posted on Jan 18
Your cat is a special part of your family. My wife has a coffee mug that said”Happiness is anywhere my cat is.” Every morning Zak and she are in the kitchen starting a perfect day.
We all want to give our pets a toy or treat not only to keep them happy and health but, to keep them occupied while we are at work or away from home and cannot take them with us. Or in my wife’s case after that cup of coffee I always hear “Zak, I can’t play with you any more right now. I have to get ready for work you will have to wait until then.” 
So off he goes like WELL I don’t need you any more anyway and down the hall he goes swatting and batting that bright purple ball with the bell inside up and down the hall in and out of the kitchen then living room. Out the front door we go off to work thinking how many toys and treats he will play with today and which ones will he have scattered all over the floor out of his toy basket today.
Playing with a toy will help develop your cat’s instincts like, stalking, hunting and pouncing onto their pray. That prey being a small ball or a sock and yes a ball of yarn is very effective train toy to sharpen their skills. Play with your cat or kitten for ten or fifteen minutes every day, I know that we all get very busy sometimes but, by doing this you well help develop a healthy and Happy Cat.
Cats and Kittens are a lot like our children. Some new toys or presents that you bring home they might only play with five minutes or less and never touch it again. They spend more time on the bag or box that it came in. Other toys will give them hours of enjoyment and joy to you knowing that they have something to while you try to do the thing that you need to get done. You can hear him or her in the other room they are imagining they are on an African Safari stalking that one gazelle that wonder a little too far from the rest of the herd and then pouncing onto his pray. He catches and then forcibly restrains the prey, in one swift pounce no escape for the prey. What do you think your cat or kitten has going on in their furry little mind of theirs, when they think no one else is watching?
It is great watching cats and kittens. They never seem to tire of playing. Some great toys or presents for you special someone can be the simplest gifts. We do have a small ball yarn and a rainbow of colored balls that he has. Balls with bells, balls with feathers to be batted, swatted, tossed aimlessly into the air to be chased and pounced on. One of my old socks with a knot tied at both end is one of Zak’s favorite.