More Space, More Fun

The Cosy Cabin offers much more opportunity for the cats to play than did the Cosy Apartment. Because Imogen doesn’t care to be too close to Brazil, any proximity between the two distracts Shimmer and shuts down Imo’s drive to play. I had to play with one in the bedroom and the other in the sitting room.

Now, I can use the red dot with both cats simultaneously, while flinging about a string-toy for the kittens. Imogen likes to chase the red dot in the kitchen and down the corridor to the bedrooms, and sometimes into the bathroom. She slides on the linoleum and spins about, which I think she likes. Brazil thumps about the carpeted sitting room, trying to squash the dot. Valkyrie and Xandria pursue the string-toy, the former often jumping high into the air; Xan’s stubby little legs can’t give her much height, but she manages to tackle the toy nonetheless.

I need to involve the others in play, too. Neville has no interest in such fun, preferring to watch disdainfully from his heated cat-bed. This I understand. But Moxy and Indigo should be more active. I wonder if Moxy has ever played, as he seems a bit fearful of toys. Indigo I worry about the most, as she appears interested in little but eating, sleeping and having some petting time with me. This pair will be receiving some special attention in the near future. And of course Sable is a ways from any kind of interaction, though I did try to interest her in the red dot. It drew no response.

But to see Brazil rush about the sitting room - whereas previously he would lie on a cat-tree and wait for a toy to come to him - and Miss Silky run and twirl in quest of the red dot, is both gratifying and entertaining to me. I think it is the same to them.