What happens to cat toys (and our stuff that gets used as cat toys) when they disappear?

[Peloso]

^ With my late boy cat Homer, there was a simple reason for the disappearance of catnip mice. He ate them.

Homer is a great cat name!

 

[DantheManFL]

OMG, plastic bottle caps are the best, second would be shoe laces.

 

[rareboy]

Well, we added another 3 mice to our stock...because we have no idea where they are all going.

Although I would note that Mizzy also absconded with 2 felt easter baskets this week and looked so guilty when I retrieved them from their basement lounge.

 

[Alistair]

I found two of Zeus’ fetch balls. Still haven’t found his favorite one.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

Well, we added another 3 mice to our stock...because we have no idea where they are all going.

That pet store twink told us! They've been teleported back to Catopia, where they're used as currency.

Mizzy may be sending remittances back to her ancestors, like immigrants do to the family back home.

 

[LoveMyPeppermill]

I found two of Zeus’ fetch balls. Still haven’t found his favorite one.

And where were they?

 

[Alistair]

And where were they?

One under the microwave cart and one under the couch.

 

[PrinceCory]

Zeus’ favorite ball that he plays fetch with is missing. I’ve searched the entire house.

Maybe it’s in the same place my socks go.

My cat has never liked playing with toys
When I first got him (12 years old) he would bring mice into the house, play with them til they died of fright and then just leave them for me to clear up

For me, it's gotta be under the couch for disappearing cat toys.

As far as missing socks, from all my years I have never lost a sock. Mind you, I've never used a public laundry machine other than when my work took me to Daytona Beach, Flordia for 6 weeks a few years ago. I have, however, gained 1 sock a few years ago. It had to be from guy who got naked during a hookup at my place. How in the world could he leave with just one sock on? I asked him a year or 2 later if he left a sock at my place back then but he said he did not.

My cat also is more interested in empty boxes or a straw found in the sink. My cat will play with a real mouse until it dies. Then just leave the mouse until I see it OR SMELL IT. Thank goodness she never brought toys to my bed.

 

[rareboy]

We are down to 1 stuffed mouse with the good tail. I have another 3-pack at the ready...but damn girl....why so many mouses sent to Mouselandia?

She got the one mouse without the good tail in her litter and even though I washed it...and it emerged from the dryer instead of being teleported...it is now rejected.

 

[Alistair]

We are down to 1 stuffed mouse with the good tail. I have another 3-pack at the ready...but damn girl....why so many mouses sent to Mouselandia?

She got the one mouse without the good tail in her litter and even though I washed it...and it emerged from the dryer instead of being teleported...it is now rejected.

Stick it in a bag of catnip. When the boys stop playing with a toy I’ll store it away for a week and pull it out of the bag and they think they got a new toy.

 

[me203]

My big memory of cat toys: when I was young, we'd give each cat a catnip ball for Christmas. Probably wrapped, with a tag so each cat had their own ball. But, of course, they always wanted to play with the same ball. (I suppose it was likely whichever ball had the strongest catnip.)