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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:	Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:	FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:	MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO

Created:	Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5089
Total number of notes:	60366

3129.0. "Fishing Reel Cat Toy" by WFOV11::GONCALVES () Mon Dec 11 1989 22:01

    I was recently reading a catalog called Wireless and found an
    item on the cat page that I thought was interesting.
    
    It is a small fishing pole with reel selling for $24.95.  It has
    an attached ball at the end.  The ad reads that it's the perfect
    gift for kitty at Christmas.  You can cast and dangle and
    let kitty play and exercise for hours.  It sounds like the
    perfect gift for Selina and Mijo.  It would mean no more
    picking up toys after the kitties.  It's also perfect timing
    with the newborn coming in Feb. I could play with them
    and stay perfectly still on the couch with the infant.
    Before I take the plunge and purchase it, I was wondering if any 
    of the felines in this notesfile have one as their prized possessions
    or even heard of it.
    
    Well, folks, would you be interested in this kind of toy for
    your loved one/s?   It sounds like a great idea.  If you do have
    one, does your kitty love it?  Any pros or cons on it?
    
    			Shelly, Selina, & Mijo

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3129.1		CRUISE::NDC	DTN: 297-2313	`Tue Dec 12 1989 07:38`	6
	The only think I know of that's remotely like it is the Kitty Tease. That looks like a small fishing pole with no reel and sells for around $5 at the show ($8 by mail). OUr cats love it. N
3129.2	I'm not cheap, but...	IAMOK::GERRY	Home is where the Cat is	`Tue Dec 12 1989 09:03`	8
	It seems like you could probably buy your own fish pole, and replace the line with the string type of fishing line (I think it's the stuff used for ice fishing) and put a pom pom or ball at the end. I bet you could probably make your own for less than $15. cin...who thinks $25 for a cat toy is outragous!
3129.3	improvise!	ENGINE::PAULHUS	Chris @ MLO6B-2/T13 dtn 223-6871	`Tue Dec 12 1989 10:20`	10
	agree with .2 Someone is getting rich off this one! My favorite is a 2' long piece of 1/2" PVC pipe scrap with an 8' string tied to one end. On the end of string is an old rag. You can whip or drag the rag about with a flick of the wrist. Copy loved it and Vanessa is finally really taking to it. This toy and a large paper bag can keep us going for an hour or so. [Cat in bag: drag rag over surface of bag; cat attacks shadow of rag on bag from inside; finally attacks rag as it falls over front of bag. Alternate: drag rag under bag; cat attacks floor of bag with much whirling around in bag (wish I had a vidio camera)] Net cost: $0.00 - Chris
3129.4	Andy Rooney	MICLUS::MTAG		`Tue Dec 12 1989 11:56`	11
	Did anyone see Andy Rooney a couple of weeks ago on "60 Minutes"? He did a piece on Christmas gifts that you "really" need. One of them was a kitty toy - similar to that described in .0. One of the women I work with thought this was such a great idea that she went to her basement, found an old fishing rod, and rigged it up for her cats. She (and the cats) had a ball!! I would think it would be pretty inexpensive to make. Mary
3129.5	similar toy...	CSCOA3::MCFARLAND_D	just call me dunwoody di	`Wed Dec 13 1989 19:45`	11
	stella and stanley have a toy similar to this. it is a pole that sort of "telescopes" out (it has three lengths). attached to the narrow end is some round elastic cord, about 1.5 feet long. on the other end is attached a mousie or bird (actually we have two of these toys.) the mousie or bird bounces on the end of the elastic. i drag it around the floor or bounce it and those two fiends have a ball! diane, stella & stanley
3129.6	Pole Reels in Fun	WFOV12::GONCALVES		`Fri Dec 29 1989 09:51`	18
	Update... Well, my hubby decided to purchase the toy. It arrive the Saturday before Christmas. I wrapped it and put it under the tree. First thing Christmas morning, hubby opened up the gift for his "babies". Mijo quickly figured out the fishing line and likes to run his paws from the top of the pole to the end where the toy is. Selina likes to run after the toy at the end. However, I found an interesting thing happened. Because the toy is on the end of a fishing line, we don't have to pick it up. Now Selina brings it back to us. Now why doesn't she do that more often with her other toys? Go figure? Needless to say, they both love the toy. Hubby thinks it was the best Christmas gift ever. He now spends the majority of his free time at home casting and reeling in the babies. What fun!!!! Shelly, Selina, & Mijo
3129.7	A cheap and re-configurable toy	GEMVAX::KORGEN		`Tue Feb 13 1990 13:46`	20
	Husband Fred and I play "tennis" with Ditto. A beam goes across the center of our living room and we stuck a nail in it and tied fishing line on it. At the bottom of the line we tie the toy-of-the-month, usually a ball with a jingle-bell in it. The length of the line is such that no matter how hard any of us hits the ball, it doesn't strike anything (lamps for example). It just swings on its pendulum in any direction. Two or three of us can bat the ball (or mouse, or whatever) back and forth for the proverbial "hours of fun". Ditto and I have actually played what could pass for tennis, striking the ball back and forth between us. He ups the odds by taking various positions, such as laying directly under the ball on his back, or positioning himself on the couch arm where he can Juuuuust barely bat the ball. Ditto's favorite is 3-way catch... I wonder if you folks with more than one cat could get two cats to play it with you? Susan