottle (when we used to drink soda). Would bounce it against the kitchen cabinets and chase it all over the kitchen. When we got a new refrigerator we moved the old one out and there were over 20 caps he'd knocked back there ... lol.

[Faux pas]

27. Love

all the kittens everywhere!

[Thekaspervote]

28. Same here! One of our cats took over a pile of paper grocery bags

That’s his castle and ya best not mess with it!!

[wnylib]

31. My cat's love of playing in

paper bags led to one of my few successful purchases, a tunnel set with a cube "house" to connect them to.

The tunnels and cube were around $5 each from Walmart. I bought them one at a time to see if she liked them. She loves to dive inside of them to "hide" (with her tail hanging out). Or to rush out and ambush my legs. Or just to snooze in them.

They used to be connected (just slip the end of a tunnel into a cube hole). But she pulled one tunnel loose and now drags them to various places for feline espionage on my activities.

[stage left]

30. Thanks

If anyone asks why I love cats so much I can show them this. Cats do the most hilarious things.

[MFM008]

32. Cats are small

Hairy, evil things that would vote republican.
Must be why i have 3 of them...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. Cats are Democrats, and here's why:

[3catwoman3]

33. These are absolutely classic.

[Dem2theMax]

34. Thank you for posting this.

It's hysterical! And I just sent the link to a friend who has three cats. She is really going to appreciate this.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

36. I bought Othello

A very expensive cat tree. I promised him one for two years..he loves it.

[soldierant]

41. OMG! He looks so much like my Archie,

of blessed memory.

Part of it is Archie always faced the camera and posed.

[Dukkha]

46. I got an expensive custon scratch box at an art show

He only uses it as a pillow

[ailsagirl]

47. That-is-hilarious!!

Because it's so true!!

[gopiscrap]

48. That's my cat to a T!!!

[PatSeg]

51. Oh, those are great!

[scarletlib]

53. Thanks!

[Stuart G]

55. Wonderful pictures...Thank You for posting...made me smile..K and R

[bonniebgood]

56. Thank a million for posting these wonderful pic. Im currently in the middle of my chemo journey,

with the world having a heart attack, these pics brought the biggest smile and tears of joy for me, (as a cat lover) I copied and printed all of them, planing on making frames for them. I need to see these when im sick with no energy and emotionally spent.
A Big Thanks .

[Rhiannon12866]

58. Awwww! Hoping that you feel better soon...